News from the Safety Industry

ASIS International, an association for security management professionals, is seeking volunteers to serve on the technical committee for its ANSI/ASIS Active Assailant Standard. The standard will address incident prevention and preparation, to include security design considerations and protocols, as [...]

PBS Newshour recently featured a story about U.S. shipbuilders that continue to receive military contracts to build Navy and Coast Guard vessels despite serious safety lapses.

A new NIOSH report examines young worker fatalities that occurred between 1994 and 2013. The report presents information by demographic characteristics, employer characteristics, incident circumstances and temporal patterns. During this time period, 942 occupational fatalities occurred among youth w [...]

The widely discussed and highly anticipated ISO 45001 standard on occupational safety and health management systems has moved another big step toward publication. Under ISO's standards development process, the second version of the draft international standard (DIS #2) has been approved.

Register now to learn about "Prevention through Design (PtD) in Construction: From Research to Practice" featuring John Gambatese during this YPs in OSH education event provided to you as a member benefit.

Read WISE Assistant Administrator Abby Ferri's EHS Works blog and register for a webinar on recruiting women in the construction industry presented by the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau.

The results are in the for the recent special election held for the Assistant Administrator of the Engineering Practice Specialty. Congratulations Daren Williams, P.E.

ASSE is hosting a webinar about Z10 on July 26th at noon eastern time and our speaker is the highly regarded Z10 Committee chair Jim Howe. If you attend the event it also includes the new and just published reaffirmed standard.

Participate in a survey about the July 2017 issue of Professional Safety and earn a chance to win a $100 AMEX gift card.

Find out about recent events and regulatory actions being taken by OSHA. Join the Construction Practice Specialty on their Open Web Meeting to get recent updates and find out how they might affect you, your job, and/or your company.