ANSI Approves Standard for Safety, Health and Environmental Training

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

LOS ANGELES -- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has published a new general standard that for the first time sets criteria for safety, health and environmental training. The standard, Z490.1, was approved this summer by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).ASSE serves as secretariat for the Z490 Standards Committee, which was accredited by ANSI in 1997. The standard "is intended to function as a basic body of knowledge to train employees and compliance safety officers," accordi

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