Safety Coalition Report Calls for Employers to Go Beyond Compliance

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), the world’s oldest professional safety organization, is helping to lead an occupational safety and health coalition committed to safeguarding workers in all industries to drive business success.

The Intersociety Forum (ISF) of two dozen organizations calls for employers to go beyond legal compliance and adopt risk-based safety and health strategies. The coalition released a report that highlights several ways a business model of safety and health can create a strategic advantage that powers positive business outcomes.

Despite advancements in technology, workplace injury and fatality rates have remained relatively flat for the past decade. In 2023, a worker died on the job every 99 minutes, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In its report, ISF identified three core principles that help ensure workers return home safe and healthy every day. These principles are 1) Standards and worker well-being; 2) Embracing risk and safety management systems; and 3) Revolutionizing recordkeeping for predictive insights.

ISF’s full report contains a QR code for organizations to show its support of the core principles. The coalition’s CEOs plan to meet with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once the new assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health is announced later this year.

For more information, visit https://www.assp.org.