The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Alliance Program members prepare to educate the public on workplace safety and prevention during North American Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week.   Combining OSHA and their Alliance Program members, ASSE and their ...

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved a new standard that aims to protect workers when they use rope-guided and non-guided workers' hoists in construction and demolition operations.   ASSI A10.22-2007—Safety Requirements for Rope-Guided and Non-Guided Workers’ Hoists-one of a series of standards focusing on construction ...

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has expressed concern over the recent lawsuit filed by industry groups challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) use of threshold limit values (TLVs) used to communicate the risk of exposure limits to chemical hazards through OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom). ...