News from the Safety Industry

OSHA wants companies to submit Safe + Sound Week safety events for their interactive U.S. map online.

An interesting article on our ANSI/ASSE A1264.1 Standard, which should interest many of you. Any OSH Professional with an interest in the safety of walking/working surfaces should have interest in this article

OSH Professionals are actively involved in safety practices impacting motor vehicle operations. The Society is currently finalizing a revision to the existing standard and we expect to see a newly revised standard during Summer 2017. Due to this interest there have been a number of inquiries address [...]

A critical component of modern OSH programs is to understand the hazards related to skin contact with chemicals, NIOSH says. The agency has created a Skin Notation Profile that provides the SK assignments and supportive data for ethyl p-nitrophenyl phenylphosphorothioate.

Do you work with or for (or know of) a company that has adopted noise control or developed innovative approaches towards hearing loss prevention? Consider nominating the company for a Safe-in-Sound Award. The deadlines for nominations are: June 2, 2017, for third-party nominations and July 15, 2017, [...]

Invitation to find out what's going on in the Construction Practice Specialty and hear Paul Colangelo of ClickSafety speak on Fatigue Management.

Administrator's Message to members of the Public Sector Practice Specialty

This year, ASSE created the “Is My Loved One Safe at Work Today?” poster to help members and others in the OSH community to engage employers, workers and the public in five upcoming campaigns to keep every person safe and healthy on the job.

The 2017 Society elections are complete and ASSE congratulates its new leaders, whose terms will begin July 1, 2017. The Society thanks all the candidates and all members who voted in this important election process. Visit ASSE’s 2017 Society Election Results web page to view the newly elected leade [...]

Administrator's Message to the members of the Training & Communications Practice Specialty