June is National Safety Month!
We are encouraging businesses and communities across the country to participate in National Safety Month this June – an annual observance to increase awareness of the top causes of preventable injuries and deaths and to encourage safe behaviors.
Unintentional injuries and deaths in the United States are at unacceptable levels, demonstrating the need for a national observance such as National Safety Month. Unintentional deaths reached an estimated 128,200 in 2009. The 2009 estimate – the highest on record – is 47% greater than the 1992 total of 86,777 – the lowest annual total since 1924.
The cost of unintentional injuries to Americans and their employers exceeds $693 billion nationally, or $5,900 per household, and causes great suffering among individuals and their families.
For more information and helpful safety suggestions visit; http://www.nsc.org/
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