News from the Safety Industry

A recent report from CDC details a study of deaths among U.S. oil and gas workers exposed to a lethal combination of high concentration of hydrocarbon gases and vapors (HGVs) and oxygen-deficient atmospheres.

ASSE has developed and launched a website dedicated to ISO 45001. The site is a comprehensive resource for information on the standard, its development and progress; related news articles and multimedia; as well as relevant educational resources.

A guest post on the NIOSH Science Blog authored by Stephanie Pratt, Ph.D., and Rebecca Olsavsky discusses how to make safer, more knowledgeable drivers on and off the job by utilizing the advanced safety features found in newer vehicles.

Guest blogger Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP, sums up OSHA’s long-awaited technical guidance for classification of chemicals under the revised HazCom-2012 standard.

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation is pleased to name Tristan Bainum of Alta, Iowa as a 2016 Family Scholarship Award recipient in the amount of $10,000.

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation is pleased to name Hannah Pinkerton of Lincoln, Nebraska as a 2016 Family Scholarship Award recipient in the amount of $10,000.

Guest poster Greg Gerganoff takes a swing at applying Newton's Third Law, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction," to safety--specifically to risk assessments.

The fifth year of the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction is here. To mark this, an hour-long webinar will bring together leaders from OSHA, NIOSH and CPWR to showcase the past successes of the campaign and its major event, the National Safety Stand-Down, as well as to highlight plans [...]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently announced its latest estimate of traffic deaths, which shows a 9.3 % increase for the first nine months of 2015.

With the proposed ISO 45001 standard making its way through the stages of standards development, now is a good time to learn more about what it will mean to OSH practice and the OSH profession overall.