News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (May 28, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) 2010 Exposition to be held June 13-15 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland in conjunction with its annual Professional Development Conference (PDC, June 13-16) is the largest ever in the number of exhibitors [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 27, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) common interest group will host a networking lounge at ASSE’s annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) and exposition to be held June 13-16 in Baltimore, MD. Businesses sponso [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 26, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently honored Kelly Bernish of Orlando, FL, with the Society’s Diversity in the Safety, Health and Environmental Profession award. The Diversity award, voted on by peers, is given annually to an individual for outsta [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 20, 2010) — American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) support Congressional efforts to restore funding to the budget for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), a program the Administration proposed to cut. ASSE suppo [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 20, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ Foundation (ASSEF), in conjunction with Oregon State University, recently announced Travis M. Kruse, Master of Science (MS) and Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) , as the 2010 recipient of the PhD Fellowship for Future Safet [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 18, 2010) — As the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) continues to grow on a global scale, new opportunities for member networking are constantly emerging. In response to increasing demand from membership, ASSE has created a Military Branch under its International Pract [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 17, 2010) — American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) past-president and author Mark D. Hansen, P.E., CSP, CPE, provides readers with career guidance and tips for success in the update of his 2002 ASSE book titled Out of the Box-Skills for Developing Your Own Career Path. Han [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 15, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the recipients of the ASSE Chapter of the Year Awards, identifying these chapters as leaders among ASSE’s 151 chapters. The small chapter category award goes to the ASSE Hawaii Chapter; the medium cha [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 13, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) free hour-long webinar held Wednesday, May 12 featuring Secretary of Labor for OSHA, Dr. David Michaels, on the issue of safety incentives is available for all to listen at http://eventcenter.commpartners.com/se/Meetin [...]

Des Plaines, IL (May 13, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) is saddened by the loss of dedicated ASSE member, husband, father and grandfather Manuel Campos Jr., in a roadway crash on Friday, May 7, in Las Cruces, NM. According to reports, a westbound driver on U.S. 70, alleged [...]