Celebrate Hose Safety Awareness Week (HSAW)
A Week of Hose Safety to Promote Everyday Best Practices
September 7–13, 2025
NAHAD is committed to ensuring that all hose manufacturers and distributors have the tools they need to promote hose safety with their teams and end-users. NAHAD, through the Hose Safety Institute (HSI) provides education and training through a series of prescribed best practices, educational webinars, downloadable resources, and hands-on instruction throughout the year.
In recognition of these efforts and to promote the importance of hose safety essentials, NAHAD has designated the week of September 7–13, 2025 Hose Safety Awareness Week. This is a week where members can come together in a concentrated way to highlight the actionable safety approaches implemented within their daily business operations to keep staff and customers safe.
“One of the greatest benefits that NAHAD members enjoy is the available resources provided by the Hose Safety Institute. Having assembly guidelines, providing membership training, and hands-on experiences, ensures that fabrication safety is at the heart of what we do. The Hose Safety Awareness Week (HSAW) has proven to be a great way to remind our members, suppliers, and end users that “Safety” matters.
At GHX, we are proud to be associated with NAHAD and the “Safety” commitment. Over the years, associates from our company have been involved with sharing our knowledge with NAHAD and the industry and we are committed to continue to do our part for the generations of Hosers to come.
Safety is not just about hose assembly; it is so much more. It is about the safety journey that starts with building a culture focused on safety. This happens with safety training, audits, and inspections, and weaving the safety message into everything that you do. By building this kind of foundation, we are confident that the products we build will keep our staff and customers safe.
This year we introduced a new program, “Safety Starts with Me.”
This theme/motto is designed to:
- Help employees understand the central role they play in creating a safe work environment.
- It speaks to basic ways that every employee can help create a safe work culture.
- Put people and their safety at the center of their work.
- It tells them that they matter, their safety matters and they can do something about it.”
Roy Torres, Treasurer NAHAD (2024-2025)
GHX Industrial
“As a kid, walking near running farm equipment or being high in the sky in the bucket of a lift, I was not thinking about hose safety. This said, as those in the industry know, the importance of hose safety impacts all of us, young and old, on a regular basis. Hose Safety Awareness Week (HSAW) is a reminder that the impact of following procedures or processes, receiving proper training and producing quality products makes a difference. In 2024 for HSAW, many NAHAD distribution partners and I were able to show our commitment to hose safety by being a Hose Safety Superhero! Although taking photos wearing a mask and cape plus holding up quotes for hose safety was a fun way to promote HSAW, the commitment and importance of the week was felt from those that I spoke to in person and those on social media. In 2025, I encourage all Hose Safety Institute members to show their promise to hose safety by participating in HSAW. It has become a week that I very much look forward to seeing how the skilled people in this industry are showcasing how they too are hose safety superheroes.”
Scott Bauman, Incoming HSI Chair
Danfoss Power Solutions
What our Members did for HSAW 2024:
IR-G: Keeping Hoses Safe with Solid Standards and Practical Steps
Cross Hose & Fittings: Social media series: Henry at the Hose Store
HSAW 2024 Participants:
Custom Hydraulics & Design, Inc
Get Involved
Getting involved in the cause is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
- Download the Hose Safety Awareness Week Toolkit (coming soon) for ideas, marketing collateral, and resources you can disseminate throughout the week demonstrate your commitment to hose assembly safety, quality, and reliability.
- Plan one or more events or sponsor a program during this week that highlights the importance of hose safety, quality, and reliability and tell us about them.
- Tag NAHAD on social media and share your activities for the week by utilizing the hashtags #HSAW2024 or #HoseSafetyAwareness.
Let’s Fill Up the Calendar
Plan in advance and submit the details of your program by completing the form below. Your company’s activities for Hose Safety Awareness Week will be added to the NAHAD Events calendar and we will highlight what members are doing to promote hose assembly safety and best practices on social media and in marketing collateral throughout this week-long event.
HSAW 2024 Resources
Schedule of NAHAD Sponsored Events
Check back soon for a listing of webinars and association podcasts launching during Hose Safety Awareness Week.
Download the Toolkit
Hose Safety Awareness Week was created to promote everyday best practices related to hose assembly safety, quality, and reliability. Get the toolkit to discover ways in which you can get involved.
Become a Hose Safety Awareness Week Partner
Join us as a Hose Safety Awareness Week partner by utilizing your voice and platform to spread the importance of hose assembly safety.
The HSAW partner opportunity is open to any local and/or federal organization with a focus on safe and reliable business practices. Associations specializing in the prevention of workplace and end-user safety hazards are also welcome to partner.
Acknowledgment of your partnership will be visible on NAHAD’s social channels and in marketing collateral used to promote HSAW. Contact education@nahad.org for more information or to become a partner.
Thank You to Our HSAW Partners
