News from the Safety Industry

OSHA's best practice guidelines for safety and health management in the construction industry provide useful insights that safety managers can absorb and incorporate into their workplaces.

News on a new WISE Fellow, reflections on Safety 2017, WISE member happenings, and more!

As I cheered on award winners at the Council on Practices and Standards (COPS) Luncheon during Safety 2017, I began to take note of award winners honored during the conference who are members of ASSE's Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group. When I checked the list after returning [...]

Over the years, ASSE has been an active member of Friends of NIOSH, an informal gathering of organizations that support NIOSH’s overall funding. The Trump Administration's budget proposal would cut NIOSH funding by 40%. Member voices are needed to alert elected officials to the importance of a fully [...]

OSHA will hold a stakeholder meeting July 17, 2017, in Washington, DC, to discuss the future direction of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). The discussion will include comments and suggestions from the public on potential avenues for action.

OSHA is seeking to delay the compliance date of its e-recordkeeping rule from July 1, 2017, to Dec. 1, 2017. The agency published the final rule on May 12, 2016, and says the delay "is appropriate for the purpose of additional review into questions of law and policy."

8 – 5 – 3, that’s kind of cryptic, isn’t it? It is not a reference to a verse, a combination, or any other common numeric sequence. What it does refer to is a powerful hazard recognition technique developed by Decision Point Associates, Inc. out of Denver, Colorado.

Register now for the second installation of the BISE In the Know Virtual Series, featuring Sheldon Primus.

Learn about the benefits of speaking at the PDC and how to submit a proposal for Safety 2018.

Changes in the regulatory landscape may affect how companies decide to manage employee safety and health. So how do we respond to this change? We adapt. In the words of Stephen Hawking, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Just as the landscape is shifting, it’s time to change how we po [...]