News from the Safety Industry

Homicide is the second leading cause of injury death among female workers, CDC says. Approximately 43% of women fatally assaulted while at work in 2015 were killed by relatives or partners; for men, the corresponding figure was 2%.

A total of 445,221 people died from asbestos in the U.S. from 1999 to 2015, according to CDC. The report says that the occurrence of mesothelioma deaths has increased, particularly among younger populations, at a greater rate than previously projected by the CDC.

OSHA wants companies to submit Safe + Sound Week safety events for their interactive U.S. map online.

An interesting article on our ANSI/ASSE A1264.1 Standard, which should interest many of you. Any OSH Professional with an interest in the safety of walking/working surfaces should have interest in this article

OSH Professionals are actively involved in safety practices impacting motor vehicle operations. The Society is currently finalizing a revision to the existing standard and we expect to see a newly revised standard during Summer 2017. Due to this interest there have been a number of inquiries address [...]

A critical component of modern OSH programs is to understand the hazards related to skin contact with chemicals, NIOSH says. The agency has created a Skin Notation Profile that provides the SK assignments and supportive data for ethyl p-nitrophenyl phenylphosphorothioate.

Do you work with or for (or know of) a company that has adopted noise control or developed innovative approaches towards hearing loss prevention? Consider nominating the company for a Safe-in-Sound Award. The deadlines for nominations are: June 2, 2017, for third-party nominations and July 15, 2017, [...]

Invitation to find out what's going on in the Construction Practice Specialty and hear Paul Colangelo of ClickSafety speak on Fatigue Management.

Administrator's Message to members of the Public Sector Practice Specialty

This year, ASSE created the “Is My Loved One Safe at Work Today?” poster to help members and others in the OSH community to engage employers, workers and the public in five upcoming campaigns to keep every person safe and healthy on the job.