World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020

World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated every 28 April to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. It has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003.

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Key-Points

The day is concerned about safe work and awareness of the dimensions and consequences of work-related accidents and diseases.

It aims to place occupational safety and health (OSH) on the international and national agendas.

It also aims to provide support to the national efforts for the improvement of national OSH systems and programmes which are in line with relevant international labour standards.

National occupational safety and health culture is one in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where governments, employers, and workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties.

The first World Day for Safety and Health at Work was observed on 28 April 2003. The day was observed to advance the opportunities for people to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security, and human dignity.