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Every day, people get hurt: at home, on the road, and yes, at work. But just how many workplace accidents happen? And how do they compare to injuries in other settings?
If you're responsible for safety in your team or business, these numbers matter. They show where the biggest risks are, and where you can make the biggest impact.
Let’s break it down. According to the National Safety Council:
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Yes, more than half of all accidents happen at home. And 93% of all accidents happen outside the workplace. That’s a clear signal. Maybe it's time for our safety training to focus not only on work-related incidents.
Traditional safety programs focus heavily on workplace risks, and that’s important. But the truth is, most injuries occur during personal time. We are training people for only part of their real-world risk.
To truly protect our teams, we need to shift to a whole-life safety mindset.
That means helping employees:
Even if these accidents occur outside the workplace, their effects are felt inside. They cause absenteeism, lost productivity, higher medical costs, and lower morale. An injured or fatigued team member cannot do their best work.
This is why health and safety managers are starting to address risks beyond the site. The goal is not just compliance but helping people live and work more safely every day.
YOUFactors is not just a training course; it’s a digital companion that helps people build safer habits—whether they are at work, at home, or on the road.
With short learning modules, behavioral nudges, and self-awareness tools, YOUFactors helps employees:
This ongoing engagement helps employees make safer choices in real time. And when people stay safer outside work, it means fewer days off, lower costs, and a stronger safety culture in the workplace.
If your safety program only covers the workplace, it’s missing most of the risk.
YOUFactors helps you extend safety beyond the site and into every part of life. That’s how real change happens.
✅ Reduce injuries
✅ Cut downtime
✅ Improve employee morale
✅ Build lifelong safety habits
👉 Request a demo today and see how YOUFactors can help reach your safety goals and protect your people—wherever they are.
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