Workplace safety Totally Explained

Everything about Workplace Safety totally explained

Workplace safety is a category of management responsibility in places of employment. To ensure the safety and health of workers, managers establish a focus on safety that can include elements such as:

management leadership and commitment
employee engagement
accountability
safety programs, policies, and plans
safety processes, procedures, and practices
safety goals and objectives
safety inspections for workplace hazards
safety program audits
safety tracking & metrics
hazard identification and control
safety committees to promote employee involvement
safety education and training
safety communications to maintain a high level of awareness on safety

Workplace fatalities statistics

By year

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor compiles information about workplace fatalities in the United States. Since 1992, the year with the most workplace fatalities was 1994 with 6,632 fatalities, and the lowest in 2002 with 5,534.

By profession

The Bureau also compiles information about the most dangerous jobs. The most recent information comes from the year 2000, during which 5,915 people died on the job.

Job	Fatalities	Fatalities per 100,000 employees
Timber cutters	105	122.1
Pilots	230	100.8
Structural metal workers	47	59.5
Extractive occupations	69	53.9
Roofers	65	30.2
Construction workers	288	28.3
Truck drivers	852	27.6
All occupations	5,915	4.3

By country

Country	Fatalities	Fatalities per 100,000 employees
Austria	145	4.8
Belgium	41	2.4
Denmark	27	1.8
Finland	29	1.9
France	318	2.8
Germany	465	2.3
Greece	48	3.0
Ireland	52	3.2
Italy	427	2.8
Luxembourg	6	3.2
Netherlands	60	2.0
Portugal	285	7.6
Spain	365	3.7
Sweden	28	1.2
United Kingdom	182	1.1
European Union	2,478	2.5

Data from 2003 (External Link

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