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ILO: ‘Building a culture of prevention on OSH is a joint commitment by governments, workers and employers’
14 April 2015
…The first All-Russian OSH Week brings together nearly 3,000 occupational safety and health practitioners, experts, scientists and private sector representatives from Russia and abroad. The 14-17 April meeting will discuss new trends and prospects for promoting activities for safety and health at work, for ensuring safe working conditions and protecting workers’ health.

“Despite continuous efforts by the International Labour Organization and by many of our constituent governments, workers organizations and employers, the challenge of creating safe and healthy workplaces for all remains enormous,” said Polaski.

The ILO estimates that occupational accidents and work-related diseases cause over 6,300 deaths every day or 2.3 million fatalities a year. Of this huge loss, about 350,000 deaths are caused by occupational accidents and close to 2 million by work-related diseases.

Non-fatal accidents affect an even larger number – over 313 million workers are injured every year – while non-fatal work-related diseases are estimated to affect 160 million each year…