The importance of individual health and safety within one's working environment is of great concern as we progress into the 21st century, impacting on health and individual benefits attributed to employers. This is represented as a reported number of more than 4.1 million employees who have suffered work-related injuries and illnesses. Because of this number reported with official documentation on file within each work organization – the cost of workplace injuries and illnesses is enormous – estimated between $159 and $318 billion per year for direct and indirect costs of disabling injuries (AFL-CIO 2011). is at risk to their health and safety on a daily basis within organizations due to decisions relating to the level of responsibility of employers towards the Occupational Safety and Health Act, personal health conditions and decisions and workplace conditions. working environment. Discussion: Supervisors and employers have a legal responsibility to report work-related injuries and illnesses by documenting detailed information to submit to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA 2013). Through OSHA, legislation provides approved inspections with comprehensive and specific health standards to ensure that standards are met and compliance by police organizations with keeping records of illnesses and injuries and calculating accident rates. In a past discussion with former supervisor, Tiffany Reed, of the Abercrombie & Fitch Gallery in Houston, I discussed the seriousness of reporting all injuries and illnesses “in real time.” As mentioned, “on-time” injuries refer to employees who suffered an injury during working hours within the store which consisted of: falling from extended ladder, slipping on wet floors, stabbing by..... . paper medium …important, particularly with regards to home or workplace air quality following flooding or even undetected water leaks.” (Thorlakson 2007) Overall, all companies take into consideration the health and safety of the individual within the organization by recognizing issues and potential long-term negative effects. As we move forward into the 21st century, the health and performance of affected individuals is attributed to employers. In order to minimize an employee's risk to their health and safety, companies have: I) revised their legal responsibilities to report all workplace injuries to OSHA (in a timely manner). - II) recognize stress as an indicator of health and smoking as a decision made by individuals - III) recognized the possibility of creating long-term health problems for employees considering the conditions of the working environment.