Safety without Silos: How Zeon Chemicals Unifies Life-Safety and Compliance
Join Zeon Chemicals and Verkada for a conversation on how unifying life-safety and compliance through a single pane of glass addresses critical manufacturing challenges.
Discover how Zeon utilizes Verkada Guest and Access Control to replace fragmented, paper-based systems with a fully integrated ecosystem. We will discuss how they:
Bridge the Safety Gap: Use Verkada Guest to automate the delivery of mandatory safety training videos and NDAs during check-in.
Unify Oversight: Leverage Access Control to natively link door events with video footage, eliminating hours of manual cross-referencing.
Ensure Real-Time Accountability: Utilize mobile-based digital roll calls that sync with door logs to account for every employee and guest in seconds during an emergency.
LORI CARSON, PE, CSP is the Director of Safety, Health & Environment at Zeon Chemicals, LP, a role she assumed in January 2021. She has been with Zeon for over 11 years. Carson is an accomplished professional with experience leading all aspects of occupational safety, process safety, industrial hygiene, environmental protection, security & sustainability. She oversees a high performing team of 9 professionals. She brings extensive expertise in developing and executing strategies and is recognized as a results-driven leader with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Under her leadership, Zeon became ISO14001 & ISO45001 certified, achieved zero recordable injury records at all of Zeon's manufacturing facilities and implemented SafeStart behavioral safety program engaging over 350 employees in sharing stories and having meaningful conversations about safety.
Before joining Zeon, she served as Environmental & Radiation Safety Manager at Clariant Corporation (formerly Sud-Chemic Inc.). Earlier in her career, she was a consultant with a focus on industrial compliance. She was motivated to pursue a career in environmental engineering and occupational safety after witnessing the working conditions her father experienced as a steelworker back home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Carson earned her bachelor’s degree from the Washington University in St. Louis, Master's Certificate in Occupational Safety from Eastern Kentucky University and Master's in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. She is the proud mother of two adult children: her daughter is a Physician Assistant, and her son is an Aerospace Engineer. Carson is inspired by nature and prefers spending time outdoors hiking to waterfalls with her canine companion. She also enjoys traveling with her family, gardening, and reading. Her sustainability program won the 2022 Conservation Award from Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection. She is honored to have been named to Rubber News' Women Breaking the Mold Class of 2024 and one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Kentucky in 2025.
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Join Zeon Chemicals and Verkada for a conversation on how unifying life-safety and compliance through a single pane of glass addresses critical manufacturing challenges.
Discover how Zeon utilizes Verkada Guest and Access Control to replace fragmented, paper-based systems with a fully integrated ecosystem. We will discuss how they:
Bridge the Safety Gap: Use Verkada Guest to automate the delivery of mandatory safety training videos and NDAs during check-in.
Unify Oversight: Leverage Access Control to natively link door events with video footage, eliminating hours of manual cross-referencing.
Ensure Real-Time Accountability: Utilize mobile-based digital roll calls that sync with door logs to account for every employee and guest in seconds during an emergency.
LORI CARSON, PE, CSP is the Director of Safety, Health & Environment at Zeon Chemicals, LP, a role she assumed in January 2021. She has been with Zeon for over 11 years. Carson is an accomplished professional with experience leading all aspects of occupational safety, process safety, industrial hygiene, environmental protection, security & sustainability. She oversees a high performing team of 9 professionals. She brings extensive expertise in developing and executing strategies and is recognized as a results-driven leader with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Under her leadership, Zeon became ISO14001 & ISO45001 certified, achieved zero recordable injury records at all of Zeon's manufacturing facilities and implemented SafeStart behavioral safety program engaging over 350 employees in sharing stories and having meaningful conversations about safety.
Before joining Zeon, she served as Environmental & Radiation Safety Manager at Clariant Corporation (formerly Sud-Chemic Inc.). Earlier in her career, she was a consultant with a focus on industrial compliance. She was motivated to pursue a career in environmental engineering and occupational safety after witnessing the working conditions her father experienced as a steelworker back home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Carson earned her bachelor’s degree from the Washington University in St. Louis, Master's Certificate in Occupational Safety from Eastern Kentucky University and Master's in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. She is the proud mother of two adult children: her daughter is a Physician Assistant, and her son is an Aerospace Engineer. Carson is inspired by nature and prefers spending time outdoors hiking to waterfalls with her canine companion. She also enjoys traveling with her family, gardening, and reading. Her sustainability program won the 2022 Conservation Award from Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection. She is honored to have been named to Rubber News' Women Breaking the Mold Class of 2024 and one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Kentucky in 2025.
Information you submit will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.