World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an international observance day designed to raise public awareness of occupational health and safety. This year, the topics focus on participation and social dialogue to create a positive health and safety culture.
First introduced in 2003 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to help prevent work-related accidents and illness globally. Held on the 28th of April every year, the awareness day is supported by the ILO, the United Nations, and many countries worldwide.
Throughout the last two years of the pandemic, having a robust occupational health and safety framework that is all-inclusive at government and industry levels has been crucial in protecting the working environment and workers' health and safety.
As we move on to the next stages, we must continue to build a solid health and safety culture across the board.
Taking part in the World Day for Safety and Health at Work helps raise awareness of the problem internationally and promotes a prevention culture.
- Valuing everyone’s rights to a safe working environment
- Encouraging good practices and constructive dialogue between workers, employers, and government to create safe and healthy working conditions with defined rules, responsibilities, and rights.
- Making prevention your top priority to minimise work-related fatalities and injuries
Raising awareness and understanding of occupational health and safety hazards is essential for preventing and controlling these risks.
Today, on World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we want to increase public knowledge of health and safety issues through social media blog posts. To read our posts, follow us on LinkedIn.
Source: Internation Labour Organisation
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