Fact Sheets are handy resource guides offering stats, tips, and suggestions for making your world safer. WSC invites you to browse our extensive collection of over 80 topics. (Please note our user policy.)
If you would like to submit a fact sheet for this section, please email Bryan Roessler.
Safety Poems: I Chose to Look the Other Way
Training Facts:
Injuries down, profits up.
About 20% of your corporate profits are eaten up every year by preventable workplace injuries.
- One disabling injury can cost you $29,000.
- One devastating fatality can set you back $1 million.
The numbers don’t lie.
For every $1 your company invests in safety training, you should expect a $3 savings in injury costs. No further proof is needed. Safety training is the smart investment.
Safety Wage Surveys:
Resource topic areas
Key Issues
Agricultural Safety
Outside the Home
Inside the Home
In the Environment
On the Road
School Bus Safety
Winter Safety Tips
Weekly Fatality Report for WI Roadways
WI Winter Road Conditions
WSC’s Crash Free Wisconsin Website
Winter Safety Videos and Related Training Products
Information from WI DOT
Resources -Teen Driving a Critical Public Health Issue
The National Safety Council is on a mission to inform parents of teen drivers that they can beat the odds and keep teen drivers alive.
Estimating the Costs of Injuries updated
NSC makes estimates of the average costs of fatal and nonfatal unintentional injuries to illustrate their impact on the nation's economy. Take a look at our new estimates updated with data from 2003.
Survey Summary - Key Findings
The Department of Research & Statistical Services has launched a project intended to examine the health and economic burden of off-the-job (OTJ) injury on American businesses and workers. The ultimate goal is to provide employers with a set of practical guidelines for injury surveillance and promoting off-the-job safety and health in the workplace. (See Off-the-Job Survey).
Mold in Indoor Environments
The most recent issue of Injury Insights features a review article on research pertaining to mold and its health effects. The study, Mold in Indoor Environments: A Critical Review of Research Studies (.pdf 78k), is based on a recently published review of the toxic effects of molds associated with the production of mycotoxins and their negative health effects in indoor environments. Headlines about "toxic molds" have elevated the level of public concern.
More safety info
Injury Facts®
Injury Facts® is the Council’s annual compilation of data on fatal and nonfatal unintentional injuries that occur in the workplace, on streets and highways, and in homes and communities. The new edition brings you updates on the latest injury trends and statistics, plus some all-new categories. Learn More...
The odds of dying from...
Use this chart to discover statistical averages over the entire U.S. population. Safety Calendar
Monthly and weekly observances, including our own National Safety Month in June.
