News from the Safety Industry

Learn about upcoming events for members of the Consultants Practice Specialty, including conference call, webinars and events at Safety 2018. Also, learn about the group's mentoring program.

The newly revised ISO 31000 standard for risk management has been approved. ASSE is the administrator of the technical advisory committee to ANSI for the standard and is moving to adopt the revision as an American National Standard.

WISE member Melissa Rohrer shared this great resource that the Houston Area OSHA Compliance/Outreach office shared with local businesses. In it you will find all of the various safety observations so you can tie in your company’s safety communications efforts to national observances.

When determining the best solutions for safeguarding machinery and equipment, one of the biggest challenges that OSH professionals face is answering the question, “How safe is safe enough?” With so many potential risks and hazards associated with machinery, it can be difficult to know where to begin [...]

February 22, 2018 Contact:  Office of Communications Phone: 202-693-1999

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Feb. 21, 2018 U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Roofing Contractor For Exposing Workers to Falls, Proposes $281,286 in Penalties

A highly anticipated global standard aimed at creating safer workplaces everywhere will be published March 12, according to the International Organization for Standardization that spearheaded the five-year development process with support from ASSE. Companies can purchase ISO 45001 from ASSE beginni [...]

A highly anticipated global standard aimed at creating safer workplaces everywhere will be published on March 12, according to the International Organization for Standardization that spearheaded the five-year development process with support from ASSE. Companies can purchase ISO 45001 from ASSE begi [...]

As a leading source for education among OSH professionals, ASSE has expanded its course offerings in online learning. The ASSE LearnEx program has two courses debuting in March that focus on risk assessment and the new global safety standard, ISO 45001. Participants get the same level of content and [...]