News from the Safety Industry

OSHA and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a booklet to help reduce injuries and fatalities among communication tower climbers and ground crew employees. The booklet compiles information and best practices from industry stakeholders and worker safety advocates. It is tailored to towe [...]

NIOSH has a new informational flyer on its Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program. The flyer explains the program's purpose and describes the information that is available in the reports generated by the federal and state FACE programs.

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety announced the winners of its youth safety video. The Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest challenged Canadian high-school students to produce an original video to educate young workers about safety on the job.

Brady Safety Software and Services published a white paper that provides background on NFPA 70E arch flash standards, how they are enforced through OSHA and the National Electric Code, and commonly cited arc flash standards.

Lori Schroth steps in as the new Administrator for the Public Sector Practice Specialty. Here's her recap on some exciting events at Safety 2017 and a look at the new leadership team for 2017-2018.

Your membership in the Environmental Practice Specialty is a gateway to obtaining new and deeper skills in the environmental safety area, and in volunteering to develop additional environmental leadership skills in the international organization that ASSE has become. I encourage you to take full adv [...]

Title:ANSI/ASSE Z10-2012 (R2017) Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Scope: This standard defines minimum requirements for an occupational health and safety management system. The primary purpose of this standard is to provide a management tool to reduce the risk of occupational injuri [...]

Michael Coleman, Administrator, gives a short update after Safety 2017. See who's on your 2017-2018 leadership team.

Outgoing Administrator Fran Sehn, send a message to the Members of the RMI Practice Specialty.

Set aside everything you think you know about the word fellow. Fay Feeney, an accomplished risk and safety professional, became just the fourth woman to receive the honor of ASSE Fellow, joining Kathy Seabrook (2016), Nancy McWilliams (2016) and Margaret Carroll (1999).