Articles Tagged with ''ASSP''

Safety 2024 will be held Aug. 7-9 in Denver. Presentations should address key occupational safety and health issues as well as emerging matters and innovations relevant to the profession.

The registered attendance of 5,937 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center surpassed ASSP’s previous record of 5,905 from Safety 2019 in New Orleans. It is one of America’s largest annual conferences for the advancement of workplace safety and health that began in Chicago in 1962.

The 2023 awards include $305,500 in academic scholarships for 107 graduate and undergraduate students preparing for or supplementing their occupational safety and health careers at 52 colleges and universities. 

This column, depicting the case of a fictitious construction worker, is based on information presented at a session titled “Mental Health and Suicide Prevention” at ASSP's annual event in early June.

The 18-month agreement brings the safety organizations together to advance workplace safety and health with a focus on assisting OSHA in modernizing and expanding its longstandingVPP.

At ASSP’s Safety 2023 event in San Antonio in early June, Doug Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, discussed the current state of OSHA and answered questions from audience live as they came in via text.

A transformation is occurring in a small but growing number of companies putting time, money and other resources into the health side of safety and health.

The event has just exploded, says ASSP official. 

Doug Parker will discuss the latest activities and future plans of OSHA. 

Thousands attend the occupational safety and health event each year to grow their knowledge and skills while meeting experts who can help them advance their careers and elevate safety at their companies.