News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (April 26, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval of the new American National Standard Institute (ANSI)/ASSE Z359.2-2007 standard. The standard, Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program, recognizes the [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 26, 2007) — American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Thomas F. Cecich, CSP, CIH, of Apex, North Carolina, testified today on the benefits of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) cooperative programs before the Sena [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 25, 2007) — How the new U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Federal Standard for Electrical Installation will impact the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) profession and the practice of the profession in regard to electrical safety will be the foc [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 24, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) along with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Alliance Program participants are preparing to ramp up the public's focus on workplace safety and prevention during the expanding May 6- [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 20, 2007) — The CNA Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation to support a new scholarship program for students pursuing degrees in occupational safety, health and the environment. The CNA Foundation will support two scho [...]

Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2007) — Media Advisory Increasing Safety and Health in the Workplace Focus of Regional Professional Development Conference : Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2007) What: The 2007 Professional Development Conference (PDC), hosted by Region IV of the American Society Safety Engineers’ (AS [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 16, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the reaffirmation of the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.38-2000 (R2007) standard. The standard, Basic Elements of an Employer’s Program to Provide a Safe and Healthful Work Environm [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 14, 2007) — In 2003 workplace homicides increased faster than any other cause of a worker fatality, and females made up 81 percent of the total number of the 631 victims. In all, 5,559 people died from job-related injuries in the U.S. in 2003. The authors of the American Socie [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 14, 2007) — In 2003 workplace homicides increased faster than any other cause of a worker fatality. Transportation incidents were the number one cause of on-the-job deaths followed by falls being the number two cause and homicides as the number three cause of on-the-job deaths [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 10, 2007) — American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) professional member and chemist Edwin Granberry, Jr., of Winter Park, Florida, urged Florida legislators today to vote against proposed state legislation, SB 2356, that would allow employees, customers, etc. to bring wea [...]