News from the Safety Industry

The ASSE Risk Assessment Institute added two new videos to its Risk Assessment in the Real World series. The series aims to help OSH professionals develop skills in risk assessment to enable employers to take action in advance of injury, illness or loss.

Management Practice Specialty Member Shawn Galloway is in the Spotlight

The House Appropriations Committee voted to approve the FY 2018 appropriations package that includes funding for OSHA, MSHA and NIOSH. The bill now awaits passage by the House and consideration in the Senate before the new fiscal year starts on October 1, 2017. While funding cuts were not as draconi [...]

On Aug. 1, 2017, OSHA went live with the data submission platform that certain employers will need to use when submitting their injury and illness (I/I) data to the agency by the revised Dec. 1, 2017, deadline. The requirements arise under OSHA’s electronic recordkeeping rule, which was promulgated [...]

Guest poster Rick Franklin has worked for 42 years as a forensic engineer. During that time, he has seen 14 significant, but mostly unknown, improvements to consumer products and automobiles that prevented fires, incidents, injuries and deaths. In the final post of this three-part series, he talks a [...]

OSHA created a new webpage intended to provide information for workers and employers subject to HAZWOPER regulations for construction and general industry.​

Free webinar on August 24th on operational excellence in safety; volunteering for Girl Scouts; new Girl Scouts STEM badges.

The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability has released an important new update on the importance of standardizing OHS reporting to meet sustainability goals.

Management Practice Specialty member Patricia Reed is in the Spotlight.

MSHA data show that less-experienced miners, both at a mine and at a specific occupation, suffer injuries at a higher rate than more experienced miners. To address this trend, the agency launched a training assistance Initiative to focus resources on the greatest fatality and injury risks.