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On World Safety Day, UN agency calls for workplace culture of health and safety

With 5,000 workers dying every day from work-related diseases and accidents for an annual total of two million, the United Nations labour agency dedicated this year’s World Day for Safety and Health today to a call for a strong safety and health culture in all enterprises.

UN labour agency calls for new culture to promote workplace safety

As thousands of people around the world gear up to draw attention to workplace safety issues, the head of the United Nations labour agency today called for a new culture of safety to help save the millions of lives and trillions of dollars lost every year due to work-related accidents and illnesses.