New Frontier of Occupational Safety and Health
Over the past five decades, the Occupational Health
and Safety (OHS) industry has made great strides in
improvement, in line with a more robust regulatory
and legal framework that drives organizations to
establish safer practices. However, evolving risks
continue to challenge what makes established
global OHS standards most effective.
Marking these developments year over year is the
UN World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28th
April) – a day that promotes the criticality of an OHS
program and underlines the shared responsibility
that governments, employees, and workers have
towards preventing occupational incidents and
spread of diseases. And, delivering on the
responsibility ties back to how well governments
and organizations can keep up with the changing
OHS landscape while driving improvements in
standards and processes.
Such constant improvement is critical, as large
numbers of injuries and deaths still exist. According
to the estimates of the International Labour
Organization (ILO) close to 2.3 million men and
women around the world become victims of
work-related diseases and accidents every year,
which corresponds to a whopping 6000 deaths
every day.