ISN Marks One Year of Safety Function Partnership, Expands Energy-Based Training Access
ISN celebrates the first anniversary of its partnership with Safety Function, which has provided over 17,500 energy-based safety courses to contractors at no extra cost, aiming to reduce serious workplace incidents.
ISN, a global leader in contractor and supplier information management, is marking the one-year anniversary of its partnership with Safety Function, which has expanded access to critical safety training through ISNetworld®’s Learning Management System (LMS). The exclusive partnership gives ISN contractor customers access to 10 Safety Function courses focused on Energy-Based Safety fundamentals at no additional fee, reinforcing the company’s commitment to improving safety, compliance, and risk management across jobsites, with a goal of reducing workplace serious incidents and fatalities.
“Preventing serious injuries and fatalities will require a global community aligned around sound science and practical tools,” said Matt Hallowell, CEO at Safety Function. “This partnership expands access to energy-based safety knowledge by making high-quality training available to contractors of all sizes. We are proud to work with ISN to make this knowledge more accessible across the industry.”
By simplifying access to critical training, ISN continues to empower contractors and Hiring Clients to prioritize safety while enhancing operational efficiency. Over the past year, ISN contractors proactively assigned more than 17,500 courses to employees through ISN’s LMS and Empower®, ISN’s app for contractor workers, underscoring strong adoption and a growing focus on proactive hazard recognition.
Included in ISN’s member-exclusive safety toolkit, the courses provide streamlined, on-demand access to high-impact resources, helping contractors better identify and control high-risk hazards across workforces. ISN’s expanded Energy-based safety fundamentals are also reflected in ISN’s latest Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) White Paper, which correlates root causes of SIF outcomes with the primary energy sources and high-energy hazards.
Available courses and benefits include Energy-Based Hazard Recognition tools such as the Energy Wheel, helping contractors better identify and understand high-risk energy sources; High-Energy Hazards and Direct Controls focused on practical mitigation strategies for serious workplace risks; High-Energy Control Assessments (HECA®) providing structured frameworks to help evaluate and improve safety controls; multilingual course offerings in English, Spanish, and French to support global workforce accessibility; and seamless access through ISNetworld’s LMS and Empower tools at no additional cost to contractors.
“Over the past year, this partnership helped ISN continue to expand subscriber access to hazard awareness training, supporting how contractors manage risk in the field,” said Marie Anderson, Chief Customer Success Officer at ISN. “ISN data shows serious incidents are often tied to identifiable, high-energy hazards, and offering Safety Function’s training through ISNetworld helps our customers focus on the exposures that matter most to strengthen safety performance across operations.”
The implications of this announcement are significant for the construction and energy industries, where serious injuries and fatalities remain a critical concern. By providing free, high-quality training on energy-based hazard recognition, ISN and Safety Function are equipping contractors with tools to proactively identify and control high-risk situations, potentially reducing the frequency of SIF events. The strong adoption rate—over 17,500 courses assigned in one year—indicates a growing industry recognition of the need for such specialized training. Furthermore, the multilingual offerings ensure that global workforces can access this knowledge, addressing language barriers that often hinder safety training effectiveness.