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This week's Safety News You Need highlights updated COVID-19 guidance; addressing mental health in the workplace; and protecting the health of construction workers.

To prevent incidents, you must identify risks, demonstrate their potential impact and implement proper controls. Here are four ways to improve risk management.

Lone workers face distinct hazards and risks. These 10 tips will help you tailor your safety management program to protect them.

This week's Safety News You Need highlights the first permanent COVID-19 standard in the U.S.; a new standard for respirator fit testing and more.

OSHA has developed stronger safety guidance to help employers implement coronavirus protection programs and identify risks that could lead to exposure.

ASSP supports today’s action by the U.S. DOL to strengthen workplace guidance on COVID-19 to help keep workers safe from exposure. OSHA issued new guidance to help employers implement a coronavirus protection program to identify risks that could lead to transmission.

CDC has designed a communication toolkit to help employers educate their workers about the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, and address questions and concerns.

It takes technical proficiency, people skills and big-picture thinking to implement safety management systems. Take this quiz and gauge what you know.

This week's Safety News You Need highlights developments from OSHA, including COVID-19 guidance, and an agreement with the EPA to improve worker safety.

Actions by the Biden Administration are expected to improve COVID-19 protections for workers and accelerate the country's response to the pandemic.

OSH professionals have two upcoming opportunities to learn about compliance and standards at live virtual education events. The Compliance Event takes place Jan. 26 while the ANSI/ASSP Standards Event is set for Jan. 27.

This week’s Safety News You Need shares updates on OSHA, NIOSH and the Biden nominee for secretary of labor.

The most surprising thing about our 40-year-old Member-Get-a-Member initiative is what happens when you ask the most active participants why it matters to them.

Early bird registration for virtual SafetyFOCUS 2021 ends Jan. 20. Sign up and save on the 10-day immersive education experience, set for Feb. 8-12 and 15-19.

An occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) has many important parts, but you should pay special attention to the worker participation section.

This week’s Safety News You Need highlights resources to help audit your system and implement safety and health improvements.

Arc-rated flame-resistant (AR/FR) clothing is critical PPE for workers who face flash fire and arc flash hazards. Before you make your next purchase of AR/FR clothing, here are four factors to consider.

This week’s Safety News You Need features tips and tools you can use to help workers keep their footing while on the job.

ASSP urges employers to adopt voluntary national consensus standards and implement safety and health management systems in response to newly released fatality data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 5,333 fatal work injuries in 2019, the most since 2007.

OSHA is updating its site-specific targeting directive, which directs agency resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illness.