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This week’s Safety News You Need offers insights that can help you become a better safety leader, encourage your workers to look out for each others’ safety and develop a positive safety culture.

Suicide and the factors that can lead to it are difficult to discuss, but taking these workplace suicide prevention steps could make a big difference.

ASSP and ASHCA have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding that brings the organizations together to advance workplace safety and health in the farming industry. The agreement comes during National Farm Safety and Health Week.

This week’s Safety News You Need features resources to help you mitigate or eliminate the fall hazards workers face.

ISO 45001 is a uniquely global safety management system standard. Expert Elbert Sorrell explains how to decide whether it’s right for your organization.

ASSP is shifting its second-largest annual event to a live virtual experience early next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. SafetyFOCUS 2021 will move from an eight-day in-person conference in Las Vegas to a 10-day online event in February.

Approximately 22 million American workers suffer from some sort of hearing loss. This week’s Safety News You Need highlights information that can help you determine how loud is too loud and how best to protect workers’ hearing.

OSH professionals can get a road map to continuous safety improvement by attending SafetyFOCUS: Safety Management Systems, a two-day virtual event. The sessions are part of ASSP’s new series of virtual education events that enable safety pros to stay current on best practices.

Hazardous noise exposure has been linked to cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease and more. How can you protect your hearing on and off the job?

This week’s Safety News You Need can help you select the right face and eye protection for different situations, while optimizing your supply.

Professional Safety journal, ASSP's flagship publication, earned a bronze award in the journal redesign category at the virtual 2020 Association Media & Publishing EXCEL Awards. The honor was the result of the journal introducing a new look as part of ASSP’s rebranding campaign.

OSHA published a final rule revising the beryllium standards for construction and shipyards. The final rule aims to clarify the standards and simplify or improve compliance. Learn about the changes.

Structured what-if risk assessment adds risk assessment steps to your what-if analysis method so you can take action to eliminate hazards and protect workers. Learn about the eight steps involved.

This week’s Safety News You Need features resources to help you establish a safety management system that will keep workers safe now and into the future.

Construction and demolition sites present some of the most hazardous conditions for workers anywhere. To help the industry address these challenges, ASSP launched a web-based library of content that brings a comprehensive collection of education materials and resources to the forefront.

This week’s Safety News You Need offers tools and tips on how to properly assemble and disassemble scaffolding, as well as how to stay safe on a scaffold during construction and demolition projects.

Congress has introduced new legislation that would provide a credit of up to $4,000 to enable people who have become unemployed during 2020 to access professional skills training.

What is the role of construction safety professionals on large projects during a pandemic? We spoke with Carina Sowinski about her work on Allegiant Stadium.

This week’s Safety News You Need highlights resources you can use to develop an effective program for managing different types of hazardous energy in the workplace.

Planning, monitoring and training can improve trenching and excavation safety. Keep these three points in mind.