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Monday, May 05, 2008
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week May 4 - 10
Yesterday was the beginning of the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. The following was adapted from an announcement from the American Society of Safety Engineers.
Due to the efforts of many, millions of people go to and return home safely from work every day. However, in the U.S. alone, 5,840 workers died from on-the-job injuries in 2006 and millions more suffered workplace injuries and illnesses. These can be prevented.
During the annual North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) this May 4 – 10th, the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) along with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and 72 corporations and associations representing all industries, plus 150,000+ businesses and millions of people will provide tools, best practices and solutions on how accidents can be prevented and illustrate how safety is good business.
The 32,000 ASSE SH&E professionals work day in and day out identifying hazards and implanting safety and health advances in all industries and at all workplaces, aimed at eliminating workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. Businesses who have adopted safety into their core business strategy continue to see how safety contributes positively not only to their bottom line, but to the company's brand and reputation and employee and vendor morale. Workplace safety also contributes to a reduction in health insurance and workers compensation costs and provides a safe working environment for employees and for the community they do business in. Society as a whole benefits when there are fewer accidents and on-the-job injuries increasing everyone's quality of life.
Poor Workplace Safety Costs...
· businesses spend about $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses – it is estimated that U.S. employers pay almost $1 billion every week to injured employees and their medical care providers;
· each year families, friends, and co-workers of victims of on-the-job accidents suffer intangible losses and grief, especially when proper safety measures could have prevented worker injury or death;
· ASSE has recognized that a safe and healthy workplace positively impacts employee morale, health, and productivity; and
· a recent study done by Goldman Sachs JBWere showed valuation links between workplace safety and health factors and investment performance – they found companies who did not adequately manage workplace safety and health issues underperformed those who did -- suggesting that workplace safety and health factors have potentially greater effectiveness at identifying underperforming stocks.
Due to the efforts of many, millions of people go to and return home safely from work every day. However, in the U.S. alone, 5,840 workers died from on-the-job injuries in 2006 and millions more suffered workplace injuries and illnesses. These can be prevented.
During the annual North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) this May 4 – 10th, the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) along with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and 72 corporations and associations representing all industries, plus 150,000+ businesses and millions of people will provide tools, best practices and solutions on how accidents can be prevented and illustrate how safety is good business.
The 32,000 ASSE SH&E professionals work day in and day out identifying hazards and implanting safety and health advances in all industries and at all workplaces, aimed at eliminating workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. Businesses who have adopted safety into their core business strategy continue to see how safety contributes positively not only to their bottom line, but to the company's brand and reputation and employee and vendor morale. Workplace safety also contributes to a reduction in health insurance and workers compensation costs and provides a safe working environment for employees and for the community they do business in. Society as a whole benefits when there are fewer accidents and on-the-job injuries increasing everyone's quality of life.
Poor Workplace Safety Costs...
· businesses spend about $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses – it is estimated that U.S. employers pay almost $1 billion every week to injured employees and their medical care providers;
· each year families, friends, and co-workers of victims of on-the-job accidents suffer intangible losses and grief, especially when proper safety measures could have prevented worker injury or death;
· ASSE has recognized that a safe and healthy workplace positively impacts employee morale, health, and productivity; and
· a recent study done by Goldman Sachs JBWere showed valuation links between workplace safety and health factors and investment performance – they found companies who did not adequately manage workplace safety and health issues underperformed those who did -- suggesting that workplace safety and health factors have potentially greater effectiveness at identifying underperforming stocks.
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