"On this World Day, let us mobilize nationally and internationally to secure a safe and healthy working environment for all, giving highest priority to the principle of prevention."Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28 April 2011-International Labour Organization
2011 - Occupational Safety and Health Management System: a tool for continual improvement
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an international annual campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. It is held on 28 April.
The 2011 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on a systems’ approach to the management of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) with a logical and useful tool for continual improvement in the prevention of workplace incidents and accidents.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has prepared a
report 
on this theme, a poster and other promotional materials for the occasion.
The essence of occupational safety and health is the management of occupational risks. An Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) is a preventive method to implement safety and health measures, which consists of four steps based on the PDCA Cycle: PLAN, DO, CHECK, ACT. Its purpose is to establish a comprehensive and structured mechanism for joint action of management and workers in the implementation of safety and health measures.
As of 2003 the International Labour Organization (ILO) observes the World Day for Safety and Health at Work by stressing the prevention of accidents and illnesses at work.
This celebration is an integral part of the Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health of the ILO, as documented in the Conclusions of the International Labour Conference in June 2003. One of the main pillars of the Global Strategy is advocacy, and World Day for Safety and Health at Work is a significant tool to raise awareness of how to make work safe and healthy and of the need to raise the political profile of occupational safety and health.
28 April is also a day that the world's trade union movement has long associated with commemorating victims of occupational accidents and diseases.
We invite you to join us in promoting this important day.