ENVOY REPORT
Workplace safety challenges and trends in 2025
When emergencies strike, every second counts. New AI-powered safety technologies are changing how teams prepare and respond—but most organizations still rely on manual, outdated processes that slow response and increase risk. Only 5.1% have fully automated emergency response systems, contributing to preventable incidents, audit failures, and millions in lost revenue.
In this report, Envoy surveyed 117 workplace safety leaders to reveal today’s biggest safety gaps, the AI capabilities leaders are prioritizing, and how top organizations are modernizing emergency readiness.
Key insights from the report
Based on a national survey of safety leaders, this report reveals the critical vulnerabilities hiding inside today’s safety operations. You’ll learn:
- Why most organizations can’t consistently detect warning signs before incidents occur
- How manual and fragmented systems are driving preventable incidents and audit risk
- Where leaders are overestimating audit readiness—and the real cost of non-compliance
- Which AI capabilities 80% of safety leaders say they need, and what’s holding adoption back