June is National Safety Month!

Join the North Dakota Safety Council in June for National Safety Month. We are excited to share a month’s worth of free resources with you. These safety resources highlight leading causes of preventable injury and death.

The ongoing safety issues listed below are the topics the National Safety Council has chosen to focus on during the month of June.

Let’s work together to make people safer in June and all year long!

  1. National Safety Month Poster
  2. National Safety Month Icon
  3. Social Media Kit: Help spread the word with ready-to-use social media posts and images from our digital social media kit, which makes it easy to share posts and images on your Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Instagram accounts. Use the hashtag #NSM in all your posts.
  4. Show Your Safety Pride! Choose a day or week to showcase your safety pride with our Go Green for Safety campaign. Encourage your team to wear green – the universal color of safety – and hold up our printable #GoGreenforSafety sign. Capture photos and videos to share in your communications and on social media.
  5. Take the SafeAtWork Pledge. Workplace fatalities are unacceptable and safety is everyone’s responsibility. Doing your part today can help save a life tomorrow – maybe even your own. Take the NSC SafeAtWork Pledge, and commit to:

• Actively help my employer improve our safety programs
• Report hazards promptly and suggest solutions
• Be a good safety role model for my friends and family, even off the job

Share the pledge with your co-workers, family and friends, place it on your company’s intranet site or in a company newsletter, and post about it on your social media channels and challenge your peers to follow your lead.

The first week of June is also National CPR and AED Awareness Week. Click here for more NDSC held CPR/AED/First Aid courses.

Did you know driving causes the most work-related deaths? Empower your drivers with the knowledge and skills they need to drive safely.

  1. Graphic: Continue the momentum by using this week’s animated graphic on your social media channels and in employee communications.
  2. Off-the-Job Resources: Safety needs to be 24/7. Let the following resources help you and those you care about stay safe around the clock.
    • Mobility Safety: Free Resources – Want to dig deeper into roadway safety? See a full rundown of free NSC resources and training opportunities on topics like child passenger safety, teen driving, vehicle recalls, vehicle safety technology and more.
    • Children are Dying in Hot Cars – FREE online training in English and Spanish
    • Bicycle Safety and the Far Hand Reach Video
    • Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara: Wear a Seat Belt Video
  3. Articles: The Council’s flagship publication, Safety+Health magazine, provides a wealth of knowledge. Check out articles related to this week:
    • Do you have a fleet? You may – and not even know it
    • Is your workplace ready for EVs?
    • Distracted driving: Know the three types
    • Take care of your car’s tires
    • Dashboard warning lights quiz
  4. Get the Facts: Check out the latest statistics on slips, trips and falls from Injury Facts®. Call out statistics in your NSM emails or presentations to hit home why this topic is important.
    • Motor Vehicle Introduction and Preliminary Semiannual Estimates
    • Seat Belts
    • Speeding
    • Alcohol-Impaired Driving
    • Pedestrians
    • Large Trucks
    • Motorcycles and Motorcycle Helmets
  1. Go Green for Safety: We’ve reached the halfway mark! If you haven’t already participated in a Go Green for Safety day or week, encourage your workers to share their safety pride by wearing green and taking photos with our printable Go Green for Safety sign.
  2. Graphic: Use this week’s animated graphic on your social media channels and in employee communications to get the word out.
  3. Off-the-Job Resources: Safety needs to be 24/7. Let the following resources help you and those you care about stay safe around the clock.
    • ‘Tech neck’: What it is – and how to avoid it
    • Avoid an unintentional overdose
    • Connect2Prevent – easy-to-follow lessons for talking to your loved ones about drug use
  4. Articles: The Council’s flagship publication, Safety+Health magazine, provides a wealth of knowledge. Check out articles related to this week:
    • Ready for a safety walkaround?
    • Protect against shoulder injuries
    • Help workers avoid hearing loss
    • Protect your wrist when working
    • 5 common electrical safety errors
    • Robotic technology in the workplace
  5. Get the Facts: Check out these weather-related statistics from Injury Facts®. Call out statistics in your NSM emails or presentations to hit home why this topic is important.
    • NSC Odds of Dying webpage and video
    • Work-related Fatality Trends
    • Top Work-related Injury Causes
    • Musculoskeletal Injuries
    • Overdose Deaths

The North Dakota Safety Council is proud to provide Slip Simulator training. Since 1999 deaths from falls have increased by 233%.

  1. Graphic: Use this week’s animated graphic on your social media channels and in employee communications to get the word out.
  2. Off-the-Job Resources: Safety needs to be 24/7. Let the following resources help you and those you care about stay safe around the clock.
    • Older Adult Fall Safety checklist 
    • Keep Older Adults Safe From Falls
  3. Articles: The Council’s flagship publication, Safety+Health magazine, provides a wealth of knowledge. Check out articles related to this week:
    • 7 tips for safe use of ladders
    • 5 facts for safe use of aerial lifts
    • OSHA’s Top 10
    • Use scaffolding safely
    • Prevent falls through skylights and other openings
    • Reducing slips, trips and falls
  4. Get the Facts: Check out the latest injury and fatality statistics from Injury Facts®. Call out this information in your NSM emails or presentations to hit home why this topic is important.
    • Falls – Lower Level
    • Falls – Same Level
    • Older Adult Falls

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