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Guest poster Chris Laszcz-Davis reminds ASSE members that they can also influence community OSH issues. "I believe that public safety is part of our broader domain, not necessarily industrial hygiene or occupational health, but certainly emergency response. The public is often the first line of defe [...]

As a global organization, ASSE works with its members from more than 80 countries to elevate the safety profession and help protect workers through education, advocacy and standards development. Its latest success was the 2017 Nigeria Safety Summit held March 21-25 that included sessions led by ASSE [...]

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Greetings All: ASSE got a nice finding from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board impacting our ANSI/ASSE Z117.1 Confined Spaces Standard.For those OSH Professionals working with confined spaces hazards and exposures this update might interest you.

NIOSH's has added two modules to the Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN) that allow for the tracking of sharps incidents and blood and body fluid exposures among healthcare workers. Healthcare facilities use OHSN voluntarily to share injury data, track injury trends and devise effective interv [...]

First responder suicides are a growing concern in the U.S. ASSE professional member emeritus Don Garman, a veteran first responder shares some insight on the topic.

ASSE encourages workers across the country to pause on Saturday, March 25, and join the society in paying tribute to the workers who lost their lives in the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 106 years ago that day. The safety of the American worker has increased progressively since that trag [...]

Keith Vidal, M.S., P.E., CXLT, is chair of the A1264 Accredited Standards Committee. He recently spoke with ASSE about the A1264.1-2017 standard, which addresses walking and working surfaces.

We posted an update on the proposed ISO 45001 Standard, written by leadership of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ANSI, (Vic Toy and Kathy Seabrook). You can read the full report via the ASSE 45001 site under “What’s Happening Now”: http://iso45001.asse.org/ ASSE also did a shortened summary re [...]

The United States Chemical Safety Board released a positive comment/update on a recommendation they submitted to ASSE addressing future revisions of the ANSI/ASSE Z117.1 Confined Spaces Standard.