News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (October 5, 2009) — In an effort to prevent injuries and illnesses in fires that occur in college residence halls, off-campus housing or fraternity/sorority houses and to raise awareness of life-saving fire prevention knowledge during Fire Prevention Week, which runs October 4 - 10, [...]

Crest Hill, IL (September 28, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Three Rivers Chapter, representing southwest suburban Chicago, recently announced that the chapter’s Past President William G. Linneweh Jr., CSP, of Crest Hill, IL, who serves as environment, health and safety (EH [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 23, 2009) — In his Monday address to attendees at the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering’s (CSSE) conference in Calgary, Alberta, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President C. Christopher Patton, CSP, discussed how safety, health and environmental (SH&E) pro [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 22, 2009) — Officials of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Region V operating committee, representing 16 ASSE chapters located primarily in the Midwest, voted Friday to approve the Egypt section as a chapter and as part of its region. ASSE is the oldest and [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 19, 2009) — In its continuing efforts to educate youth on what it means to be safe at work and what occupational safety and health professionals do every day to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today launched its 8th [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 14, 2009) — Each year many students lose their lives or are injured in preventable fires. As students move into college residence halls, off-campus housing or fraternity/sorority houses for the school year, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Fire Protection P [...]

Granville, OH (September 10, 2009) — For his ongoing contributions to the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) profession, his commitment to protecting people, property and the environment and to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), John A. Principe III, CSP, CHCM, of Granville, OH, r [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 9, 2009) — To educate, develop and mentor future professionals in the field of occupational safety, health and the environment (SH&E) and to help them transition into the working world after school, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is sponsoring its 5th annu [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 8, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation recently announced the availability of more than $100,000 in scholarships and professional development grants for the 2010 academic year, including one new scholarship and one new grant. The deadline for [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 4, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the largest and oldest safety society with more than 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members, is pleased with the selection of Dr. John Howard as the new director of the National [...]