News and Articles

Economists say workers need 10 key skills for the jobs of tomorrow. Here’s how safety leadership training will help you protect this evolving workforce.

ISO's new guidance document focuses on international best practices and practical recommendations for managing worker safety and health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With year-end holidays upon us, OSHA is reminding employers to take some simple steps to keep workers stay safe and healthy, especially given the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic.

This week’s Safety News You Need highlights ways to train your workers on the dangers of hydrogen sulfide and how to prevent exposure.

Improving safety culture has personal, professional and financial implications for everyone in your organization. Here are five reasons it’s worthy of respect.

ASSP President Deb Roy shares an update on the vaccines being developed for COVID-19, as well as some insights on the therapeutic treatments currently in use.

To help prevent suicide, you need a workplace culture in which workers are comfortable talking about the challenges they face and seeking help.

This week’s Safety News You Need highlights ways to help your workers avoid cold stress and recognize the symptoms of cold-related illness and injury.

A newly revised ANSI/ASSP standard helps employers keep construction workers safe by describing best practices they can implement to take safety programs to the next level in a shared construction or demolition project.

Reported incident rates aren’t enough to measure the value of safety or effectively manage risk. Here’s how to use leading and lagging indicators to improve.

This week’s Safety News You Need highlights PTD resources that can help you create safer workplaces by mitigating or eliminating hazards before they occur.

Taking these seven steps during the audit process can help you gather the information you need to accurately assessment of the effectiveness of your OHSMS.

ASSP has formed a board-level task force to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the Society and throughout the occupational safety and health profession. The 14-member advisory group gathered for the first time on Nov. 18.

ASSP has posted the 50th episode of its popular safety podcast series, which has been renamed and enhanced to include a broader range of OSH topics. In its November installment, “The Case for Safety” discusses key workplace factors that can lead to suicide.

As industrial hygiene becomes more complex, practitioners are embracing a more holistic approach. Expert Paul Zoubek explains what you need to know.

This week’s Safety News You Need features tools to familiarize you with confined spaces and how to help workers safely operate within them.

The ANSI/ASSP A10.33-2020 standard sets the program requirements for managing safety and health on multiemployer projects. Here's what you need to know.

New OSHA guidance provides employers insight into which OSHA standards have been most frequently cited during COVID-19-related inspections.

OSH professionals have upcoming opportunities to expand their industry knowledge and learn strategies to better protect workers. The immersive education events are part of a series of virtual events designed for safety professionals to stay current on best practices.