News from the Safety Industry

ASSE is sad to share news of the passing of Jerry Ray, ASSE’s 1997-98 President and a well-liked and highly respected leader of the occupational safety and health profession.

EPA has issued a final rule to reduce exposure to formaldehyde vapors from certain wood products produced domestically or imported to the U.S.

ASSE is sad to share news of the passing of Jerry Ray, ASSE’s 1997-98 President and a well-liked and highly respected leader of the occupational safety and health profession.

R. Ronald Sokol, a 29-year member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, was appointed to the OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), which is charged with advising the agency on setting construction standards and policy matters affecting federally financed or assis [...]

wo prominent members of the American Society of Safety Engineers were appointed to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Board of Scientific Counselors, a federal advisory committee formed to give the NIOSH director advice and guidance.

Presentation proposals for Work, Stress and Health 2017 are due Oct. 31, 2016. The conference will be held June 7-10, 2017, in Minneapolis, MN. Read on to learn more about topics of interest.

On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an interim final rule raising civil penalties by nearly 80% in some cases, for occupational and mine safety and health violations, and certain other types of employment law infractions. The stated goal for the increase in all agencies was to [...]

Poster sessions at conferences offer students and academicians an opportunity to report on their research. At ASSE's Safety 2016, 31 posters were presented on topics ranging from employee involvement, emergency action plans and latex allergies to firefighter safety, modified risk assessment methods [...]

Steel Tank Institute-Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI-SPFA) have published an educational brochure to help owners understand the risks created by poor operations and maintenance procedures for monitoring and removing water from storage tank systems.

On May 12, OSHA published the new injury and illness reporting rule. Under the new system, called “Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” OSHA will post on-line injury information from a vast number of employers. The agency says that Information about the injured worker will be remo [...]