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How to Become a Safety Manager

How to Become a Safety Manager

The work of a safety manager can be fulfilling as you get to promote and improve safety in your workplace. However, it’s not always an easy job, and getting qualified can be challenging without the right credentials. You must consider whether you have the right traits, if you plan to get a degree, which industry…
How to Save Money By Developing Your Own Safety Programs

How to Save Money By Developing Your Own Safety Programs

While prioritizing workplace safety is essential, it can also be expensive. Developing safety programs internally instead of outsourcing training can protect employees and financial assets. Whether you’re a business owner or manager, equipping yourself or a staff member to develop safety programs can save your company money. Alongside the financial benefits of having a team…
How to Maintain Accurate Safety Records

How to Maintain Accurate Safety Records

Maintaining safety records helps keep your organization legally compliant and builds a culture where every employee returns home safely each day. Safety records rarely make headlines unless something goes wrong, but when an accident happens, they provide critical information. They can reveal emerging patterns linked to workplace dangers, and lives can be saved when action…
OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements

OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers standards for safe and healthy workplaces in the United States. It establishes regulations, performs inspections, conducts training and education, and works with state agencies and other industry regulators. OSHA also establishes safety recordkeeping requirements to track and monitor workplace accidents in various industries. Learn more about OSHA…
Guide to Navigating Safety Audits

Guide to Navigating Safety Audits

Safety audits are structured processes that evaluate how effectively your organization’s safety programs, procedures, and systems function. Think of this as a health check for your safety management system (SMS). The primary objective is identifying gaps, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement. Audits also show employees that leadership is invested in their safety, fostering greater…

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Gig Economy Raises Safety Concerns

Gig Economy Raises Safety Concerns

07.15.2019 Current Events
In a gig economy, temporary, flexible jobs are commonplace and companies tend toward hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of…
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And the Survey Says…

And the Survey Says…

07.15.2019 Current Events
Recently, NASP sent out a survey asking members and previous students to weigh in on what new instructor-led courses NASP…
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School is IN for the Summer

School is IN for the Summer

07.15.2019 Current Events
NASP is proud to be a part of the Wilmington Regional Safety & Health School this year. Each year, safety…
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ASSP Safety 2019 Conference

ASSP Safety 2019 Conference

06.07.2019 Current Events
NASP will be heading to New Orleans for the ASSP Safety 2019 Conference June 9th through the 12th. During this…
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Mugno withdraws from consideration as OSHA head

Mugno withdraws from consideration as OSHA head

05.17.2019 Current Events
Washington – Already in its longest period without a permanent administrator, OSHA will have to wait even longer, as Scott…
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Here We Grow Again: NASP Franchisees Expand Global Network

Here We Grow Again: NASP Franchisees Expand Global Network

05.14.2019 Current Events
NASP/IASP is delighted to announce our network has expanded. We would like to formally introduce two of our new franchises…
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Distracted Driving tops Drunk Driving as #1 Hazard

Distracted Driving tops Drunk Driving as #1 Hazard

05.14.2019 Current Events
Drivers distracted by their cell phones are a growing threat on U.S. roads, and they’re at least as dangerous as…
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Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Hospitalizes 38

Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Hospitalizes 38

05.14.2019 Current Events
Nearly 40 individuals, comprised of mostly emergency responders, are hospitalized after a leaking anhydrous ammonia tank being transported by a…
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NASP Talks Training

NASP Talks Training

05.14.2019 Current Events
Anhydrous ammonia, among many other chemicals, can pose serious hazards to human health. As we’ve seen in this article, emergency…
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Acosta to Lawmakers: ‘I fully expect’ Inspections to Increase

Acosta to Lawmakers: ‘I fully expect’ Inspections to Increase

04.11.2019 Current Events
Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta touted the number of annual OSHA inspections over the past two fiscal years –…
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OSHA Considers Updates to Powered Industrial Truck Standard

OSHA Considers Updates to Powered Industrial Truck Standard

04.11.2019 Current Events
OSHA is looking for help from the public as it considers an update to its powered industrial trucks standard. The…
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Update training on OSHA’s new fall protection rules

Update training on OSHA’s new fall protection rules

04.09.2019 Compliance
Focus on walking surfaces and fixed ladders Experienced employers — from industrial safety managers to construction supervisors — keep a…
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