World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: Significance, Theme, History and Quotes

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: World Day for Safety and Health at Work, also known as Safety Day, is celebrated every year on April 28, 2023.  World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated to promote safe, healthy, and decent work environments across the globe. The day aims to educate people about preventing occupational accidents and other diseases caused due to work or work-related injuries.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: History  

The International Labour Organization celebrated the World Day for Safety and Health at Work for the first time in the year 2003. International Labour Organization declared this day as an annual international campaign to raise awareness of the importance of workplace safety and health.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: Theme

The International Labour Organization decides the theme for World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This year, the theme is “A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work”

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: Quotes 

• “Safety is not a gadget, but a state of mind.” – Eleanor Everet
•  “Safety has to be everyone’s responsibility… everyone needs to know that they are empowered to speak up if there’s an issue.” – Captain Scott Kelly
•  “Paper doesn’t save people, people save people” – Dan Petersen
•  "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” – Jeff Cooper
•  “Safety brings first aid to the uninjured.”- F.S. Hughes
• ”An incident is just the tip of the iceberg, a sign of a much larger problem below the surface.” – Don Brown
• “Accidents hurt, safety doesn’t.” – Author unknown
• “Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”– Aeschylus
• It takes leadership to improve safety." - Jackie Stewart
•  "There's no better policy in society than pursuing the health and safety of its people.”– Ralph Nader

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