News from the Safety Industry

SeminarFest presenter James Boretti explains why communications skills are so important for today's OSH professionals--and how these skills can help them engage senior leaders in their efforts.

OSHA has published the long-awaited update to its Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs guidance.

The OSH Professionals Pipeline Work Group within OSHA's National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) is meeting today in Washington, DC. ASSE President Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH, and ASSE Vice President of Professional Affairs Jim Thornton, CSP, CIH, are representing ASSE, and T [...]

The Occupational Safety Division of the Air Force Safety Center (AFSEC) hosted representatives of the American Society of Safety Engineers on Sept. 7, 2016, to discuss ways to continue building on the relationship through collaboration and development of safety professionals.

The NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety recently released a new issue of its quarterly eNewsletter, Behind the Wheel at Work.

EPA and Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative have released a how-to guide that helps explain compliance to EPA’s revised Worker Protection Standard.

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 2.3 million workers in building custodial services occupations in the U.S.; that total is expected to rise to 2.56 million by 2020. Cleaning workers face all types of dangers and hazards when performing their regular tasks, especially in t [...]

Former ASSE President Trish Ennis, M.S., CSP, ARM, CRIS, is presenting two sessions at SeminarFest 2017 – “Strategic Thinking for Excellence in Safety” and “Effective Communications for the Safety Professional.” Recently, Ennis took some time to discuss why strategic thinking and effective communica [...]

ASSE’s Ergonomics Practice Specialty (ErgoPS) polled more than 300 ergonomics practitioners to learn about the ergonomics training, skill and resource needs in the practitioners’ working area. Further, the group explored whether a good match exists between the practitioner and marketplace needs by c [...]

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month and National Audiology Awareness Month. Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses in the U.S. Approximately 22 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels at work, and an additional 9 million are exposed [...]