News from the Safety Industry

Over the years, ASSE has been an active member of Friends of NIOSH, an informal gathering of organizations that support NIOSH’s overall funding. The Trump Administration's budget proposal would cut NIOSH funding by 40%. Member voices are needed to alert elected officials to the importance of a fully [...]

OSHA will hold a stakeholder meeting July 17, 2017, in Washington, DC, to discuss the future direction of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). The discussion will include comments and suggestions from the public on potential avenues for action.

OSHA is seeking to delay the compliance date of its e-recordkeeping rule from July 1, 2017, to Dec. 1, 2017. The agency published the final rule on May 12, 2016, and says the delay "is appropriate for the purpose of additional review into questions of law and policy."

8 – 5 – 3, that’s kind of cryptic, isn’t it? It is not a reference to a verse, a combination, or any other common numeric sequence. What it does refer to is a powerful hazard recognition technique developed by Decision Point Associates, Inc. out of Denver, Colorado.

Register now for the second installation of the BISE In the Know Virtual Series, featuring Sheldon Primus.

Learn about the benefits of speaking at the PDC and how to submit a proposal for Safety 2018.

Changes in the regulatory landscape may affect how companies decide to manage employee safety and health. So how do we respond to this change? We adapt. In the words of Stephen Hawking, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Just as the landscape is shifting, it’s time to change how we po [...]

Day 2 of Safety 2017 was a lot of fun. Attendees were settled into the schedule and flowed from session to session. The general session was again informative and inspiring, as was the plenary town hall.

Safety 2017 opened with record participant attendance, record vendor presence and plenty of inspiration for our profession. I have attended many of these conference over my 30 years in OSH and I come away enriched each time. This time, however, it feels different. It feels like our profession is hit [...]

The word discipline is often associated with punishment. As a result, its use in response to safety violations has been highly debated. Safety 2017 presenters Mike McCarroll and Michael Belcher outlined issues organizations must understand before using discipline and recommended three steps to make [...]