Avetta®, the leader in intelligent work readiness across global supply chains, today detailed its role in the upcoming 2026 National Safety Council (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo, taking place Sept. 11-17 in Indianapolis, Ind. As a Platinum Sponsor and longstanding NSC partner, Avetta will bring together deep health and safety expertise, industry insights and AI-driven technology to empower organizations to identify risk earlier, strengthen safety performance and build more resilient operations.

Avetta’s participation in the event reflects its commitment to advancing safety outcomes across global supply chains so every worker can return home safely every day. At the center of Avetta’s presence will be Scott DeBow, Director, Health, Safety and Environmental at Avetta, and Wyatt Bradbury, Principal, Health and Safety at Avetta. DeBow and Bradbury are both widely recognized experts in the field who leverage their vast expertise as part of Avetta’s continued investment in helping businesses become and remain ready to work.

“NSC Safety Congress & Expo has always been an important opportunity for the profession to step back from the day-to-day and look at where safety is headed,” DeBow said. “Avetta is proud to continue to play an active role in that conversation again this year, bringing perspectives from our work across industries to engage with fellow safety professionals on how, together, we can help make the workplace safer for everyone.”

DeBow and Bradbury are members of Avetta’s industry-leading Risk Advisory practice, a true differentiator that sets Avetta’s solutions apart. By combining decades of real-world experience across health and safety; procurement; and environmental, social and governance with data-driven insights from an unmatched global network of hiring clients, suppliers and contractors, Avetta enables organizations to strengthen readiness programs today while adapting to changing requirements, risks and operational needs.

The award-winning DeBow holds CSP and ARM certifications and also serves as a Director-at-Large for the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). He was the lead author of ASTM E-3529-26 Standard Guide for Identification, Prioritization and Reduction of Serious Incident/Fatality and is a committee member for ASTM E-2920-26 Standard Guide for Recording Priority Occupational Injuries and Illnesses/Serious Incident or Fatality in partnership with NSC. Bradbury holds CSP, CHST, CIT, TISSP and PTSCTP certifications; serves on the subcommittee for ANSI TR-Z590.6-23: Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment for Women; and was recently named ASSP’s Safety Professional of the Year for 2026. DeBow and Bradbury co-represent Avetta on the ANSI Z16 committee, which maintains the ANSI/ASSP Z16.1-2022: Safety and Health Metrics and Performance Measures standard, and on the ANSI Z-10 Committee for Safety Management Systems.

On the Stage

DeBow will headline two sessions during the event:

First, “Transforming Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention: Classification, Metrics, Risk and Leadership Engagement with the New ASTM Standards” to take place Sept. 13 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in Venue 237.

Second, he will lead an exclusive workshop on Sept. 16 for invitees just starting their safety culture journeys. Topics will include shifting focus from OSHA recordables to SIFs, leadership engagement in safety and more.

Bradbury will also present two sessions:

First, “Outsourced, Contracted or Uncontrolled Risk? Strategies for Effective Contractor and Supplier Management” on Sept. 14 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in venue 240-241.

He will then join Geoffrey Goodman, Principal, Solution Delivery at Avetta for “Management of Change? Change Management? (Consideration of Systems and People)” on Sept. 14 from 4-5 p.m. in venue 136.

“Managing safety across today’s complex supply chains requires more than having the right programs in place—it requires knowing where risk exists and having the insight to act on it,” Bradbury said. “I’m looking forward to sharing practical strategies for managing risk while collaborating with other safety professionals who are tackling these challenges every day. The more effectively we can connect people, processes and data, the better positioned we are to protect workers and strengthen the way work gets done.”

Beyond the Stage

Avetta will extend these important conversations to booth 2607, where attendees can engage with DeBow, Bradbury and other Avetta experts. Hosted booth activities will include:

  • Health and safety trending-topic discussions.

  • Sneak peeks of Avetta’s newest capabilities and features.

  • Live Q&A sessions.

  • A “Win the Race to Ready Challenge” giveaway.

Avetta will also feature its latest platform capabilities during the event’s New Product Showcase on Sept. 14 from 2-2:50 p.m., including live demonstrations of Avetta’s Safety Advisor and Find Projects. Both solutions are in the running for NSC’s Best-in-Show – New Product Showcase Awards.

Safety Advisor is an innovative, AI-powered safety intelligence solution designed for workers in the field. The tool provides project-specific guidance and clear, source-backed answers to workplace safety questions, helping suppliers and contractors identify risks sooner, make informed decisions faster and close potential gaps before work begins. Find Projects is a powerful way for business operators to more efficiently discover and pursue relevant opportunities among the many hiring clients within the Avetta community and beyond by bringing project details, context and key contacts into one place.

Avetta’s relationship with NSC goes far beyond the annual conference. The organizations recently collaborated on the development of the Avetta Safety Maturity Index, which together with the company’s award-winning Cultural Maturity Index provides a comprehensive view of both the structure of safety systems and the cultural conditions that determine how well those systems perform in practice. This helps leaders focus investment, coaching and corrective actions where they will have the greatest impact.

About Avetta

Avetta is building the largest global community of hiring clients and suppliers that are Ready to Work. Its unified platform streamlines compliance, prequalification, safety and performance benchmarking in a single, integrated experience. Trusted by 360,000 businesses across more than 120 countries, Avetta blends AI-driven insights and human expertise to close risk gaps and strengthen supplier reliability so projects start on time, risks are managed proactively and operations scale with certainty.

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