National Safety Stand-Down will take place June 2-6, 2014.
April 28th marks Workers’ Memorial Day in which workers and occupational safety activists honor those who have lost their lives on the job. They also fight for safe workplaces for all workers around the world.
Four decades ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job. Since then, hundreds of thousands of lives have been saved and millions of workplace injuries and illnesses have been prevented. However, the construction industry still saw 806 lives lost in 2012. And the number one cause of death is falls.