Construction Safety Articles

Safety 2023 panelists will present four ideas that are changing our profession. Learn more about these concepts and the leaders advocating for them.

OSHA is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing safety and health management systems as the agency considers developing a leading indicators resource.

Registration is open for the fall session of SafetyFOCUS, the semi-annual in-depth education experience set for Sept. 18-22 in Arlington, VA, and online.

ANSI and UL Standards & Engagement have published a draft whitepaper, "Principles for Measuring the Impact of Voluntary Consensus Standards on Human Health and Safety." The groups are seeking public comments by June 15.

Rachel Walla-Housman shares tips to help safety professionals understand the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and protect their pregnant team members.

ASSP will again welcome OSHA's Doug Parker to Safety 2023 in San Antonio where he will discuss the agency's latest activities and future plans.

ASSP created an alliance with Fulcrum – a field inspection management software company – to help automate workplace safety and health inspections.

ASSP cosigned a letter to members of the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations committees in support of the recommended FY2024 funding requests for OSHA and NIOSH.

ASSP has submitted its comments for the record about OSHA's efforts to modernize its Voluntary Protection Programs. Member input helped inform the statement in support of the initiative.

ASSP is introducing a workplace safety education series called “Stand Up for Standards” that debuts May 10 with a live two-hour webinar on fall protection.