MANIFESTO
The Manifesto for Global Industrial Safety outlines a collective set of industry principles that utilise technology to address emerging and long-standing safety risks affecting workers worldwide.
It promotes the safe adoption of technology in new industrial processes and highlights the need to support developing countries disproportionately affected by workplace accidents.
Why do we need a manifesto?
1. It is essential to improve worker safety
Inadequate safety measures and hazardous work environments result in 2.8 million deaths globally every year. Furthermore, safety incidents in organisations have a significant economic impact, including early retirements, skill loss and absenteeism.
2. International recognition of safety and health is a fundamental principle and right at work
Industrial safety, which is often overlooked, is fundamental to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In June 2022, the International Labour Organization added the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to its Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
3. Technology can make the workplace safer
Emerging technologies offer new opportunities to tackle global industrial safety challenges, especially as they become cheaper, easier to use and more widely available.
4. Industrial safety can be complex
As industries evolve and incorporate new technologies, they must understand and mitigate a range of potential hazards, from traditional workplace accidents to the risks associated with cutting-edge technologies.
5. New technologies are changing global safety needs
While technology creates new challenges, it also enables new solutions. Increasingly affordable drones, for example, are helping companies to conduct hazardous inspections at high altitudes without putting workers at risk. At the same time, relatively simple sensors and analytics allow companies to pinpoint when machinery needs to be maintained to avoid accidents.
6. Developing countries suffer more workplace accidents
Developing countries are disproportionately affected, with just 10% of the population covered by safety laws. Addressing this discrepancy is crucial, not only for the wellbeing of the workforce but also for fostering sustainable and equitable economic development.
7. Integrate industrial safety at every level
Industrial safety should be integrated at every level of an organisation. It is an important concern not just for the shop floor but also at the highest levels of the organisation.
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