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OUR MISSION
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The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health is dedicated to promoting safe and healthy working
conditions for all working people, through education, training, organizing and advocacy. Our belief that almost all
work-related injuries and illnesses are preventable motivates us to encourage workers to take action to protect
their safety and health, promote protection from retaliation under job safety laws, and provide quality
information and training about hazards on the job and workers’ rights.
WORKERS’ MEMORIAL WEEK: APRIL 25 TO MAY 2, 2015
This report is released to mark Workers’ Memorial Week, a remembrance of those who have lost their lives at
work. The event is observed nationwide – and around the world – by surviving family members as well as health
and safety activists in workplaces and communities. It coincides with the anniversary of the U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Act, which took effect on April 28, 1971.
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