News from the Safety Industry

This Statement is attributable to: Kathy A. Seabrook CSP, CMIOSH, EurOSHM, President, American Society of Safety Engineers

ASTM International Committee E56 on Nanotechnology has approved its first standard, E 2456, Terminology for Nanotechnology. The new standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E56.01 on Terminology and Nomenclature.

Global companies face global safety risks. That's one of the lessons learned after the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, affected Union Carbide's worldwide operations.

For decades, the most egregious workplace safety violations have routinely escaped prosecution, even when they led directly to deaths or grievous injuries. Safety inspectors hardly ever called in the Justice Department. Congress repeatedly declined to toughen criminal laws for workplace deaths. Empl [...]

The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) draft military standard MIL-STD-882E outlines a standard practice for conducting system safety, and it provides a consistent means of evaluating risks. Mishap risk must be identified, evaluated and mitigated to a level that is acceptable to the appropriate auth [...]

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, the New York City Department of Buildings assembled the World Trade Center Building Code Task Force to rethink high-rise building safety codes, review current building design, construction and operating requirements for high-rise office [...]

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DES PLAINES, IL (January 17, 2013) – Azerbaijan leaders faced with a rapidly developing oil and gas industry are turning to occupational safety and health professionals and organizations such as the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) for workplace safety guidance as illustrated by the inaug [...]

DES PLAINES, IL (January 14, 2013) – In continuation of its support of nationwide efforts to prevent worker falls and fatalities on construction sites worldwide, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has announced the ANSI/ASSE A10.32 Standard – ‘Personal Fall Protection for Use in Constru [...]

For Fire Prevention Week, October 7-13, 2012