ASSP The American Society of Safety Professionals

New cannabis growing and processing operations are setting up shop in the wake of legalization in many states. They come with new hazards safety professionals need to know.

As environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts become a greater focus of corporations, many safety professionals are being tapped to play a part.

Safety professionals need to look closer into risk to go beyond regulatory compliance and achieve greater safety and operational goals.

ANSI/ASSP Z16.1, a new voluntary consensus standard, offers safety professionals a better way to measure and communicate results.

To prepare employees for a fall rescue scenario, it could be beneficial to develop in-house rescue policies and procedures.

Safety professionals are responsible for mitigating the many ways employees are endangered on the job, including the potential for violent crime.

How to use psychological and behavioral knowledge to improve workplace safety. As a safety leader, it’s important to recognize moments when people are looking to you as an example and ensure that your behavior aligns with the values you’re working to instill in others.