News from the Safety Industry

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation is pleased to name Hannah Pinkerton of Lincoln, Nebraska as a 2016 Family Scholarship Award recipient in the amount of $10,000.

Guest poster Greg Gerganoff takes a swing at applying Newton's Third Law, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction," to safety--specifically to risk assessments.

The fifth year of the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction is here. To mark this, an hour-long webinar will bring together leaders from OSHA, NIOSH and CPWR to showcase the past successes of the campaign and its major event, the National Safety Stand-Down, as well as to highlight plans [...]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently announced its latest estimate of traffic deaths, which shows a 9.3 % increase for the first nine months of 2015.

With the proposed ISO 45001 standard making its way through the stages of standards development, now is a good time to learn more about what it will mean to OSH practice and the OSH profession overall.

National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) advises, consults with and makes recommendations to the secretaries of labor, and health and human services on matters relating to administration of the OSH Act, including regulatory, research, compliance assistance and enforceme [...]

OSHA wants to hear from OSH professionals about its updated Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.These guidelines can be a calling card for OSH professionals once published, so ASSE members are encouraged to review the guidelines and submit feedback to OSHA.

A guest post on the Risk Management/Insurance blog from Joe Kopko, CSP, offers 3 Risk Resolutions that are fundamental building blocks in developing and sustaining the fragile culture of an organization.

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation recently awarded three universities a total of $8,750 to support efforts to have their occupational safety and health programs receive ABET accreditation.

The Zika virus, occurring in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, spread to Brazil in 2015 and has been reported in the continental U.S. as well as in U.S. territories, not locally, but from returning travelers. According to CDC, the “Zika virus is spread to people through mosq [...]