If you’re a news reporter who covers business, risk management, insurance or workplace safety, American Society of Safety Professionals can provide you with data and connect you to expert sources to help tell a compelling story about how safety impacts business.
About ASSP
American Society of Safety Professionals is a global association for occupational safety and health professionals dedicated to creating safe work environments across all industries. For more than 100 years, ASSP has been at the forefront of helping occupational safety and health professionals protect people and property through their efforts to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
Read more about ASSP’s history as a long-standing leader in the safety industry.
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Nov 10, 2026
New article in Professional Safety Journal explores how ladder design, training and personal protective equipment (PPE) can better protect women and other workers outside traditional design assumptions.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Virginia Department of Labor & Industry’s (DOLI) Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), today announced a new video contest to raise awareness of workplace safety among young workers.
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Oct 14, 2026
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) today released a new research report, “Trust, Ethics and Governance: How Safety Leaders Are Thinking About and Using AI,” examining how organizations are adopting and integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into environmental health and safety (EHS).
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Oct 07, 2026
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) today announced the appointment of Jim Nulsen as its new chief innovation and growth officer, effective October 19, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026
To be or not to be? If a safety standard is written in such a way that it leaves a safety professional feeling like Hamlet in a full-on existential crisis, it probably won’t land on a worksite either. This is the second installment in a three-part blog series on the "Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Convening Report."
How ASSP Helps the Media
Just as we provide our members the resources they need to advance the safety profession and ensure that workplaces are safe, we’re also ready to provide the media with the resources you need to develop compelling stories that further the workplace safety conversation.
To help you make a positive impact on the businesses and industries you cover, we can:
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Media contact: ASSP Communications, communications@assp.org
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