News from the Safety Industry

ASSE is working with executive search firm Korn Ferry to hire its next executive director. Dennis Hudson, ASSE's current executive director, is set to retire in April after two years in that position and 10 years at the Society overall. His replacement will become the eighth executive director since [...]

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) honors the work and achievements of individuals who have made significant contributions to the OSH profession by presenting them with The President’s Distinguished Service Award (PDSA). At the IOSH conference last month, President Graham Parke [...]

There is no other OSH publication that offers the breadth of information like the Safety Professionals Handbook. Readers can have confidence in the technical accuracy and can measure their own experiences against both the summary of the research and the validated experience and insight of the author [...]

ASSE's Management Practice Specialty puts the member spotlight on Jitendra (Jitu) Patel, ASSE Fellow and global ambassador.

Assistant Administrator Ed Zimmermann shares his vision to align common FPPS core principles with the broader ASSE vision. Here's a peek at his FPPS Vision 2020.

Administrator Rick Zellen gives a brief update on what's happening in ASSE's Construction Practice Specialty.

Dec. 4, 2017 U.S. Department of Labor Cites West Virginia Contractor After Employee Injured in Roof Fall, Proposes Penalties Totaling $86,916

Administrator Michael Coleman's message to the members of the Training & Communications Practice Specialty.

In a notice issued on Nov. 24, OSHA extended its injury reporting deadline initially set for Dec. 1 by two weeks. The new deadline is Dec. 15. Extending the deadline will allow employers the full four-month reporting window originally intended when the agency updated injury and illness record keepin [...]

John Mroszczyk, ASSE's representative on the OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable, shares some industry statistics and highlights from a presentation to the group on preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders on construction work sites.