News from the Safety Industry

ASSE is proud to offer a Spanish track for the 4th year in a row at our annual PDC. 10 exclusive technical sessions in Spanish for those bilingual OSH professionals working with the Hispanic workforce or international attendees from Spanish speaking countries! Spanish track attendees will have the [...]

A digest of this week's news - mentors are still needed for the WISE mentoring program, and information on accessing WISE Lunch & Learns.

The Advisory Committee of the Manufacturing Practice Specialty invites you to join us in our open web meeting. Find out what’s going on within the practice specialty and learn how you can get involved. The meeting will also include a special presentation by guest speaker Jeff Winter on Machine Safet [...]

Merger of the Mining and Oil & Gas Practice Speicalties

The Oil & Gas Practice Specialty and the Mining Practice Specialty will merge into the Oil, Gas, Mining, and Mineral Resources Practice Specialty with the abbreviated name being OGM Practice Specialty. This change will take effect July 1, 2017.

Technology and night-shift work are common elements in the U.S. workplace. Both factors can create fatigue hazards on their own, and when combined, the prevalence of sleep deficiency becomes anything but deficient. A myriad of factors causes fatigue, which is why Susan Murphy, principal consultant [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers releases a statement regarding the confirmation of Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. The statement is attributed to ASSE President Thomas Cecich, CSP, CIH, on behalf of ASSE's membership of 37,000 occupational safety and health professionals.

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 [...]