The National Safety Council (NSC) has teamed up with the U.S. Government and companies to help American businesses return to work safely.
The NSC has announced ‘SAFER: Safe Actions for Employee Returns’ to guide employers through the process of safely resuming traditional work and operations now and in a post-pandemic environment.
Created in partnership with Fortune 500 companies, leading safety organizations and public health professionals and experts, the center of SAFER is the formation of the first national task force focused on worker safety.
The task force will issue recommendations and develop guidance for employers, including small and mid-size companies, as they navigate the changed work environment and how to keep their workers safe.
“The manner in which employers bring people back to work will define our national response to the pandemic,” said Lorraine M. Martin, President and CEO of the National Safety Council.
“For more than a century, NSC has been helping employers put safety at the forefront of all their decisions, and we are once again taking action to continue serving this important role. With SAFER, we are confident we’re bringing the best minds together to ensure Americans have the safest transition back to work so we can truly flatten the curve and enable people to live their fullest lives.”
The task force, made up of non-profit organizations, businesses, medical professionals, government agencies and trade associations, will share their own expertise to develop industry- and risk-specific resources and recommendations for U.S. employers of all sizes.
Up-to-date information about the NSC response to COVID-19 is available at nsc.org/coronavirus and more on the task force’s activities can be found at nsc.org/safer.
