OSHA will hold a kickoff event on Monday, May 3, at the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., to mark the annual North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week. More than 5,000 people lost their lives from on-the-job injuries in 2008. Every year during the first full week of May, NAOSH participants raise public awareness about the importance of reducing the number of work-related deaths to zero. This year's focus is on the importance of creating and maintaining safe workplaces. The kickoff event will feature the American Society of Safety Engineers' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest in which children, ages 5-14, create illustrated safety messages that could help their parents and other workers return home each day healthy and unhurt. OSHA, ASSE, and the Canadian Society for Safety Engineering partner with se veral organizations representing thousands of businesses to promote NAOSH Week. Assistant Secretary Michaels, ASSE President C. Christopher Patton, and CSSE Secretary Andrew Cooper will speak at the event. Visit the NAOSH Week Web site for more information, or contact Morgan Seuberling at seuberling.morgan@dol.gov.