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In 2018, Safe + Sound Week takes place in the United States from August 13th through the 19th with its tagline of Show Your Commitment to Safety. It is described by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a nationwide event to raise awareness and understanding of the value of safety and health programs that include management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards in workplaces.
These efforts are critically important because although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the rate of worker deaths and reported injuries in the United States has decreased by more than 60% in the past four decades since the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was passed, every year, more than 4,500 workers are still killed on the job (a rate of 12 per day) and 4.1 million suffer a serious job-related injury or illness.
OSHA also states that serious job-related injuries or illnesses don't just hurt workers and their families, but can hurt business in a variety of ways. Implementing a safety and health program, however, can improve a business's safety and health performance, save money and improve competitiveness.
Safety and health programs help businesses to:
Prevent workplace injuries and illnesses
Improve compliance with laws and regulations
Reduce costs, including significant reductions in workers' compensation premiums
Engage workers
Enhance social responsibility goals
Increase productivity and enhance overall business operations
Participating in Safe + Sound Week can help organizations get their safety and health program started or energize an existing one.
These are just a few things to know about Safe + Sound Week and the importance of safety and health programs in the workplace. To learn more about this or other occupational, air quality, environmental, health or safety issues, please visit the websites shown below.
Clark Seif Clark csceng.com
EMSL Analytical, Inc. emsl.com
LA Testing latesting.com
Zimmetry Environmental zimmetry.com
Healthy Indoors Magazine healthyindoors.com
In 2018, Safe + Sound Week takes place in the United States from August 13th through the 19th with its tagline of Show Your Commitment to Safety. It is described by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a nationwide event to raise awareness and understanding of the value of safety and health programs that include management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards in workplaces.
These efforts are critically important because although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the rate of worker deaths and reported injuries in the United States has decreased by more than 60% in the past four decades since the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was passed, every year, more than 4,500 workers are still killed on the job (a rate of 12 per day) and 4.1 million suffer a serious job-related injury or illness.
OSHA also states that serious job-related injuries or illnesses don't just hurt workers and their families, but can hurt business in a variety of ways. Implementing a safety and health program, however, can improve a business's safety and health performance, save money and improve competitiveness.
Safety and health programs help businesses to:
Prevent workplace injuries and illnesses
Improve compliance with laws and regulations
Reduce costs, including significant reductions in workers' compensation premiums
Engage workers
Enhance social responsibility goals
Increase productivity and enhance overall business operations
Participating in Safe + Sound Week can help organizations get their safety and health program started or energize an existing one.
These are just a few things to know about Safe + Sound Week and the importance of safety and health programs in the workplace. To learn more about this or other occupational, air quality, environmental, health or safety issues, please visit the websites shown below.
Clark Seif Clark csceng.com
EMSL Analytical, Inc. emsl.com
LA Testing latesting.com
Zimmetry Environmental zimmetry.com
Healthy Indoors Magazine healthyindoors.com
