National Safety Council celebrates 25 Years of National Safety Month
the National Safety Council (NSC) kicked off the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month, an annual observance in June created to inspire people to keep each other safe. Together with exclusive sponsor, VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environmental, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software, NSC will encourage employers to dedicate the month to improve their safety culture and keep workers safe through unparalleled information, strategies and tools to complement its weekly themes.
NSC first launched National Safety Month in 1996 to educate and encourage safe behaviors around the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths at work, on the roads and in communities. According to the most recent years of data available, fatal work injuries and roadway deaths are on the rise, with 5,333 Americans dying at work in 2019, the highest number of workplace deaths in over a decade, and 42,060 people estimated to have died on the roads in 2020, the highest number of motor vehicle deaths since 2007.