News from the Safety Industry

ASSE's Industrial Hygiene and Healthcare practice specialties are partnering to present a free web meeting, "Hazardous Drugs Handling, Spill Clean-Up and Exposure Assessment" on March 2, 2018. Members of either group can join the webinar for free.

Earth Day is April 22. Environmental Practice Specialty Administrator Jay Brakensiek offers some great ideas for building awareness of ASSE and our practice specialty. He also reviews environmental issues that concern Americans and which issues pose the greatest risk to public health.

Safety 2018 Ambassador Alyssa Weber, a member of ASSE's Young Professionals in OSH Common Interest Group, plans to attend Session 626, “Young Safety Professionals: This is How It Really Works," on June 5. Presenter JA Rodriguez offers a preview of what he will share with attendees.

Register now for a Feb. 22, 2018, open call and presentation on safety leadership with ASSE's Blacks on Safety Engineering Common Interest Group.

WISE is sponsoring 22 technical sessions at Safety 2018, including our signature roundtable collaboration session. Learn all the details.

Feb. 8, 2018 U.S. Department of Labor Cites Alabama Manufacturer For Serious Safety Violations

Feb. 8, 2018 U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Settlement Agreement Resulting in Paperboard Company Paying $175,000 in Penalties

Feb. 7, 2018 U.S. Department of Labor Cites Georgia Manufacturer for Safety Violations, Proposes $256,088 in Penalties

Our Member-Get-a-Member campaign has been going strong since 1981, and it’s no surprise. What’s more surprising about this 37-year-old initiative is what happens when you ask the most active participants why they do it.

Members of ASSE's Pakistan Chapter recently met with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the country's Prime Minister, to seek support for consolidated occupational safety and health legislation in Pakistan to encourage sustainable development in coming years.