News from the Safety Industry

A new behavior-based safety guidebook published by ASSE is now available on the Society’s website. "Actively Caring for People's Safety: How to Cultivate a Brother's/Sister's Keeper Work Culture" features lessons on the fundamental principles for cultivating an actively caring culture in any organiz [...]

You are invited to contribute technical contents, relevant to your area of specialty, to the ASSE Book Publication of "EHS Leadership & Professional Development", edited by Richard Olawoyin, Ph.D, CEP, CSP and Darryl C. Hill, Ph.D., CSP.

ASSE is happy to announce the publication of Actively Caring for People's Safety: How to Cultivate a Brother's/Sister's Keeper Work Culture, by E. Scott Geller and Krista S. Geller. This behavior-based guidebook is designed for self study or group training, with lessons that focus on the fundamental [...]

Construction Practice Specialty Open Web Meeting for Members. Find out what's going on in the CPS, activities planned at Safety 2017 and join us for a special presentation on Fatigue Management, including criteria in developing an effective fatigue management program.

Open Web Meeting for all members of the Manufacturing Practice Specialty. Join us for a special presentation on "Machine Safety in 2017." How are companies embracing all the changes that have taken place in standards and technology over the past decade? Learn ways of moving forward with this ever ch [...]

ASSE launched a standards development project addressing virtual training (BSR/ANSI/ASSE Z490.2-201X). A draft is being developed and the initial subgroup work is taking place. Jeff Dalto of Convergence Training is on the subgroup and recently wrote an update article on the initiative that should in [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers releases a statement regarding the planned closure of the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, a leading researcher in the occupational safety and health field. The statement is attributable to ASSE President Thomas Cecich, CSP, CIH.

On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13782 that revoked former President Obama’s EO 13673 (the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Order) that was originally signed into law on July 31, 2014. Worker safety advocates supported the rule, and see the revocation as a clear sign that C [...]

ASSE has crafted an “OSHA Reform Blueprint” that details its priorities and vision for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in a time of political change. The eight-page proposal calls for reforms to emphasize the management of risk, sharpen the agency’s focus on productive policies, an [...]

ASSE has completed the 2017 Society elections and congratulates its new leaders, whose terms begin July 1. Jim Smith, M.S., CSP, will become ASSE’s new president for 2017-18. The succession of candidates from senior vice president to president-elect, and from president-elect to president, is automat [...]