Why a culture of prevention is essential for occupational safety and health

The Occupational Safety and Health Convention, or Convention 187, was adopted in 2006. Two decades later, it remains highly relevant as the world of work faces emerging occupational safety and health challenges, including psychosocial risks and the impacts of climate change, technological change, pandemics and other global crises.

With nearly three million workers dying each year from occupational accidents and work-related diseases, this discussion explores how governments, employers, workers and the international community can work together to maintain and strengthen a culture of prevention in a rapidly changing world of work.