News from the Safety Industry

Our latest digest features two articles, one that shares substantive and symbolic actions leaders can take to improve workplace culture, and one that offers tips to young safety professionals on how to advance throughout their careers.

Tuesday, Nov. 28, is Giving Tuesday, the global movement to support charitable organizations that work to improve the lives of people and communities worldwide. Consider making a gift to the ASSE Foundation to support its mission of advancing the safety profession through education, leadership devel [...]

Safety Engineering, brings the peer-reviewed knowledge of safety professionals to address the most frequently encountered hazards through proven principles and best practices. Those preparing for professional safety careers will find the concise presentation of occupational safety and health princip [...]

All companies must investigate accidents, and each company must decide how thoroughly to investigate and how much time and attention it will pay to the investigations. This book covers all aspects of accident investigation from theory to organizing, gathering and analyzing data, to reporting, recomm [...]

Dennis Hudson, ASSE's current executive director, is set to retire in April 2018. To find the Society's next executive director, the Board of Directors is partnering with Korn Ferry, a well-known executive search firm.

Julia Bradley is the new Administrator for the Manufacturing Practice Specialty. Learn what's happening in your practice specialty.

The ANSI/ASSE Z244.1 Accredited Standards Committee recently received a letter of interpretation from OSHA that offers some insight into the agency's view of alternative methods to the control of hazardous energy.

OSHA issued a final rule on Nov. 9, 2017, extending the requirements for construction employers to comply with its crane operator certification rule until Nov. 10, 2018. The agency also announced plans to complete a rulemaking on the issues surrounding the crane operator certification program in the [...]

Thom Kramer provides highlights from last week's ANSI/ASSE Z359 committee meeting.

In a recent letter of interpretation OSHA indicates that fall protection trainers who are compliant with ANSI/ASSE Z359 (fall protection/arrest) and ANSI/ASSE Z490 (OSH training) will meet the definition of qualified in the agency's Walking and Working Surfaces rule.