News from the Safety Industry

American Society of Safety Engineers President Thomas Cecich, CSP, CIH will participate in an executive panel discussion on protecting workers at the 8th China International Forum on Work Safety in Beijing Sept. 27-29, 2016, a three-day event that is attracting safety experts from across the glob [...]

OSHA awarded $1.5 million in 1-year federal safety and health training grants to 77 organizations. The awards were through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, which provides grants to nonprofit organizations for the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of workplace safety and health.

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation is offering more than $275,000 in scholarships and educational grants to students looking to complete their studies in occupational safety and health or professionals seeking to continue their education in the field.

Tens of thousands of workers are made sick or die from occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals every year. How can we prevent this from happening? OSHA created a toolkit in 2013 to aid businesses in transitioning to the practice of safer chemicals.

ASSE's Professional Safety recently spoke with Todd Schlekeway, executive executive director of National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), about the newly released ANSI/ASSE A10.48-2016 standard on communications tower safety.

Small firms lag behind larger firms in most safety management and safety culture measures, says a new report by The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR).

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) are launching a joint effort to raise awareness of new standards that are important for all workers and companies that install, alter or maintain communication towers.

Respiratory protection is an ongoing challenge for employers. OSHA, NIOSH and ASSE offer a selection of resources designed to guide the selection, use and care of a wide range of respirators, employee training and program development.

As the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, OSH professionals should remember just how much NIOSH is involved in helping first responders and other victims of the events of that day, all in addition to its core mission as the only federal resource for OSH research an [...]

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 [...]