News from the Safety Industry

As noted in the EHS Works blog on July 19, 2017, PBS NewsHour broadcast a report showing that some U.S. shipbuilders continue to receive government contracts despite significant safety lapses. Jim Thornton, ASSE's Vice President of Professional Affairs, says the report fails to acknowledge the safet [...]

NIOSH and Workforce Tulsa are collaborating to develop and pilot test a new training program, "Developing Work Safety Skills," to promote workplace safety and health practices among young adults seeking career services and temporary employment opportunities.

Guest poster Rick Franklin has worked for 42 years as a forensic engineer. During that time, he has seen 14 significant, but mostly unknown, improvements to consumer products and automobiles that prevented fires, incidents, injuries and deaths. In the first of a three-post series, he talks about the [...]

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Carol Keyes, the new Administrator of the Consultants Practice Specialty (CPS), provides information on the upcoming CPS Open Web Meeting and the launch of the CPS Mentoring Program. Details about the upcoming Ethics Webinar sponsored by the CPS (members get a discount) are also included.

On July 20, 2017, the Trump administration released the 2017 spring regulatory agenda, which was issued in separate parts, rather than in a combined format. ASSE's Federal Representative Adele Abrams, Esq., CMSP, provides an overview of what it contains.

Elliot Laratonda, Content Coordinator for the Public Sector Practice Specialty, shares highlights and a brief recap of the groups events and awards.

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 [...]