ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2021 Updates
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International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) is a recognized leader in the development of ANSI-accredited safety equipment standards, in the U.S. and around the world. Their mission to be the catalyst that ensures safety protocols are better, conforming, understandable, and used.*
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is proud to support the development of critical workplace-safety related standards that help ensure safety comes first, no matter the setting.* Standards are revisited, rescinded or reaffirmed for continual improvement – the last update was released in 2015 and the latest version was released 4/15/2022.
Below are some areas in which ANSI has provided recent guidance:
- Ongoing maintenance of first aid kits
- New required and recommended items
- Employer to conduct workplace hazard assessment
- Quantity and location of first aid kits
- Over-the-counter medications
- Bleeding Control Kits in the workplace
- Click here for access to the full standard
ANSI – a private non-profit organization that creates voluntary consensus standards. Their primary mission is to set standards that create a level of safety across an entire industry.
OSHA – is a government agency that is charged with assuring safe working conditions by setting and enforcing standards. OSHA can adopt ANSI’s standards into law.
ANSI sets standards, OHSA enforces them.