{"id":1953,"date":"2016-12-13T17:08:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annualreport.nsc.org\/?page_id=1953"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:31:45","slug":"workplace-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/workplace-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1484341167581{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;background-color: #2b2b2b !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2552″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Work Safety” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:42px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1545251873424{padding-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”white”]The National Safety Council was founded in 1913 to make workplaces safer for employees. Over a century later, people are more than nine times more likely to die from a preventable injury off the job than on the job. However, 2018 marked the first year since 2012 that the total recordable cases rate for workplace injuries and illnesses did not decline. Every employee deserves a safe work environment and to return home safely at the end of each work day.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1484345880131{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”In 2019, WE MADE AN IMPACT
\nFOR WORKPLACE SAFETY” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:60px|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”visible” css=”.vc_custom_1579190089525{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1484341343713{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2608″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle_2″ css_animation=”slideInUp” el_class=”visible” css=”.vc_custom_1579189953443{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Recognized Parsons Corporation with the 2019 Robert W. Campbell Award\n

Drew more than 15,000 safety, health and environment professionals and distributors from more than 70 countries to NSC Congress & Expo in San Diego; experienced a 13% YOY increase in participants with “safety” in their overall job title and an 11% YOY increase in attendees whose primary area of expertise is safety management\n

After a successful rebrand and launch of the NSC Southern Conference & Expo in 2018, returned to New Orleans in 2019 with nearly 1,000 safety professionals attending from the Gulf Coast region\n

Signed a five-year Alliance Program Ambassador agreement with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor of Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt as a commitment to continue working with OSHA to improve workplace health and safety\n

Partnered with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals to launch a new online prep course for the Associate Safety Professional Certification\n

Recognized eight CEOs Who “Get It” in Safety+Health Magazine and celebrated 100 years of the magazine’s publication\n

Focused on hazard recognition, fatigue, impairment, and slips, trips and falls for National Safety Month\n

Launched the new Work Zone Technician Course to train work zone employees about safe temporary traffic control strategies to maximize work zone and road user\n

Redesigned the Principles of Occupational Health & Safety core course of the Advanced Safety Certificate Program as a case based, experiential learning offering\n

Adopted a new policy on contractor management to improve safety outcomes for contract workers\n

Adopted a new policy on cannabis impairment in safety sensitive positions[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1484341353560{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2607″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle_2″ css_animation=”slideInUp” el_class=”visible” css=”.vc_custom_1579189996212{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Trained more than 475,000 first aid responders in 2019\n

Unveiled the Opioids at Work Employer Toolkit at the National Press Club with Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor of Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt, Assistant Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Eric Talbot, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Carolyn Crawley, Stericycle CEO Cindy Miller and survivor advocate Rex Butler; the toolkit is the first to provide opioid safety resources for supervisors, human resources and safety professionals, and employees\n

Convened world-renowned experts in the areas of toxicology, medicine, driving safety and law to discuss current trends and safety implications for employers regarding the use of cannabis in the workplace\n