News from the Safety Industry

OSHA issued a final rule to update its general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards specific to slip, trip and fall hazards. The rule also includes a new section establishing employer requirements for using personal fall protection systems.

Through video and a Young Worker website, OSHA shares the important message that young workers have a right to a safe, health workplace, and to be trained on job hazards and safe work practices.

In her November 2016 Professional Safety article, “Moving From Compliance to Risk-Based Systems,” Pam Walaski CSP, CHMM offers tips for OSH professionals looking to make the switch.

Shane Bush CPT, President of BushCo, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID, will be presenting both “Predicting Errors Using Human Performance Measurement Tools” and Disruptive Safety: Managing Safety in an Industry Facing Changes Forced by Competition” at SeminarFest 2017.

Beth Genly takes a deep look into safety and job burnout in Professional Safety’s October 2016 issue. She lists five broad skills and behavior areas individuals can pay attention to when feeling burned out.

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, Nov. 6. FEMA is reminding us that in addition to enjoying the extra hour of sleep, we can take a few simple steps to make our homes more disaster-resilient.

In the October 2016 issue of Professional Safety, James Loud, CSP, CHMM, posits that major risk is an organizational problem, not a personal problem. In his article, “Major Risk: Moving From Symptoms to Systems Thinking,” he says that OSH must move from symptoms to systems thinking to effectively ad [...]

Denis Baker, CSP, President of ASSE’s Oklahoma City Chapter and Vice President, Region III, recently spoke at the ASSE Leadership Conference as part of his presentation, “Exceeding Expectations, Your Break from Average”. In a recent blog post, Baker shared his 9 personal insights about expectations [...]

"The best-performing companies employ occupational safety and health professionals to implement and manage safety and health programs throughout the U.S. and across the globe. These Recommended Practices can encourage more employers to embrace what ASSE members already know: applying the risk manag [...]

ASSE’s Ergonomics Practice Specialty (ErgoPS) polled more than 300 ergonomics practitioners to learn about the ergonomics training, skill and resource needs in the practitioners’ working area. Further, the group explored whether a good match exists between the practitioner and marketplace needs by c [...]