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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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Oregon Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Oregon Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

12.09.2020 Current Events
Oregon issued it’s temporary COVID-19 standard on November 6th, joining Virginia, New Jersey, and Michigan on the list of states…
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NASP Merch Just in Time for the Holidays

NASP Merch Just in Time for the Holidays

12.09.2020 Current Events
NASP has launched its new merchandise store, just in time for the holidays! Shop the NASP Online store for exclusive…
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Customized e-Learning Course Development

Customized e-Learning Course Development

11.16.2020 Live Classes
Let’s face it, COVID-19 has impacted how we as safety and environmental professionals do our jobs. Social distancing requirements, engineering…
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Maintain Social Distance: COVID ‘Close Contact’ Adds up to Exposure

Maintain Social Distance: COVID ‘Close Contact’ Adds up to Exposure

11.16.2020 Current Events
An investigation into how an employee contracted COVID-19 in the workplace caused the CDC to change its definition of “close…
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NEW HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer ONLINE!

NEW HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer ONLINE!

11.16.2020 Live Classes
Online HAZWOPER Training? To help navigate the COVID pandemic, NASP has just launched an online version of our internationally recognized…
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Inspector Involved in Extortion Attempt

Inspector Involved in Extortion Attempt

11.16.2020 Current Events
An OSHA inspector and his brother were charged with conspiracy to extort $6,000 in cash from a New Jersey-based general…
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Addressing Addiction, Suicides on the Job

Addressing Addiction, Suicides on the Job

11.16.2020 Compliance
Health problems such as opioid addiction and suicides have become common issues on construction sites. Data from NIOSH and other…
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Confined Space Fatalities

Confined Space Fatalities

11.10.2020 Compliance
OSHA continues to report asphyxiation as the leading cause of death in confined spaces, generally resulting from oxygen deficiency or…
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Two Great Courses… Both half-off this November!

Two Great Courses… Both half-off this November!

11.05.2020 Live Classes
In case you hadn’t heard, NASP now offers two versions of our flagship Certified Safety Manager (CSM) Online course. The…
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OSHA announces $1,222,156 in coronavirus violations

OSHA announces $1,222,156 in coronavirus violations

10.23.2020 Current Events
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health…
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Listen to Executive Director Eric Gislason on the Dragging up 6.0 podcast!

Listen to Executive Director Eric Gislason on the Dragging up 6.0 podcast!

10.12.2020 Current Events
In this episode we discuss the National Association of Safety Professionals many layers of service, in order to provide all…
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Just Two Weeks Until SafetyConnect 2020!

Just Two Weeks Until SafetyConnect 2020!

10.07.2020 Current Events
NASP is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of this virtual safety conference and expo! Please join us, for FREE!…
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