The American Association of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is using Distracted Driving Awareness Month (April) as an opportunity to offer up new resources to help drivers avoid this growing danger.
When thousands of safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals from around the globe land in Denver, CO, for ASSE’s Safety 2012 Conference & Expo, June 3rd – 6th, they will see some major differences from the last time the event was held in the ‘Mile High City’ in 2003.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has suggestions for making the task of complying with the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) more manageable.
In a comment submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today concerning its proposed rule to set ‘significant new use rules (SNURs)’ for chemical substances, seven of which include the term carbon nanotubes, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Terrie S. Norris, CSP, ARM, CSPI, urged the EPA to rescind its sole reliance on personal protection equipment (PPE), especially respirators, and revise the rule to mandate implementation of feasible engineering controls in order to reduce a worker’s exposure to nanomaterials.
A series of virtual symposiums by the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) is aimed at helping participants understanding international cultures, standards, and how to work effectively with a multi-culturally diverse workforce.