Marion Martin Award

The Marion Martin Award, presented annually to outstanding safety professionals, celebrates the accomplishments of women in safety and others who have achieved professional excellence in their area of specialty and helped pave the way for other women in the profession. Recipients have distinguished themselves in a variety of professional settings and personify excellence on the local, regional, national or international level.

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Jasmine Omar As global director of worldwide ergonomics and safety experience at Amazon, Jasmine has had an enormous impact not only on the safety of employees, but on the safety team. She launched Amazon’s safety observation program, leading to 200,000 observations in 2023. Her safety leadership has led to a 5 percent reduction in musculoskeletal disorder recordable incident rate, 60 percent reduction in lost time incident rates and a 30 percent reduction in recordable incident rate. Jasmine is passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. She is the executive sponsor of the Amazon Women in EHS affinity group, which has grown to over 2,000 members. With that group, she hosts fireside chats and shares her expertise on mentoring, work-life balance and skills development. Outside of work she mentors college-age women who aspire to enter the EHS field.	NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin (left) and Jasmine Omar.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 mARION mARTIN aWARD wINNER

Jasmine Omar

As global director of worldwide ergonomics and safety experience at Amazon, Jasmine has had an enormous impact not only on the safety of employees, but on the safety team. She launched Amazon’s safety observation program, leading to 200,000 observations in 2023. Her safety leadership has led to a 5 percent reduction in musculoskeletal disorder recordable incident rate, 60 percent reduction in lost time incident rates and a 30 percent reduction in recordable incident rate. Jasmine is passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. She is the executive sponsor of the Amazon Women in EHS affinity group, which has grown to over 2,000 members. With that group, she hosts fireside chats and shares her expertise on mentoring, work-life balance and skills development. Outside of work she mentors college-age women who aspire to enter the EHS field.

NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin (left) and Jasmine Omar.

Learn more about the Marion Martin Award and nomination process. For more information, please contact awards@nsc.org.

Who is Marion Martin?

Marion Martin spent her life defying stereotypes and breaking down barriers for women. Her political career began in 1930, when she was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. She was re-elected to a second term, then won two terms in the State Senate, where she was the only woman and only non-lawyer on the Legal Affairs Committee.

Ms. Martin later became the first female head of a Maine state government agency. She served as secretary of labor and industry from 1947 to 1962 and found a special delight in championing programs that encouraged women in the workplace. During her tenure and on the strength of her support, legislation involving equal pay for equal work, strong industrial safety, child labor and collective bargaining was passed.

In 1971, Ms. Martin was the first female awardee of the NSC Distinguished Service to Safety Award. NSC is proud to name this award after Ms. Martin. We look forward to continuing a recognition program that celebrates the accomplishments – against many odds – of women in the safety field.

Who is Marion Martin?

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