Accolade celebrates outstanding female safety professionals.
ORLANDO, Florida – The National Safety Council, America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate, announced Monday this year’s recipient of its Marion Martin Award, presented annually to one or more outstanding female safety professionals. The following safety leader was honored during the opening session of the 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo.
Jasmine Omar is the global director of worldwide ergonomics and safety experience at Amazon. In six years, Omar has advanced from an individual contributor to leading a team of over 200 safety and health professionals. She implemented an information management system, launched a safety observation program with 200,000 observations in 2023, and established the first safety learning and development team, boosting training effectiveness by 30%. Her efforts helped the Amazon Worldwide Health and Safety team achieve a 60% reduction in lost-time incident rates and a 30% reduction in recordable incident rates since 2019.
Omar has been passionate about creating a more inclusive work environment; 75% of her direct reports are women — well above industry norms. She has helped promote over 30 women and supports more than 2,500 members as the executive sponsor of Amazon's Women in EHS (WinEHS) affinity group. In addition, Omar mentors young women aspiring to enter the EHS field. She led a career development program for over 125 Amazon leaders, enhancing safety expertise and fostering a culture of growth and inclusion.
Prior to joining Amazon, Omar focused on compliance, governance and safety culture improvement for PepsiCo where she aligned operations with 42 EHS standards, designed and launched PepsiCo's first EHS information management system for 185,000 employees in 15 languages, as well as developed the first global competency strategy, safety communication strategy, and safety culture model, which led to a 23% positive increase in safety culture.
“NSC is proud to celebrate women who are committed to safety and inclusion through its Marion Martin Award,” said Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO. “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.”
Launched in 2016, the Marion Martin Award annually celebrates the accomplishments of women in safety who have paved the way to success for other women in the profession.
For more information about the Marion Martin Award, as well as other NSC awards, visit nsc.org/awards.
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