World Day for Safety and Health at Work – 28 April 2011
The 2011 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the implementation of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) as a tool for continual improvement in the prevention of workplace incidents and accidents. The ILO has prepared a report to serve as a background to this theme, a poster and other promotional materials for the occasion and invites you to join us in promoting this important day.
This year the World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on a systems’ approach for the prevention of workplace accidents and the management of OSH with a logical and useful tool for the promotion of the continual improvement of OSH performance at the organization’s level.
As every year, a report (pdf, 1,823kB) (Arabic Report) (pdf, 601kB) has been prepared to serve as a background to this theme. This year, it discusses the application of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) for the effective management of hazards and risks in the workplace.
A poster (pdf, 583 kB) and other promotional materials for the occasion can also be found on this page.
We invite you to join us in promoting this important date and the theme for this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Occupational Safety and Health Management System: A tool for continual improvement
During the last decade, occupational safety and health management systems have been widely implemented in both industrialized and developing countries. Their implementation has varied from incorporating legal requirements in national legislation, promoting national guidelines and introducing voluntary certification initiatives. The incorporation of an occupational safety and health management system in the application of preventive and protective measures at the workplace has proven to be essential for the improvement of working conditions and the working environment. As its principle of continual improvement allows for a periodic review of performance, it has been critical in the ultimate scope of preventing occupational accidents and diseases.
The OSH management systems’ approach has retained the attention of enterprises, governments and practitioners, both at national and international levels, for more than a decade. It is expected that more and more countries integrate OSHMS in national OSH programmes as a means to strategically promote the development of sustainable mechanisms for OSH improvements in the organizations.
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