The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Safe + Sound week is here.
This nationwide event recognizes successful workplace safety and health programs, as well as provides educational opportunities to employers on how to keep America’s workers safe.
What is Safe + Sound Week?
Between Aug. 9-15, employers are invited to participate in planning and promoting events around creating and maintaining successful safety and health in the workplace.
These sessions can help employees and employers alike learn about proactively identifying and managing workplace hazards before they cause injury or illness. By empowering your workers and community, your business can improve sustainability and performance.
“Each year, millions of workers suffer job-related injuries or illnesses, and thousands die in work-related incidents. These incidents hurt workers and their families, and harm businesses as well,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health James Frederick.
“Most importantly, effective safety and health programs save lives and prevent injuries. They also help businesses improve safety and health compliance and avoid the many costs associated with workplace safety and health incidents.”
Last year, more than 3,400 businesses helped to raise awareness about workers’ health and safety. By participating, you can help get a program started, reinvigorate an existing one, or get recognized for your safety successes.
All organizations are able to participate.
How to Get Started
You can participate in Safe + Sound week in just three steps:
1. Sign up here.
2. Plan and promote your events.
– Identify activities and events to plan and promote for your workplace or community.
3. Recognize your participation.
– After you’ve completed your events, you can download a certificate and virtual challenge coin to recognize your organization.
For more information and to see how many participants have registered in each state so far, click here.
Participating in Safe + Sound Week is simple. Organizations of any size or in any industry looking for an opportunity to show their commitment to safety can participate.
Visit the Safe + Sound website for more information, resources and tools to help plan and promote safety events.
Easy Ways to Get Involved
There are other quick and easy ways to get involved in Safe + Sound Week.
Here are some simple exercises you can do in your workplace to educate on and underscore the importance of health and safety:
- Complete the “Take 3 in 30” challenge for management leadership
- Ask workers to share how COVID-19 changed how they think about safety in the workplace
- Hold a training course to refresh employees on proper use of safety equipment
- Take the “Check on Safety” for finding and fixing workplace hazards
- Host a trivia session on how well workers know safety and health practices
- Create a board for workers display suggestions to help find and fix workplace hazards
- Recognize safety milestones and worker contributions
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