One worker is injured on the job every 9 seconds of worked time . Between 1994 and 1998, young workers aged between 15 and 24 sustained approximately 16 percent of all time-loss occupational injuries. A single workplace fatality, especially when it can be shown to have been avoidable, is one loss too many. Roughly 15.5 million days of work were lost this way in 1998. This continent-wide event is an opportunity to strengthen our commitment to occupational safety and health and to pool our efforts to prevent workplace accidents and occupational illnesses.
Healthy workers mean a healthy business and a healthier society.