The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed every year on 28th of April by the International Labour Organization (ILO) which is a day to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. It is an awareness-raising campaign in order to focus international attention on emerging trends in the field of occupational safety and health on the magnitude of work related injuries, diseases and fatalities worldwide. According to ILO estimates, every year some two million men and women have lose their lives through accidents and diseases linked to their work. It is reported that, there are 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases each year, incurring US$ 2.8 trillion in costs for the lost working time and expenses for treatment. The fatalities, accidents and illness at work are highly preventable and we have an obligation to act in order to eradicate them.
So, the occupational safety, health culture is one of our right to a safe the healthy working environment and respected at all levels, where the governments, employers and workers actively participate in securing one of the safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties in a nation.
S.P Phullan
Turbat