News from the Safety Industry

Georgi Popov and Sathy Rajendran, highly regarded educators within the OSH profession, have each been selected to receive ASSE's 2017 William E. Tarrants Outstanding Safety Educator Award. The two educators will be honored during ASSE’s Safety 2017 Professional Development Conference & Exposition in [...]

Message from the Administrator to the members of the Ergonomics Practice Specialty.

Jeremy Bethancourt, government affairs chair of ASSE's Arizona Chapter, has been selected as ASSE's 2017 Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year. He plays a lead role in getting billboards posted throughout Arizona to bring attention to the dangers of distracted driving and the hazards [...]

OSHA's National Safety Stand Down is 2 weeks away. ASSE has compiled a list of free materials to help OSH professionals build an effective campaign.

Die safety blocks are called by many names: safety blocks, ram blocks, die blocks or prop blocks. Regardless of the term, die safety blocks all have the same purpose: ptotect employees working in the die area from a free-falling upper die/slide.

We thought you would be interested in the attached article and technical information addressing the control of hazardous energy

Member interest continues to grow since the newly revised version of the ANSI/ASSE Z359.1 Standard, The Fall Protection Code, has been released and will be completely in effect during the Summer of 2017.

More than 90% of adults in the U.S. think they are not likely to get the Zika virus, says a Gallup Poll conducted March 10-11 of 1,025 Americans. The report made comparisons to previous Gallup surveys during two other high-profile viruses in recent U.S. history—Ebola and H1N1/swine flu.

Environmental Practice Specialty is conducting a short survey of its members to help set the direction of the group.

Learn about your new incoming Assistant Administrator and about BISE member achievements - including how you can share yours!