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ASSP revises key standard to elevate motor vehicle safety

October 8, 2024

The revised standard strengthens requirements for incident reporting and analysis, and includes modifications that address today’s vehicles, technologies and operating environments.

worker wearing high visibility (hi-vis) apparel

How to prioritize visibility for outdoor summer workers

Scott A. Corrao

July 26, 2024

Workers who wear high-visibility apparel must be both visible and comfortable in high temperatures.

ASSP to host webinar on ANSI/ASSP Safety Management Systems

March 29 webinar offers overview, implementation of ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 standard

ISHN Staff

March 27, 2024

The March 29 webinar will provide an overview and implementation practices for the ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 standard.

New ANSI safety standard to protect against carbon monoxide poisoning

G300-2023 designed to reduce risk of injury from generator misuse in enclosed spaces

ISHN Staff

March 27, 2024

G300-2023 is designed to reduce risk of injury from generator misuse in enclosed spaces. The standard includes CO-shut off technology and has received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

ASSP’s McNelly appointed to ANSI Board of Directors

November 2, 2023

Jennifer McNelly, CAE, will continue her full-time role at ASSP during her time on the ANSI board. She will attend ANSI’s board meeting and year-end event as a guest on Dec. 6-7 in Washington, D.C.

What you need to know about the recently revised full-body harness standard

Scott Fowler

January 20, 2022

The recently updated ANSI/ASSP Z359.11-2021 standard establishes requirements for the performance, design, marking, qualification, instruction, training, test methods, inspection use, maintenance and removal from service of full-body harnesses.

How a new technology is setting the standard for hand protection

Bill VanMullekom

January 17, 2021

As part of efforts to reduce the injury toll, ANSI/ISEA 138, the American national standard for performance and classification for impact resistant hand protection, was published in March 2019.

New standards for tethered tools provides needed guidance

New standards for tethered tools provide needed guidance

John Ficcadenti

July 14, 2020

You don’t need a vivid imagination to picture the dangers of a falling tool. A small 1” socket falling from a height of only 30 feet can cause great bodily injury, or even death, if it strikes someone.

Interpreting ANSI/ISEA 138: 2019 glove impact results explained

Rodney Taylor

July 14, 2020

The ANSI/ISEA 138:2019 standard fills a critical gap in the industrial glove standards infrastructure. One question often asked by end-users is: what performance level is appropriate for application needs?

2020 Top Standards: ANSI/ISEA

ANSI/ISEA 121- Dropped object prevention solutions

January 1, 2020

ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 is a standard that consists of design, testing, performance and labeling requirements for tool tethering systems and containers used to transport and secure tools and equipment at heights.