Thursday, June 26, 2008
Off-the-Job Safety and Health Symposium discusses solutions
The National Safety Council held its 3rd Annual Off-the-Job Safety and Health Symposium this week in Denver, bringing together safety and health professionals from corporate, government, nonprofit and academic institutions to discuss how businesses can more effectively correlate employee health and safety, with the goal of maintaining more personalized, targeted and efficient safety programs. Areas of specific focus included prescription painkillers and the American workforce, pandemic planning, and workplace wellness programs.
Off-the-job safety is a focus area for the council, as data shows 10 out of 11 unintentional injury deaths and more than 70 percent of disabling injuries occur off the job. For more information, see the Off-the-Job page on the council's Website or e-mail Donna Stein-Harris, Home & Community Partnerships and Initiatives, at harrisd@nsc.org.