News from the Safety Industry

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month and National Audiology Awareness Month. Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses in the U.S. Approximately 22 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels at work, and an additional 9 million are exposed [...]

A study done by NIOSH in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute examined sleep patterns of 96 commercial truck drivers during their non-work periods and evaluated the influence of these sleep patterns on subsequent performance during work periods. This was measured by safety-c [...]

Engaging employees in learning is one of the most effective ways to help them transfer skills learned in the classroom to the shop floor. It also helps if you enlist them in training their family members to be safe.

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 [...]

ASSE President Elect Jim Smith, a WISE guy himself, encourages OSH professionals to consider signing up for the mentoring program offered by ASSE's Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group.

The DC Court of Appeals recently vacated OSHA's July 22, 2015 memorandum on Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Application of the Retail Exemption. Specifically, the Court of Appeals held the July 22, 2015, enforcement memo was a “standard” under the OSH Act and, therefore, [...]

The OSHA Alliance Construction Roundtable has published a white paper, "Proposed Strategies for the Occupational Safety and Health Community to More Effectively Reach Small Contractors in Residential Construction," that aims to help OSH professionals reach small residential construction contractors. [...]

Using the online platform Storify, ASSE is providing an update with some facts about the Zika virus as well as links to the latest resources available from CDC.

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 [...]

ASSE member Sharon Kemerer, corporate OSH director for Baxter Healthcare, has been involved in helping the Society create its new ISO 45001 Certificate program. Read on to find a link to her video talking about the program.