Hyderabad: World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed every year on 28 April to promote safety and health in the workplace and those who lost their lives from work-related injury or illness at workplace, Worker's Memorial Day honours them.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an awareness-raising campaign that aims to make work safe and healthy.
Recognizing the great challenge that governments, employers, workers and whole societies are facing worldwide to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, in particular, on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim is to stimulate national tripartite dialogue on safety and health at work. The International Labour Organization is using this day to raise awareness on the adoption of safe practices in workplaces and the role that occupational safety and health (OSH) services play. It will also focus on the medium to long-term, including recovery and future preparedness, in particular, integrating measures into OSH management systems and policies at the national and enterprise levels.
Occupational safety and health can be important for moral, legal, and financial reasons. All organisations have a duty of care to ensure that employees and any other person who may be affected by the companies undertaking remain safe at all times. Moral obligations would involve the protection of employee's lives and health. Legal reasons for OSH practices relate to the preventative, punitive and compensatory effects of laws that protect worker's safety and health.
Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19
- Make sure your workplaces are clean and hygienic
- Promote regular and thorough hand-washing by employees, contractors, and customers
- Promote good respiratory hygiene in the workplace
- Advise employees and contractors to consult national travel advice before going on business trips.
Key considerations to prevent or reduce COVID-19 risks
BEFORE the meeting or event
Check the advice from the authorities in the community where you plan to hold the meeting or event. Follow their advice.
Develop and agree a preparedness plan to prevent infection at your meeting or event.
Develop and agree a response plan in case someone at the meeting becomes ill with symptoms of COVID-19 (dry cough, fever, malaise).
During the meeting or event
Provide information or a briefing, preferably both orally and in writing, on COVID-19 and the measures that organizers are taking to make this event safe for participants.
Display dispensers of alcohol-based hand rub prominently around the venue.
If there is space, arrange seats so that participants are at least 1 meter apart.
Open windows and doors whenever possible to make sure the venue is well ventilated.
If anyone who starts to feel unwell, follow your preparedness plan or call your hotline.
