• OSC MISSION

The Oklahoma Safety Council is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, public service organization which promotes the adoption of safety, health, and environmental practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic loss.

• MISCELLANOUS HISTORY (Beginning)

The OSC was established in 1947 as a non-profit, privately-supported organization to act as the central

• headquarters for all Oklahoma Safety Activities.
• Coordinate safety activities in all fields
• Promote better legislation for accident prevention
• Improve engineering and enforcement techniques on both state and local levels
• Disseminate safety material to newspapers, radios and television stations, magazines, industry, and safety conscious individual organizations.
• Conduct conferences and meetings designed to eliminate the cause of accidental injury and death.
• Act as state contact for the National Safety Council
• Establish and guide local safety council's.
• Advise cities, businesses and individuals on safety problems.

The OSC was one of the strongest proponents of a Uniform Traffic Code, which was adopted by the State Legislature and brought Oklahoma up to a level recommended by the National Safety Council.

In the beginning there were 17 local safety councils, the OSC was instrumental in starting or guiding these councils.

In the beginning, membership was available to anyone. Some of the individual contributors subscribed annually for $5 per year. Many larger corporations invested $1500 per year in the future of Oklahoma through the OSC.

In 1953, the OSC established the, "Let's Save Two Lives" campaign. Designed along the familiar pledge " signing format, the theme of saving TWO lives, Yours and Mine seemed to appeal even more than the popular "The life you save may be your own" idea. Originally, it was planned to have 40,000 signatures on the pledge sheet, and materials were printed in that quantity. However, with the aid of the state American Legion posts, Tinker Air Force Base, Industrial Members of the OSC, and word-of-mouth publicity, three additional printings were necessary. Within three months, 122,000 Oklahomans had signed pledges, and 122,000 "Let's Save Two Lives" stickers were on the rear windows of vehicles throughout the state. We couldn't estimate the number of accidents which may have been prevented nor lives saved by this campaign. We DO know that at least 122,000 Oklahomans stopped long enough to think about safety, sign a pledge, and place a sticker on their vehicles. Some may even have driven a little more carefully. Oklahoma saved 50 lives in 1953 and that's no accident.

Today, the OSC has a membership base of more than 800 businesses throughout our state. Some of our largest members include The Noble Foundation, York International, OG&E, ONEOK, Bama Companies, Dolese Bros. Co, Sunoco, The Williams Companies and OPUBCO.