International Labour Organization marks the World Day for Safety and Health at work on the 28th of April to encourage the prevention of workplace accidents and diseases worldwide. It is an awareness-raising campaign planned to focus international attention on emerging trends in the field of workplace safety and health worldwide. In many parts of the world, national authorities, trade unions, employers' organizations and safety and health practitioners organize activities to celebrate this date (ILO, 2016)
According to new estimates by the ILO, the number of job-related accidents and illnesses, which annually claim more than two million lives, appears to be rising because of rapid industrialization in some developing countries (Nada, 2005)
Currently only 15% of workers worldwide have access to specialized occupational health services carrying out prevention of occupational risks, health surveillance, training in safe working methods, first aid and advising employers in occupational health and safety (WHO, 2018)
ILO (2016) The April 28th is also the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers organized worldwide by the trade union movement since 1996. Its purpose is to honour the memory of victims of occupational accidents and diseases by organization worldwide mobilizations and awareness campaigns on this date. As a designated WHO collaborating centre, the members of the global network of WHO collaborating centres for occupational health's overall purpose is to assist the organization in implementing the World Health Assembly Resolution(WHO, 2017)
While we honour injured and fallen workers, we appreciate and celebrate that these injuries and fatalities can be prevented and reduced, recognizing it as both a day for commemoration and celebration (I-Auditor)
References
ILO. (2016), History of 28 April, [Online]. [Last Accessed 10th October 2019]. Available at:- <https://www.ilo.org/safework/events/safeday/WCMS_316480/lang--en/index.htm>
I-Auditor. (2018), Safety Culture, [Online]. [Last Accessed 10th October 2019]. Available at:- <https://safetyculture.com/world-safety-day>
Nada, O. (2005), World Day for Safety and Health at Work , [Online]. [Last Accessed 10th October 2019]. Available at:- <https://www.who.int/occupational_health/mediacentre/pr280405/en/>
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Good information to know that there is a day allocated for the safety and Health.
ReplyDeletescheduling Awareness program on that day would be remind All managers about important of Safety & Health
Thanks for the information. It makes us glad to see that ILO has made a day for the Health and Safety. This day makes us realize how important the health and safety in an organisation.
ReplyDeleteI have learned a lot of new things through this blog. One being knowing that there is a day for Safety and Heath. Recalling the accidents is a good in a way that managers don't repeat the same mistakes that would threaten the lives of many. This awareness is important so that employees too take their workplace safety seriously.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this information Ejaz, having a day for Occupational Health and Safety is something good, because there are so many workers have got affected and should be aware of.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Topic to talk about. I didn't know there was a day intend to for HSE in workplaces.
ReplyDeleteAccording to UK studies on Health and Safety Activities, around 4.4 million working days (full-day equivalent) were lost each year between 2015/16 and 2017/18 due to: workplace injury (12%) and work-related illness (88%).
So this is an important day about raising awareness.
Health and Safety Executive UK.
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Lucky to have at least one day for world place safety and health. The risk of occupational disease has become by far the most prevalent danger faced by people at their jobs accounting for 1.7 million annual work-related deaths and outpacing fatal accidents per year. The ILO has previously estimated that workplace accidents and illness are responsible for the loss of some four per cent of the world’s GDP in compensation and absence from work.
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