About Women's Workplace Safety

On Oct. 29, 2018, ASSP hosted a summit on the safety of women in the workplace, focused on three key issues:

Closing the gap in availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) designed specifically for women workers, and educate leadership about the need for and availability of such equipment.
Finding solutions to workplace violence, which has a disproportionate impact on women and is the leading cause of death in the workplace for women.
Advancing women in positions of leadership in the occupational safety and health profession.

We had many fruitful conversations leading into and during the summit, and we are continuing the dialogue here in the ASSP Community as part of our ongoing efforts to influence change in these areas. Please share your thoughts and insights in any of our discussion threads.

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Leadership Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Workplace Violence

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Exemption from Doctor

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Hi all, I have an employee at my facility that has consistently refused to wear hearing protection since I started, ...

Steve Razzolini Feb '24

Feb '24

I hope someone more knowledgeable that I sets us straight.

1910.95 requires hearing protection to be issued to the ...

Cut resistant gloves for touchscreens, iPads, ...

Kyorene has some gloves which are designed to be used with touchscreens and we are evaluating their ...

Michael Lies Jan '24

Impact-Resistant Glove Effectiveness in ...

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Hello everyone, I'm doing research to determine if impact resistant gloves actually reduce injury in the ...

Thomas Bozeman Jan '24

Jan '24

Tom, I couldn't find anything other than the ISEA/ANSI consensus standard for rating. I am searching for cut ...

Jan '24

Michael,

I'm in the same boat, I found the ANSI standard for effectiveness but no studies that show if there is a ...

Association of Threat Assessment Professionals

Although the name is misleading, the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) is not actually an ...

Jonah Cummings Nov '23

Emergency Alert Systems

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Can anyone recommend a good emergency alert system?

Virginia Walker Apr '22

Aug '22

@Virginia Walker If the violence has made its way past security, I would rely on our Emergency Response Team to ...

Looking for a home for neg pressure half mask ...

In the run-up to COVID preparation, last year company purchased boxes of respirators that we don't have a need ...

William Larson Dec '21

How do we engage membership in our organizations?

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Hello. My name is Kevin Begnaud and I currently serve as President of the Greater Houston STEPS chapter of the ...

Kevin Begnaud Sep '21

Sep '21

Hi Kevin, A very good question for us all. Yup, it sure has been tough in so many ways. I'm happy to chime in with a few ...

Sep '21

Jonathan,

Thank you very much for your response. Yes, i am working on personally reaching out to people. Our ...

Have you hired an exceptional consultant for active ...

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Hello hive mind, I'm curious if anyone has hired and could recommend a particularly exceptional consultant to ...

Ashleigh L'Orange Jun '21

Aug '22

@Ashleigh L'Orange Contact your local sheriff's office. They may provide the service for no cost.

WISE Professional Speakers Directory

WISE Speakers Sought! Several ASSP Chapters have reached out to WISE leadership to source speakers for virtual ...

Abby Ferri Aug '20

PPE Safety Shoes Men (Narrow width needed)

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Hi: Any suggestions for a man that needs a size 16 AA safety shoe that meets ASTM for PPE in CA? Major industrial shoe ...

Susan Deason Jan '20

Jan '20

This is an interesting one! Let me see if I can find you some answers.

AB

Jan '20

Susan Deason ‍ Have you looked at going to the manufacturers directly instead of through a supplier?

Jan '20

Client has custom shoes from mfgr. Mfgr. would not certify to ASTM or the old ANSI standard.

ASSP Women and Safety Report

Date

04/12/2019

Leadership Contact

Pamela Walaski

PPE Contact

Abby Ferri

Workplace Violence Contact

Kelly Bernish

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