The 2016 World Day for Safety and Health at Work was observed across the world on 28 April 2016. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) celebrates World Day for Safety and Health to raise awareness of safety in the workplace. Occurring annually since 2003, each year it focuses on a specific area and bases a campaign around the theme.
The day 28 April has also long been associated with the world’s trade union movement’s commemoration of the victims of occupational accidents and diseases.
“Theme 2016: Workplace Stress: a collective challenge”
Every year some two million men and women lose their lives through accidents and diseases linked to their work. In addition, there are 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases each year, incurring US$ 2.8 trillion in costs for lost working time and expenses for treatment, compensation, and rehabilitation. When rules are implemented, and assistance is sought from companies such as BIG Safety, it is possible to prevent workplace fatalities, accidents, and any kind of illness. A work-related injury or death could be costly to everyone including the organization. Therefore, everyone has an obligation to act.
So, does your company need to get custom asset tags for your electrical goods inspections? When was the last time you tested the fire alarms? Are all of your employees aware of the company’s guidelines? Are they aware of the workplace safety guidelines put forth by the government? Is your company taking enough precautionary measures for ensuring the protection of the employees through building and roof safety? The sooner you take a look at your health and safety procedures the better — you don’t want someone to get hurt before you realize safety could be improved.
A national occupational safety and health culture is one in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where governments, employers and workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and where the highest priority is accorded to the principle of prevention.
