根据国际劳工组织（International Labour Organization）报告，工伤和相关疾病每年造成的死亡达230万人以上。由工作相关的伤病造成的经济损失也极其可观，每年约给全球国内生产值造成4%的损失。

美国劳工部（U.S. Department of Labor）在宣布与国际劳工组织达成的一项1050万美元合作协议时指出，“工作场所的安全与健康是一项基本人权，也是包容性的经济发展所必需”。这项协议旨在支持国际劳工组织新发起的“职业安全健康全球行动计划”（Global Initiative on Occupational Safety and Health）。

国际劳工组织将首先在越南和菲律宾开展改善职业安全健康的试点，尤其针对年轻人。

劳工部官员卡罗尔·皮尔（Carol Pier）说：“全球各地有太多工人处于危险和不健康的工作环境中。我们需要更加重视预防和贯彻实施，尤其是对那些危险行业中的易受伤害的工人而言。”

美国支持改善全球工人安全既是基于美国国内这方面所不断进行的努力，也与之相辅相成。1971年成立的美国劳工部职业安全与健康管理局（Occupational Safety and Health Administration）的使命，即是确保每个工作人员能够每天安全完成一天的工作，下岗回家。

劳工部长托马斯•佩雷斯（Thomas Perez）4月9日说：“每一个雇主都有责任确保雇员的安全，有长远眼光的公司懂得，以雇员安全为代价提高利润是糟糕的选择。”

美国也与国际劳工组织在其他问题上展开合作，包括探讨如何打击人口贩运和杜绝使用童工等项目。有关人口贩运的更多信息请见美国国务院2014年人口贩运报告（Trafficking in Persons Report）。

Unsafe working conditions take lives, harm global economy
 
If you think protecting people’s health and safety on the job isn’t important, think again.

Job-related injuries and sickness kill more than 2.3 million people annually, according to theInternational Labour Organization (ILO). Economic fallout from illness and injury is also substantial, with an estimated annual loss of 4 percent of global gross domestic product.

“Safety and health at work is a basic human right, and a necessity for inclusive economic development,” the U.S. Department of Labor said as it announced a $10.5 million cooperative agreement supporting the ILO’s new Global Initiative on Occupational Safety and Health.

 The ILO project will begin with pilot efforts in Vietnam and the Philippines to improve occupational safety and health, especially among youth.

“Too many workers worldwide suffer from dangerous and unhealthy working conditions. We need a greater focus on prevention and enforcement efforts, particularly for vulnerable workers in hazardous sectors,” said the Department of Labor’s Carol Pier.

U.S. support for improving worker safety worldwide builds on and complements the United States’ ongoing domestic efforts to make workplaces safer. The Labor Department’sOccupational Safety and Health Administration, established in 1971, aims to ensure that every worker goes home safely at the end of every workday.

“Every employer has a responsibility to ensure the safety of their workers, and forward-looking businesses know that compromising the safety of workers to improve the bottom line is a false choice,” Labor Secretary Thomas Perez saidApril 29.

The United States partners with the ILO in other matters, including discussions on how to combat human traffickingand projects to end child labor. Learn more about human trafficking in the State Department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report.