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Safe Kids Worldwide (formerly Safe Kids USA) is a global non-profit organization working to prevent childhood injury through research, community outreach, legislative advocacy and media awareness campaigns. [1] Safe Kids Worldwide has over 400 coalitions in 49 states, and has partners in over 30 countries. [2]
Child Passenger Safety Week [5] begins with Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) [6] Appreciation Day and concludes with National Seat Check Saturday. During the week, CPSTs, [ 7 ] child safety seat manufacturers, [ 8 ] and nonprofit and governmental organizations [ 9 ] share safety advice, conduct seat checks, offer community educational ...
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National Safety Month (NSM) is an annual month-long observance in the United States each June. Official Badge of National Safety Month 2018. During National Safety Month, individuals and organizations participate by making efforts to reduce the leading causes of unintentional injury and death at work, [1] on the road, [2] and in homes and communities.
An Online Safety Program to fund a range of research, educational and awareness-raising projects; A National Safety Officer within the new office of the Chief of Technology Officer (CTO) for the United States; The conference included over 300 attendees from 4 continents, 11 countries, and featured 60 speakers on 11 expert panels and 22 exhibitors.
Lack of awareness of occupational safety and health laws by young workers, adults, and employers has been identified as a major obstacle to preventing injury and illness in young workers. The primary Federal law governing the employment of workers under age 18 is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, which is enforced by the Wage and ...
The child-resistant locking closure for containers was invented in 1967 by Dr. Henri Breault. [7]A history of accidents involving children opening household packaging and ingesting the contents led the United States Congress to pass the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, authored by U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah.
The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to address the issue of child injury in the developing world. [1] The founder is Pete Peterson, former United States Ambassador to Vietnam. [2] Michael Linnon is the technical director. [3] TASC works in cooperation with other organizations, such as the Red Cross ...