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ASA Webinar: What to do when OSHA shows up on your doorstep

November 5, 2020

The American Supply Association Safety Committee presents this webinar related to everything you always wanted to know about OSHA, including enforcements, inspections and new initiatives.

ASA announces 2020 Safety Award winners

Recipients chosen from record number of entrants; 3 distributors and 3 manufacturers honored.

October 28, 2020

At its recent NETWORK2020 Virtual event, the American Supply Association revealed the winners of its 2020 ASA Safety Award. The award program is administered by the ASA Safety Committee, and enjoyed record participation this year.

Eye on Safety: Injury prevention is an ART form

Does this scenario sound familiar?

Bill D'Amico

September 28, 2020

Employee Jones to supervisor: “Hey boss, just want you to know I tweaked my back lifting that box of parts onto the conveyor. No big deal, I can continue working.”

Eye on Safety: OSHA's General Duty Clause

What you need to know.

Braford T. Hammock

September 11, 2020

As the United States remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant attention has been placed on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA” or the “Agency”) and the efforts taken by the Agency to help in the federal response.

ASA Safety Award application open through August 12

July 20, 2020

The annual ASA Safety Award is a program based on OSHA lost work data. Awarded on an annual basis, it serves to highlight those companies that go above and beyond in the area of worker safety.

Jim Kendzel: Time to be recognized for your worker safety excellence

ASA Safety Award applications now being accepted.

Jim Kendzel

June 29, 2020

The annual ASA Safety Award, sponsored by the ASA Safety Committee, recognizes ASA members that have shown they have gone above and beyond in the area of worker safety.

A crash course on work-relatedness

Brittney Cornillaud

June 10, 2020

With 2020 well underway, our safety professionals have printed off a fresh batch of OSHA 300 forms and are duly recording work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses that occur in workplaces this year.

ASA Safety Committee to host free COVID-19 Safety in the Workplace webinar

April 2, 2020

The webinar presenters will cover the general guidelines provided by OSHA on preparing for COVID-19 in the workplace, actual practices that have been put in place at distribution locations and lessons learns, as well as what to do when you have an employee showing symptoms or testing positive for COVID-19.

Eye on Safety: Workplace injury and illness reporting

Greg Holbrock

February 25, 2019

OSHA 300 logs (300, 300A and 301) document the workplace injury and illness records and ensure they are properly displayed for employees and appropriate management to view. The following are some key aspects of understanding when and how to complete the logs.

Eye on safety: Holistic safety

Brittney Cornillaud

January 25, 2019

Despite our best intentions, safety professionals focus sharply on compliance. Our attention locks on the hundreds of regulatory pages promulgated by OSHA, DOT, EPA, etc., as we decipher the necessary steps to stay out of trouble.