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National Safety Council presents the Flame of Life® award to individuals and organizations that bring significant contributions and long-term dedication to injury and illness prevention. Presented only a handful of times in the past 45 years, Flame of Life is a special designation based on extraordinary achievement in the field of safety.
During his tenure at Industrial Scientific, McElhattan worked to build products that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. His passion for workplace safety was a light within him, as he personally felt responsible for every worker he employed and made it his priority to ensure every one of them returned home safely to their families each day. As the CEO and co-founder of Discovery Robotics, McElhattan continues to strive for worker safety and quality of life through the creation of robotic solutions.
“Kent is a worthy addition to the exclusive list of individuals who shine brightly in the world of safety. We are thrilled to honor him with the Flame of Life Award for being among the ‘best of the best,’ ” said Lorraine M. Martin, NSC CEO. “His passion and unwavering dedication to safety over the last four decades serves as inspiration for us all. Congratulations from all of us at the National Safety Council.”
McElhattan is a long-standing partner of NSC. He was a member of the Board of Directors for a decade, serving as chairman from 2010 until 2013. Under his leadership, Industrial Scientific was a founding member of the Campbell Institute, which is focused on solving global environmental, health and safety challenges through research and innovation. Through the McElhattan Foundation, he and his family also invested in the belief that safety advancements can be achieved through technology. The foundation partnered with NSC to launch the Work to Zero initiative, designed to eliminate workplace fatalities through technology.
Since 1952, Allstate Insurance and the Allstate Foundation has worked tirelessly to reduce car crashes involving teen drivers by changing the dialog around teen safe driving. Programs such as Save 11, Keep the Drive and Act Out Loud have helped rally teens to advocate for their own safety and the safety of their peers.
Between 2005 and 2015, thanks to a $43 million investment in resources and messaging, teen traffic deaths were reduced by nearly 48%.
Allstate Foundation continues to support a wide range of programs that reach millions of parents, teens, educators, community members and traffic safety professionals with messages about safe driving.
Former North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole has worked in the administrations of five presidents. As secretary of transportation from 1983 to 1987, she influenced President Reagan and Congress to enact the 21-year-old drinking age, and issued a landmark regulation that resulted in widespread enactment of state safety belt laws and air bags in all cars. These initiatives have been credited in saving an estimated 460,000 lives to date.
As secretary of labor from 1989 to 1990, she continued to make safety and health leadership her hallmark. Among many OSHA actions under her guidance was the Lockout-Tagout Standard, which establishes procedures to safeguard more than 39 million workers and prevent an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year.
As president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999, she led the transformation of the way the Red Cross collects, tests and distributes half of the nation's blood supply.
Read more about Dole's many life-saving contributions.
The National Safety Council honored Joseph J. Ucciferro, outgoing NSC chairman of the board and retired president and CEO of commercial and private sector businesses at Day & Zimmermann, with the NSC Flame of Life Award in 2010. During his term as NSC chairman from 2007 to 2010, Ucciferro led the development of a new strategy that defines how NSC could save an additional 10,000 lives and prevent 1 million injuries by 2014.
Ucciferro, who graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering and a Ph.D. in applied mechanics, is known for his personal commitment and passion for corporate safety and health practices, a philosophy he developed over more than 30 years in senior executive, technical and project management positions leading to the role of president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Day & Zimmermann Commercial and Public Sector.
In 2006 the Flame of Life award was presented to seven principal leaders of the Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign for their work in saving lives associated with air bags and safety belt use. Campaign members included:
● Phillip W Haseltine, Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety
● Timothy Hoyt, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
● Charles Hurley, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
● Ricardo Martinez, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
● Jeffrey Runge, , National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
● Janet Dewey-Kollen, Project Planners
● Jerry F Scannell, National Safety Council
● Joseph J. Ucciferro, National Safety Council
In 1971, the award was given to the Ad Council for its focus on raising awareness about traffic safety.
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