Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2022
Desmond Etheridge
Age: 33
Risk Control Service Director
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Louisville, KY
“Desmond has been instrumental in the integration of formal risk assessment and behavioral observation techniques to guide injury prevention efforts at his locations. His efforts have resulted in a behavior-based safety program that observed over 15,000 employees in 2020 and captured data on millions of behaviors performed. This upstream data has assisted his target operations in reducing risk and reinforcing safe working methods. In addition, Desmond conducted multiple validation assessments that identify training and knowledge gaps that are influencing behavioral risk. The processes he has implemented allows for predictive measures to be implemented to make improvements in the injury frequencies.”
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