National Safety Month Is Coming!
Since 1996, June has held the distinction of being National Safety Month thanks to the National Safety Council. To help you make June your company’s own special safety month, NSC offers weekly safety topics to consider as well as a variety of free safety-focused resources.
This year, NSC will focus National Safety Month on the following four weekly topics:
■ Week 1—Musculoskeletal Disorders: MSDs are a leading cause of workplace injury and cost billions each year in workers' compensation and lost productivity.
■ Week 2—Workplace Impairment: In addition to substance use on the job, mental distress, stress, and fatigue can cause impairment hazards.
■ Week 3—Injury Prevention: In 2020 alone, more than 4 million workplace injuries required medical attention in the U.S. Learn how to prevent injuries and deaths by identifying hazards and assessing risks.
■ Week 4—Slips, Trips, and Falls: With falls the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, it’s critical for employees to know how to reduce slips, trips, and falls and how technology can help save lives.
Click HERE to receive NSC’s free National Safety Month materials, which typically include tip sheets in both English and Spanish, articles related to the weekly safety focus, graphics to share on social media, and more.
Of course, you can create your own safety-focused program in June, which could include weekly safety meetings or toolbox talks; equipment inspections; hazard-recognition tours of your operations; emails or printouts of safety articles or tip sheets; employee recognition for excellent safety work; and social media posts, among other activities.
Calendar graphic from Clipart Library.
