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The goal of the Work to Zero initiative at NSC is to eliminate workplace fatalities through the use of technology. Initial
research for Work to Zero undertaken by NSC shed light into the situational and systemic risks that play pivotal factors in
workplace SIF events. Using expert interviews, NSC identified promising technologies to combat these high-risk activities. Of
these technologies, VR and AR were of interest among survey respondents and NSC members.
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Every year, lives are lost due to incidents that could have been prevented with proper training and awareness of workplace
hazards (Zhao & Lucas, 2015). Between 2003 and 2011, construction workers accounted for 47.8% of all U.S. electrical
fatalities, and over half of the relevant fatal or non-fatal incidents were ascribed to human errors (Zhao & Lucas, 2015).
Effective training programs are believed to be the most direct way to mitigate human errors, and firms are increasingly
leveraging VR or AR training to reduce these situational risks (Zhao & Lucas, 2015; NSC, 2020).
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