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  • Young woman working from her home office

    3 Ergonomics Tips to Improve Your Home Office

    Jul 23, 2020
    • Ergonomics PS
    • Ergonomics & Human Factors
    • PSs
    • Education
    It’s important to recognize how your at-home work environment can affect your health. When you find yourself working from home, keep these three tips in mind.
  • Construction-worker-drinking-water-on-hot-building-site

    Ruling: “No Scientific Basis” to Rely on NWS’s Heat Index Chart in OSHA Heat Stress Cases

    Jul 22, 2020
    • Safety Management
    • Risk Assessment & Management
    • OSHA/Law
    • Health & Wellness
    • Government Affairs
    • Construction
    • Advocacy
    Ruling by an administrative law judge of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission calls into question scientific basis of elements of well-known heat index chart. How will this impact how OSHA cites heat-related violations?
  • Glass medicine bottles on a conveyor belt

    Safety News You Need: Manufacturing Safety

    Jul 17, 2020
    • Lockout/Tagout
    • Machine Guard
    • Education
    This week’s Safety News You Need highlights resources to help you address the many safety and health challenges in manufacturing environments.
  • Safety partnership web

    ASSP and AIHA Collaborate to Improve Worker Safety and Health

    Jul 16, 2020
    • Press Release
    • Industrial Hygiene
    • Advocacy
    Longtime industry allies ASSP and AIHA have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding that outlines how the organizations will continue to collaborate on advancing workplace safety and health, and strengthening the occupational safety and health profession.
  • Warehouse-worker-with-face-mask-during-pandemic

    Virginia Passes First-In-Nation Safety Standard for COVID-19

    Jul 16, 2020
    • Government Affairs
    • Safety Management
    • OSHA/Law
    • Advocacy
    • Risk Assessment & Management
    On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, passed first-in-the-nation standards to address COVID-19 in workplaces. Virginia is a state-plan state that operates its own occupational safety and health program.
  • Worker-welding-two-metal-plates

    OSHA Updates Beryllium Standard

    Jul 14, 2020
    • Government Affairs
    • OSHA/Law
    • Safety Management
    • Risk Assessment & Management
    • Advocacy
    OSHA has amended its standard for occupational exposure to beryllium. The revisions will take effect Sept. 14, 2020.
  • Man standing on a cargo ship holding a clipboard

    3 Keys to Auditing Your Safety and Health Management System

    Jul 14, 2020
    • Education
    • Standards
    • Safety Management
    As you prepare to audit your safety and health management system and explore opportunities for improvement, keep these three things in mind.
  • Online learning

    ASSP Certificate Programs Help Safety Professionals Advance

    Jul 14, 2020
    • Training & Communication
    • Press Release
    • Education
    ASSP has repackaged its professional certificate programs that are designed to help workplace safety and health professionals become experts in their field. Each program includes a set of courses that safety professionals can complete in-person or through ASSP’s live virtual classroom.
  • Male-engineer-using-a-digital-tablet-on-worksite

    CDC's COVID-19 Toolkits Cover Wide Range of Settings

    Jul 13, 2020
    • Safety Management
    • PSs
    • Training & Communication
    • CIG
    • Risk Assessment & Management
    • Government Affairs
    • Advocacy
    CDC's toolkit webpage provides a wide range of resources for communicating about COVID-19 to a variety of audiences.
  • 2019-20 ASSP President Diana Stegall

    Stegall Honored for Leadership as ASSP President

    Jul 10, 2020
    • Press Release
    • Membership
    The ASSP Board of Directors honored outgoing President Diana Stegall for an exceptional year of leadership that helped the organization meet the extraordinary challenges of a global pandemic. Her 12-month term ended June 30.
  • Man on a construction site looking at a blueprint

    Safety News You Need: Construction Safety

    Jul 10, 2020
    • Hazards & Hazardous Materials
    • Construction
    • Health & Wellness
    • Education
    • Fall Protection
    This week’s Safety News You Need provides resources to help you protect workers from the many hazards they face on construction sites.
  • Factory worker with face mask for COVID-19

    OSHA Updates COVID-19 Resources Guide

    Jul 09, 2020
    • Advocacy
    • Government Affairs
    • Health & Wellness
    • OSHA/Law
    • Safety Management
    Through its Alliance program, OSHA has created a recurring digest of COVID-19 resources that are published on its webpage and those of several other agencies and organizations.
  • Industrial ventilation system

    How Ventilation Can Help Improve Worker Health

    Jul 08, 2020
    • Hazards & Hazardous Materials
    • Ventilation
    • Education
    • Health & Wellness
    • Industrial Hygiene
    What can you do to improve the indoor air quality in your workplace? Here are three tips to keep in mind.
  • Worker repairing boat in workshop

    Safety News You Need: Respiratory Protection

    Jul 02, 2020
    • Education
    • Personal Protection Equipment
    • Health & Wellness
    • Hazards & Hazardous Materials
    This week’s Safety News You Need offers tips on protecting your workers from airborne illness in the workplace.
  • Virtual conference

    Safety 2020 Draws Largest Virtual Gathering of Safety Pros

    Jun 30, 2020
    • Membership
    • Global Safety
    • Students
    • Press Release
    • Education
    • Advocacy
    ASSP brought together the largest group of OSH professionals who have ever participated in a virtual conference. Safety 2020: Virtual drew nearly 2,400 professionals who attended educational sessions and engaged with speakers, peers and exhibitors to learn the latest in workplace safety.
  • cpwr-work-safety-silica_102716

    OSHA Directive Guides Silica Inspections

    Jun 29, 2020
    • Ventilation
    • Training & Communication
    • Risk Assessment & Management
    • OSHA/Law
    • Industrial Hygiene
    • Hazards & Hazardous Materials
    • Government Affairs
    • Education
    • Construction
    A new compliance directive from OSHA gives compliance safety and health officers with guidance on how to enforce the agency's silica standards’ requirements.
  • Semi truck trailer driving on wet road

    Safety News You Need: Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety

    Jun 26, 2020
    • Education
    • Fleet Safety
    Transportation incidents are the leading cause of workplace fatalities. This week’s Safety News You Need offers tools to help keep drivers safe on the road.
  • A backhoe digging a trench

    Safety News You Need: Trenching and Excavation

    Jun 19, 2020
    • Construction
    • Education
    This week’s Safety News You Need highlights resources to help keep workers safe during trenching and excavation operations.
  • Businessman-viewing-large-computer-monitor-wearing-a-face-covering

    OSHA Issues New Guidance on Returning to Work

    Jun 18, 2020
    • CIG
    • PSs
    • OSHA/Law
    • Government Affairs
    • Advocacy
    OSHA has issued new Guidance on Returning to Work to help employers as they reopen nonessential businesses and have employees return to work during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
  • wooden-gavel-on-a-table

    Court of Appeals Upholds OSHA 6(a) Construction Standard

    Jun 18, 2020
    Gary Visscher, J.D., Of Counsel, Law Office of Adele Abrams P.C.
    • Government Affairs
    • OSHA/Law
    • Advocacy
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently ruled that OSHA’s process in adopting “start-up standards” in 1971, many of which OSHA still enforces, was permissible and the standards may be enforced.

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