Although workplace safety has improved in recent decades, manypeoplestill get injured or die on the job. Healthy People 2030 focuses on preventing work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths by making workplaces safer.
Because people spend so much time working, their work environment has amajorimpact on their health. Many people develop hearing loss, skin diseases, or lung problems from exposure at work. Others are at risk of falling or being assaulted while working.
Interventions tailored to certain industries—likeefforts to preventfalls in the construction industry—can help reduce work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.Employerscanalsohelp improve people’s health and well-being by banning smokingin theworkplaceand offering employee health promotion programs.
