Workplace safety is an important management responsibility in industry.

To ensure the safety and health of workers in a business enterprise, managers establish a focus on safety that can include elements such as:

• management leadership and commitment
• employee engagement
• accountability
• safety programs, policies, and plans
• safety processes, procedures, and practices
• safety goals and objectives
• safety inspections for workplace hazards
• safety program audits
• safety tracking & metrics
• hazard identification and control
• safety committees to promote employee involvement
• safety education and training
• safety communications to maintain a high level of awareness on safety

Dangerous jobs

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor compiles information about the most dangerous jobs in the United States. The most recent information comes from the year 2000, during which 5,915 people died on the job.

Job	Fatalities	Fatalities per 100,000 employees
Timber cutters	105	122.1
Fishermen	52	108.3
Pilots	230	100.8
Structural metal workers	47	59.5
Extractive occupations	69	53.9
Roofers	65	30.2
Construction workers	288	28.3
Truck drivers	852	27.6
All occupations	5,915	4.3

See also

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• OSHA
• Occupational safety and health
• Safety
• safety engineering
• material safety data sheet
• Process Safety Management

External links

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• History of Workplace Safety in the United States by Mark Aldrich of Smith College
• http://www.osha.gov/
• http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
• http://workplacehearing.com.au
• http://www.nsc.org/index.htm
• http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz
• http://www.ilo.org
• Workplace adjustment software for safe and healthy working
• Forbes: Dangerous jobs
• CNN: Dangerous jobs
• http://www.naspweb.com National Association of Safety Professionals

Occupational safety

Prevención de riesgos laborales