Free NSC Calculators Now Compare Costs and Potential Savings for 13 Safety Technologies
A companion report lays out five steps for judging a safety technology investment, from checking an organization's readiness to winning support from leadership.
- By Danielle Naidu
- Nov 09, 2026
Employers weighing technology to prevent deaths and serious incidents at work can now run the numbers with a larger set of free Employer Investment Calculators, the National Safety Council (NSC) said Nov. 9. Drawing on figures from their own operations, users can compare what a technology costs with what it could save. They can also try different scenarios and estimate the return on investment over five years.
NSC developed the suite through its Work to Zero program, working with McElhattan Foundation. It now covers 13 technologies, up from eight, among them EHS software, heat stress monitoring and ergonomics video analytics. Roughly 8,500 users a year turn to the calculators when weighing possible safety investments, NSC said.
Called Making the Business Case for Safety Innovation, the companion report sets out a five-step framework. Its steps range from assessing how ready an organization is and finding fitting solutions to working out the return on investment and getting buy-in from leaders. It also explains how the tools weigh the cost of keeping risk at today's level against possible savings from fewer serious injuries and deaths.
Readers can find the calculators, the report and other resources on NSC's Work to Zero webpage.
About the Author
Danielle Naidu is assistant editor for Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection Online.