Founded in 1913 and chartered by Congress in 1953, the National Safety Council is a US nonprofit conducting safety research, education, training and advocacy across workplace, roadway and impairment safety.
The National Safety Council is a nonprofit organisation founded in 1913 and chartered by Congress in 1953. Its stated purpose is to eliminate preventable deaths in the United States through leadership, research, education and advocacy, with particular focus on workplace, roadway and impairment safety. It operates across America, serving customers ranging from individual households to Fortune 100 companies.
The council's work spans several technical domains: safety research, safety education and training, defensive driving instruction, the development of workplace safety standards, roadway safety and impairment (substance use) safety. Its output includes comprehensive safety standards designed to protect workers nationwide, as well as training programmes intended to help organisations build safety cultures across industries.
Its best-known programme is the NSC Defensive Driving Courses, driver safety training that has reached more than 80m drivers since inception. The organisation has now been in operation for over a century.
As an advocacy, research and education institution, the National Safety Council describes itself as mission-driven rather than commercial. Its work touches the workplace safety, roadway and transportation safety, impairment safety and occupational health and safety sectors.
