National Safety Month
Since 1996, the first year the National Safety Council established National Safety Month, the month-long observance has taken place each June. National Safety Month is a time for organizations, companies and individuals to increase awareness of workplace safety and health risks and to make efforts to reduce occupational injuries and deaths.
Weekly topics for National Safety Month in 2022 include:
Week 1 – Musculoskeletal Disorders
Week 2 – Workplace Impairment
Week 3 – Injury Prevention
Week 4 – Slips, Trips and Falls
As recently as 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports there were 4,764 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States, with a worker dying every 111 minutes. That same year, according to BLS, private employers reported 2.7 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses. This number included 1,176,340 nonfatal injuries and illnesses that caused a private industry worker to miss at least one day of work.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), employers have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace.
Safe work environments also make financial sense. OSHA states that in addition to their social costs, workplace injuries and illnesses have a major impact on an employer's bottom line. It has been estimated that employers pay almost $1 billion per week for direct workers' compensation costs alone. Direct costs include workers' compensation payments, medical expenses and costs for legal services. Examples of indirect costs provided by OSHA include training replacement employees, accident investigation and implementation of corrective measures, lost productivity, repairing damaged equipment and property, and costs associated with lower employee morale and absenteeism.
These are just a few of the many things to know about National Safety Month and the importance of preventing occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths. To learn more about this or other industrial hygiene, environmental, health or safety issues, please visit the websites shown below.
Clark Seif Clark https://www.csceng.com
EMSL Analytical, Inc. https://www.emsl.com
LA Testing https://www.latesting.com
Zimmetry Environmental https://www.zimmetry.com
CTSI https://www.ctsiweb.com
Healthy Indoors Magazine https://www.healthyindoors.com
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