News from the Safety Industry

ASSE member interest continues to grow in the ISO Risk Management and Assessment Standards, (ISO Technical Committee TC-262). This committee is responsible for ISO 31000, 31010, Guide #73, and the ISO 31004 Implementation Guide. Dr. Frank Herdmann of Germany is very active on the ISO TC-262 Committe [...]

Journalists are invited for free to ASSE’s Safety 2017 Professional Development Conference & Exposition, a global safety event with people from more than 40 countries participating as presenters, exhibitors and attendees. It will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver from June [...]

The ILO is taking submissions for the SafeYouth@Work Media Competition. Learn more about this contest and how it could take you to Singapore!

There have been a lot of questions about the new ANSI/ASSE A10.48 Standard, (Criteria for Safety Practices with the Construction, Demolition, Modification and Maintenance of Communications Structures).

BS ISO 39001 sets out the minimum requirements for a Road Traffic Safety Management System. Governments, road authorities, safety groups and private companies were keen to develop such a standard due to the rising number of people killed or injured on the road each year. This webinar describes the s [...]

Legislation directed at OSHA seldom makes it through Congress or makes national news, so when an OSHA bill is signed into law, it gets attention and generates questions. And so it has been with H.J. Res. 83, the “resolution of disapproval” of OSHA’s so-called Volks rule that passed both houses of Co [...]

In the hours before bedtime, the blue light from electronic devices antagonizes the circadian clock from synchronizing daily sleep rhythms to external time cues. Even small amounts of this blue light transmitted from many electronic devices, such as smartphones or televisions, inhibits the brain fro [...]

OSHA is delaying enforcement of the crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers. Originally scheduled to begin June 23, 2017, enforcement will now begin Sept. 23, 2017.

President Trump signed H.J. Res 83 into law, blocking the so-called Volks rule that would have allowed OSHA to cite employers for failures to record or for misrecording workplace injuries or illnesses that occurred up to 5 years prior to when the citation is written among other provisions.

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