Orlando, FL — Jasmine Omar is the 2024 recipient of the Marion Martin Award, introduced yearly by the National Safety Council.
Omar, world director of worldwide ergonomics and security expertise, Amazon Workplace Health and Safety, Amazon, was honored Monday through the Opening Session of the 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo.
In six years at Amazon, Omar has progressed from particular person contributor to main a workforce of 200-plus professionals. Among her accomplishments: She established the corporate’s first security studying and growth workforce, created an inside security engagement workforce, and launched Amazon’s security commentary program.
During her tenure with the corporate, Amazon has skilled a 60% discount in its lost-time incident fee and a 30% discount in its recordable incident fee from 2019 to 2023.
Additionally, Omar is the chief sponsor for Amazon’s Women in EHS (WinEHS) affinity group, which has expanded to 2,500 members. As an govt sponsor, she hosts fireplace chats and shares her experience on expertise growth, mentoring and work-life stability.
“NSC is proud to celebrate women who are committed to safety and inclusion through its Marion Martin Award,” NSC President and CEO Lorraine M. Martin mentioned. “Jasmine has helped promote over 30 women during her time at Amazon, mentoring young women who aspire to enter the EHS field. It is with great pleasure we present her with this award.”
NSC established the Marion Martin Award in 2016 to honor ladies who’ve achieved security excellence and encourage different ladies to pursue security careers.
The late Marion Martin, a authorities official in Maine for greater than 40 years, was the state’s commissioner of labor and business from 1947 to 1972. She was additionally the primary girl honored with NSC’s Distinguished Service to Safety Award in 1971.
