Get safe

All right, a good job should be challenging and should push you to go beyond your limits but getting out of your comfort zone is one thing, jeopardizing your safety is another .

2.2 million people die each year of work related accidents or diseases.  According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) 350 thousand of these are due to workplace accidents, more than 1.7 million are from work-related diseases and 158 thousand are from commuting accidents. About 4% of the world’s gross domestic product is lost with the cost of injury, death and disease through the absence from work, sickness treatment, disability and survivor benefits.

In a world where an average of five thousand people die every day as a result of work-related accidents or diseases, an initiative such as World Day for Safety and Health at Work represents a particularly important occasion to promote safe and healthy work  and to urge governments and companies to implement the safety measures in the workplace.

April 28 has long been associated by the world’s trade union movement with commemorating victims of occupational accidents and diseases. Every year since 2003 ILO has been observing this day by organizing an international campaign to raise awareness on how to make work safe and healthy by stressing the prevention of accidents and illnesses at work .

The theme chosen for this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work is Occupational Safety and Health Management (OSHMS), a method to prevent accidents in the workplace and to implement safety and health measures.

Check out the events of 2011 World Day for Safety and Health at Work: http://www.ilo.org