Sneak Peek: Workplace Safety and Health Breakout Breakout

WCI 2026 Sneak Peek

The Workplace Safety and Health Breakout delivers a forward-looking exploration of the strategies, technologies, and cultural practices shaping safer workplaces and better workers’ compensation outcomes. Sessions examine critical risk areas, including injury investigations, heat illness prevention, workplace violence, slip/trip/fall exposures, motor vehicle safety, and employee reporting behaviors—while highlighting proactive solutions to reduce incidents and claims. Attendees will also gain insight into the growing role of artificial intelligence in risk reduction, workforce transformation, and safety management.

The program emphasizes prevention at every stage of the injury lifecycle, from pre-employment fitness-for-duty assessments and onsite healthcare programs to effective return-to-work strategies and system design. By combining regulatory updates, emerging research, and practical best practices, this breakout equips participants to build more resilient, healthy, and high-performing organizations.

Featured Sessions

Workplace Safety & Health Breakout Sessions

Monday, August 24

3 Featured Sessions
Challenges and Opportunities in Employee Injury Investigations
Calculated Confidence: How AI is Revolutionizing Risk Reduction
Strategies to Prevent Heat-Related Claims and Reduce Costs Before Enforcement Hits: Turn Compliance into Cost Control: Master OSHA’s New Heat Rule. Are You Ready?

Tuesday, August 25

6 Featured Sessions
Proactive Measures: Workplace Violence Prevention and Response
How AI Is Reshaping the Workforce and Redefining Safety
Slip/Trip/Falls – A leading loss driver of claims
From Risk to Resilience: Preventing Fatalities and Auto Related Workers’ Compensation Exposure
Using Pre-Employment-Fitness for Duty and Return-to-Work: Proactive Approach in Managing Workers’ Compensation
OSHA Update and Research Project-Why Employees do not Report Unsafe Acts and Practices

Wednesday, August 26

3 Featured Sessions
Purpose, Mindset, and Workers’ Compensation Outcomes: Applying PERMA to Safety, Health, and Recovery
Designing Safer Systems: A Proactive Blueprint for Managing the Injury Lifecycle
Setting Onsite Healthcare Up for Success

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