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Safety Risks Are Rising, Despite AI Adoption

Workplace injuries are rising even as 92% of EHS pros use AI. Hear from CEO R. Mukund on why adoption hasn't reached the workflows where risk decisions get made.

EHS Leaders
2026
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R. Mukund
American Society of Safety Professionals
2026

Aligning AI Use with Organizational Priorities: A Perspective for EHS Teams

Natasha Porter, Chief Customer Officer at Benchmark Gensuite, argues that the biggest barrier to safe, lasting AI adoption in EHS isn't capability — it's sequencing. This page expands on her published perspective in ASSP News, unpacking her priorities-first approach, her three-layer model for building trust, and what it takes to embed AI into the work EHS teams are already doing rather than adding another tool to learn.

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Natasha Porter
Risk & Insurance
2026

EHS Professionals Using AI to Make Workplaces Safer

American Society of Safety Professionals' AI task force members share implementation strategies for workplace safety.

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Natasha Porter
EHS Leaders
2026

How Agentic AI Closes Safety Gaps

Discover how agentic AI can remove resource constraints that leave underrepresented workers under-protected, building a more equitable safety program.

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R. Mukund
EHS Today
2026

Agentic AI & the Future of Worker Safety

In a byline for EHS Today, Benchmark Gensuite makes the case for agentic AI in worker safety. Explore quick wins and why data readiness is the real bottleneck.

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R. Mukund
ISHN
2026

AI Agents Won’t Replace EHS Professionals

In an ISHN Q&A, R. Mukund addressed the question EHS leaders keep asking about agentic AI: does it mean smaller teams? His answer reframes the debate around where human time goes, not how much of it survives. Here's the fuller picture behind that answer.

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R. Mukund
ISHN
2026

The First AI Agent Built for EHS

The EHS industry has had AI copilots. It’s now getting AI agents — systems that don’t just help you do the work, but complete defined compliance and safety tasks autonomously. Here’s what that shift means and what EHS teams should understand about it.

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R. Mukund
Workplace Safety & Risk

Beyond TRIR: Finding SIF Exposures with ASTM E2920-26

Frequency metrics show how often people get hurt, not how badly. This page explains why that gap hides serious injury and fatality exposure, and how consistent severity classification under ASTM E2920-26 brings high-consequence risk into view sooner.

Safety+Health
2026
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Natasha Porter
Plant Engineering
2026

Manufacturing Injuries Are Rising Behind the Reporting Gap

Plant Engineering's coverage of the injury reporting gap draws on Benchmark Gensuite's research showing that nearly half of EHS leaders saw injury frequency increase in 2025, even as official reporting trends improved. Here's what's really driving the disconnect, and what it takes to close it.

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R. Mukund
EHS Leaders
2026

The Hidden Risk Gap Expanding Across Industrial Operations

Benchmark Gensuite's 2026 EHS Benchmarking Report shows more EHS leaders reporting higher injury frequency and severity, even as national trend lines suggest steady improvement. Here's why that gap exists, what's driving it, and what it means for how EHS teams operate day to day.

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R. Mukund
EHS Today
2026

A Fresh Approach to Workplace Safety in 2026

On EHS Today's Great Question podcast, Benchmark Gensuite's Chief Strategy Officer Donavan Hornsby breaks down why injury severity is climbing even as minor incidents decline, what's really behind chronic underreporting, and where AI can meaningfully help EHS teams carrying more responsibility than ever.

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Donavan Hornsby
ISHN
2026

Why are EHS Teams Stretched Thin?

Benchmark Gensuite CEO R. Mukund unpacks the pressures behind rising injury data and what it will take to relieve the strain on EHS teams.

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R. Mukund
ISHN
2026

EHS Data Reveals Increase in Work Injuries

Benchmark Gensuite's 2026 EHS Benchmarking Report shows injury rates rising sharply while 90% of incidents go underreported. The headline numbers tell part of the story — what's actually driving them is a workload problem, not a commitment problem, and the report points to where AI has and hasn't closed the gap.

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R. Mukund
ISHN
2026

How the View of AI in EHS Changed in a Year

At ASSP Safety 2025 in Orlando, three Benchmark Gensuite executives fielded a very different set of conversations than the year before. The booth traffic shifted from job-security anxiety to hands-on questions about implementation — a signal about where safety AI adoption is actually headed in 2026.

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Natasha Porter
EHS Strategy & Digital Transformation

Benchmark Gensuite: Top Minority-Owned Business in Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Business Courier's 2026 ranking of the region's biggest minority-owned businesses places Benchmark Gensuite at No. 5, with $68.68 million in 2025 revenue and 619 employees. Here's what that growth reflects about the company and the enterprise EHS software category it competes in.

Cincinnati Business Courier
2026
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R. Mukund
EHS Today
2026

4 Shifts Redefining EHS in 2026

Explore four shifts reshaping EHS in 2026; digital foundations, mobile tools, AI decision support, and AI agents, with the detail leaders need to act on it.

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R. Mukund
ISHN
2026

10 Challenges in 2026 for EHS

ISHN's top 10 list of EHS challenges in 2026 names AI maturity. Benchmark Gensuite's CEO speaks on why administrative AI use isn't the same as AI maturity.

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R. Mukund
Sustainability & ESG

Benchmark Gensuite Named 2026 Sustainability Award Winner

The Business Intelligence Group has named Benchmark Gensuite a 2026 Sustainability Leadership Award winner, recognizing organizations that have moved sustainability from stated commitment to demonstrated, verifiable practice. Here's what the recognition signals about how ESG software providers are now being evaluated.

Business Intelligence Group
2026
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R. Mukund
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
2026

4 Lessons for Smarter Supply Chain Safety

Explore 4 lessons for adopting AI to manage supply chain safety risk, including replacing reactive safety documentation with proactive, AI risk intelligence.

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Donavan Hornsby
ISHN
2026

What to Know About AI & Safety Jobs

Will AI replace safety and health professionals? Read what Benchmark Gensuite's CEO says on why human-in-the-loop oversight defines the future of AI in EHS.

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R. Mukund

Questions we hear most

What EHS leaders are asking

What topics does Benchmark Gensuite's thought leadership cover?

Our executives and experts publish and are interviewed on AI in EHS, agentic AI for safety workflows, workplace injury trends, EHS team capacity challenges, supply chain safety, and digital transformation strategy for EHS programs.
Agentic AI goes beyond generative AI chatbots — it executes defined tasks, makes contextual decisions, and learns from interaction. In EHS, agentic AI is being applied to permit reviews, chemical hazard assessments, incident report triage, and compliance documentation — reducing hours of manual work to minutes.
Benchmark Gensuite’s 2026 EHS Benchmarking Report found that 45% of EHS leaders reported increased injury frequency — up from 18% the prior year. Most AI use today is concentrated in administrative tasks. Prevention requires AI to be embedded in operational workflows where risk decisions actually happen, not just in back-office documentation.
EHS professionals are now responsible for sustainability reporting, emergency preparedness, total worker health, and supply chain compliance — on top of traditional safety duties. The 2026 Benchmarking Report found 90% of professionals report incidents going underreported, with increased demand and workforce shortages identified as the leading contributors to rising incident rates.
Benchmark Gensuite’s position is that AI agents work alongside EHS professionals, not in place of them. Agents automate manual and repetitive tasks, freeing teams to focus on field engagement, culture, and risk judgment — the work that requires human presence and expertise that AI cannot replicate.
92% of EHS leaders report using generative AI and 86% report using agentic AI in day-to-day work. However, most use remains concentrated in administrative tasks like drafting documentation and summarizing incident reports. The report identifies operational workflow integration as the critical next step for AI to translate into measurable safety outcomes.

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