Prioritize #WorkplaceSafety and master your safety leadership skills with the Safety Leadership Certificate. Choose between our three tracks available and increase your knowledge while effectively implementing the latest safety best practices. Learn how you can help to ensure #SafetyForAll here: https://lnkd.in/g53hkhAx.
About us
The National Safety Council is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate – and has been for over 100 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace, roadway and impairment. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work, but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.
- Website
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https://www.nsc.org/
External link for National Safety Council
- Industry
- Public Safety
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Itasca, IL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1913
- Specialties
- Safety Resources & Training, Workplace Safety, Transportation Safety, Teen & Distracted Driving, Home & Community Safety, Organizational Safety Membership and annual NSC Congress & Expo, and Prescription Medication Safety
Locations
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Primary
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143, US
Employees at National Safety Council
Updates
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Safety technology can be used to help #KeepEachOtherSafe by mitigating or even eliminating workplace hazards, but its implementation has not been widely adopted. To better understand the state of safety innovation in the workplace, the #WorkToZero initiative commissioned a survey involving employees and employers from a variety of industries. Access the new survey report here, https://lnkd.in/gdE3JVRq, and join us for a webinar on July 18 to learn more about the survey findings and insights into the most common safety hazards, technology utilization, and barriers to adoption. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gb8V_B7N.
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In recent years, strides have been made to enhance #WorkplaceSafety through regulations, innovative technologies and hazard assessments. Despite these efforts, research highlights a troubling disparity: workers of color are more likely to be employed in high-risk occupations. NSC recently released a new report titled “The Intersection of DEI and MSDs: Ensuring Equitable Outcomes” to help with #MSDPrevention, the most common workplace injury. Learn more about the key findings and proposed solutions, plus register for the July 11 webinar here: https://lnkd.in/gQnAk8bm.
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In the U.S., a worker dies every 96 minutes, with nearly 5,500 fatal work injuries occurring in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unfortunately, this represents a nearly 6% increase in fatal occupational injuries from 2021 and a 3% increase from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2019. Prioritize #WorkplaceSafety with the NSC #WorkToZero initiative's new report on examining trends in technology solutions to reduce serious injuries and fatalities in the workplace. #KeepEachOtherSafe Learn more about the report and insights here: https://lnkd.in/gciPBxyE.
NSC Releases Report on Technology Solutions to Prevent Worker Injuries, Save Lives - National Safety Council
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Want to accelerate your safety learning? NSC is offering a variety of virtual and in-person workplace safety courses this July as part of the Advanced Safety Certificate (ASC) curriculum. Take the courses most relevant to your needs or pursue your ASC, while earning important Continuing Education Units (CEUs). July courses include the July 15-16 Effective Safety Management Practices II, July 16-19 Safety Training Methods, July 17 Risk Assessment Workshop, July 18 Job Safety Analysis, July 22 Incident Investigation and much more: https://lnkd.in/g_TB7AYq..
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Safe+Sound Week is almost here. Join us from August 12-18 as we celebrate #WorkplaceSafety during the nationwide event, led by Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA offers resources to help you develop your safety and health program. Find activities and resources here to help you ensure #SafetyForAll on and off the job: https://lnkd.in/eT8shkT. #SafeAndSoundAtWork
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Did you know that 599 people are estimated to die on U.S. roads this weekend? Let’s make sure to #KeepEachOtherSafe this summer whether you are driving for work or going on a family road trip. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gwMF62Fp. Car crashes remain a leading cause of preventable deaths for U.S. teens. Let’s help protect your new driver this weekend and all year long. #DriveitHOME, a program of NSC in partnership with General Motors, offers free resources and a New Driver Deal to help your prioritize #RoadwaySafety with your teen: https://lnkd.in/gN8x8W2n.
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Since 1998, more than 960 children in the U.S. have died of vehicular heatstroke because they were left or became trapped in a hot car. This #JulyFourth weekend, make sure to prioritize #RoadwaySafety to ensure #SafetyForAll, including our most vulnerable passengers who face additional risks on the road. Learn more about free e-learning to help keep children safe here: https://lnkd.in/ggdaUEka.
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It’s the #FourthofJuly holiday weekend and while it’s a time to spend with family and friends, let’s all make sure to arrive to and from our destinations safely and #CheckForRecalls. Approximately 50 million vehicles on U.S. roads have an open safety recall. The NSC #CheckToProtect initiative provides safety information for your to check for recalls here: https://lnkd.in/eW-FGXHf.
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Are you looking at the latest trends in #WorkplaceSafety? If you missed the June issue of Safety+Health Magazine, you can still learn about AI’s role in workplace safety to ensure #SafetyForAll while understanding its limitations and how it will shape the future of work. Also, find out about the eleven ways to revive your safety committee here: https://lnkd.in/gPZZMHMe. Don’t miss our current issue here: https://lnkd.in/eUXygd3.