In 1919, the so-called social stage of Occupational Medicine was born, with the Treaty of Versailles, establishing in its section In 1950, through its Joint Committee, it set the objectives of Occupational Medicine, its aspiration being: "The promotion and conservation of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of health deviations caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers from risks that may be adverse to their health; placing and keeping the worker in an environment adapted to their physiological conditions; and to summarize, the adaptation of work to man. and a decade man to his work.”[5]​.

The care of workers against diseases in general or occupational diseases and accidents resulting from their work are reflected in the ILO Constitution. However, more recent global estimates from the ILO state that 2.78 million work-related deaths occur each year, of which 2.4 million are related to occupational diseases. This not only translates into suffering for workers and their families, it also leads to enormous economic costs for companies, countries and the world in general. Thus, there are losses related to compensation, working hours, production interruptions, training and professional retraining, and high health care costs. For employers, this translates into costly early retirements, loss of qualified staff, absenteeism and high insurance premiums. These tragedies could be avoided with the adoption of rational methods of prevention, notification and inspection and in this sense, it is the ILO that, through standards on safety and health at work, provides governments, employers and workers with the necessary instruments to develop these prevention methods and guarantee maximum safety at work.

The ILO celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28 to promote the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases around the world. This is an awareness campaign whose objective is to focus international attention on new trends in the field of safety and health at work and on the magnitude of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths.[6]​.

In 2020, this date was commemorated under the slogan "World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020 - Let's stop the pandemic: safety and health at work can save lives." All this, recognizing the great challenge faced by governments, employers, workers and all societies around the world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Health and Safety at Work focused on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, paying special attention to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]​.

In 1919, the so-called social stage of Occupational Medicine was born, with the Treaty of Versailles, establishing in its section In 1950, through its Joint Committee, it set the objectives of Occupational Medicine, its aspiration being: "The promotion and conservation of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of health deviations caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers from risks that may be adverse to their health; placing and keeping the worker in an environment adapted to their physiological conditions; and to summarize, the adaptation of work to man. and a decade man to his work.”[5]​.

The care of workers against diseases in general or occupational diseases and accidents resulting from their work are reflected in the ILO Constitution. However, more recent global estimates from the ILO state that 2.78 million work-related deaths occur each year, of which 2.4 million are related to occupational diseases. This not only translates into suffering for workers and their families, it also leads to enormous economic costs for companies, countries and the world in general. Thus, there are losses related to compensation, working hours, production interruptions, training and professional retraining, and high health care costs. For employers, this translates into costly early retirements, loss of qualified staff, absenteeism and high insurance premiums. These tragedies could be avoided with the adoption of rational methods of prevention, notification and inspection and in this sense, it is the ILO that, through standards on safety and health at work, provides governments, employers and workers with the necessary instruments to develop these prevention methods and guarantee maximum safety at work.

The ILO celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28 to promote the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases around the world. This is an awareness campaign whose objective is to focus international attention on new trends in the field of safety and health at work and on the magnitude of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths.[6]​.

In 2020, this date was commemorated under the slogan "World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020 - Let's stop the pandemic: safety and health at work can save lives." All this, recognizing the great challenge faced by governments, employers, workers and all societies around the world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Health and Safety at Work focused on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, paying special attention to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]​.