News from the Safety Industry

When working in confined spaces, an important question for safety professionals to consider is what to do if someone becomes injured, incapacitated or trapped in a space and has to be rescued. The steps below will help guide safety professionals through preparing for and executing a confined space [...]

Dec. 21, 2017 New Haven Building Trades and Dimeo Construction Partner with U.S. Department of Labor to Promote Employee and Workplace Safety

Dec. 21, 2017

Which skills should each type of OSH employee bring to the table? What are those different types? The Singapore Accord, a call-to-action signed at a 2017 meeting in Singapore, encourages OSH organizations to adopt a global framework that helps answer those and other important questions.

Which skills should each type of OSH employee bring to the table? What are those different types? The Singapore Accord, a call-to-action signed at a 2017 meeting in Singapore, encourages OSH organizations to adopt a global framework that helps answer those and other important questions.

ASSE pledges to work with its extensive network of members and stakeholders to help address fatal occupational injuries that increased for the third straight year according to newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 5,190 workplace fatalities in 2016, up 7 percent fr [...]

Date: Dec. 19, 2017 Contact: Office of Communications Phone: 202-693-1999 Statement from OSHA Regarding Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2016

Dec. 19, 2017 U.S. Labor Department and Bartlett Grain Reach Comprehensive Settlement Agreement to Improve Safety at 20 Facilities in 6 States

Lori Schroth, Administrator of ASSE's Public Sector Practice Specialty, reviews some of the many resources available to members of the group and offers suggestions for how you can get more involved.

OSHA has issued a new series of revised fact sheets to help employers comply with OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica standards for construction.