ILO World Day for Safety and Health at Work Campaign
The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28) is ILO's primary awareness campaign for workplace safety, coinciding with Workers' Memorial Day. The campaign promotes a "culture of prevention" across governments, employers, and workers through tripartite social dialogue. Each year focuses on emerging risks: 2025 explored AI and digitalization impacts on OSH (opportunities like hazard-detecting robots, risks like work intensification); previous years addressed violence/harassment prevention. The campaign supports ILO Conventions 155 (OSH) and 187 (Promotional Framework for OSH). Key messages: 2.93 million workers die annually from work-related factors; 395 million sustain non-fatal injuries. Safe work is a fundamental principle and right at work since 2022 ILC decision.
Theme Areas
Behavior Goal
Build culture of prevention in workplaces; raise awareness of OSH as fundamental right; promote tripartite responsibility among governments, employers, and workers
Target Audiences
Methods & Approaches
Channels
Implementers & Partners
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Tripartite constituents
Donors & Sponsors
- ILO member states
Key Takeaways
- 1Annual theme creates focused attention on emerging risks (AI, harassment)
- 2Tripartite approach engages governments, employers, workers simultaneously
- 3"Culture of prevention" framing shifts from reactive to proactive safety
- 42022 recognition of OSH as fundamental right elevates political priority
- 5Coincidence with Workers Memorial Day honors victims while motivating action