For the development of a culture of prevention “from school to work”

Young workers constitute a high risk population with respect to occupational health and safety (OHS). They are exposed to significantly more physical and organizational constraints and sustain more accidents than do older workers.

The Seoul Declaration on occupational health and safety
- encourages continuous measures to create and enhance a culture of prevention;
- recognizes the importance of education and training in prevention and is addressed to employers and workers.

The International Social Security Association’s Section on Education and Training for Prevention has played a leading role in thinking about how to integrate occupational health and safety into teaching, training and entry into the workforce under the theme “from school to work.”