News from the Safety Industry

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ISO has confirmed a provisional publication date of Nov. 27 for the final draft international standard (FDIS) of ISO 45001. This is the final hurdle for the long-awaited international standard. If all goes as expected, the final standard will likely be published in the first half of 2018.

ISO will publish the final draft international standard (FDIS) of ISO 45001 on Nov. 27. This is the final draft of the international standard that will be reviewed and voted upon by the ISO PC-283 Committee and ISO member countries. It is expected that the standard will be approved with publication [...]

Meet Carmen-Julia Castellon, safety specialist for the City of Evanston, IL. She is a member of ASSE's Public Sector Practice Specialty.

See what the safety community can accomplish when we work together to advance the profession by viewing the ASSE Foundation’s 2017 Annual Report. We’re proud to have provided more than $300,000 in scholarships and grants this past year and continue to work on groundbreaking research that will develo [...]

Human capital metrics, including occupational safety and health data, frequently are collected by a majority of global companies, yet many of these firms are not publicly reporting the information, according to a study released today by the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program in conjunctio [...]

OSHA releases interim guidance on silica enforcement

The ANSI/ASSE A10 Construction and Demolition Compendium of Standards is a series of national voluntary consensus standards that address the protection of workers on construction and demolition sites. The newly published ASSE/A10 A10.0-2017 guidance document helps OSH professionals understand each s [...]

Administrator Jay Brakensiek shares information on the long-term environmental effects of the recent hurricanes and wildfires in the US, a brief overview of the recent Southern California Joint Technical Symposium, and discusses how you can get involved with the Environmental Practice Specialty.

The Utilities Practice Specialty is holding an open web meeting for all members on Nov. 30 at 1:00 EST. Guest speaker Scott Mullett will give a special presentation on ergonomics in the utilities industry.