News from the Safety Industry

San Antonio, TX (June 30, 2009) — Recognizing his outstanding service to the safety profession and workplace safety, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today named ASSE Past-President James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP, of Hurst, TX, as Society Fellow. Kendrick received the award this mornin [...]

San Antonio, TX (June 30, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) 2009 Exposition at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio has exceeded expectations in the number of exhibitors and square feet sold despite the economy. The ASSE Exposition, which began last Sunday an [...]

Nashville, TN (June 29, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Middle Tennessee Chapter recently announced that it is awarding a total of $11,000 in occupational safety and health scholarships to nine college students studying in Tennessee and Kentucky. The chapter awarded two $2,00 [...]

San Antonio, TX (June 29, 2009) — In an address to about 4,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professionals at the opening of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ three-day conference here at the convention center, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda L. Solis said they [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 28, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) honors members for their help as volunteers in reaching millions of people and thousands of businesses on the importance of being safe at work during May’s North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, Ma [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 28, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation recently announced the addition of three new trustees: Paul G. Specht, Ph.D., CSP, of Millersville, PA; Bryan Hornik of Grand Rapids, MI; and past ASSE Foundation Chair Kennith D. Brock, CSP, of Laconia, NH; [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 22, 2009) — American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM, commented today on the report released recently by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled “OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) – Improved Oversight and Cont [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 19, 2009) — American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Manufacturing Practice Specialty Administrator Michael Coleman said today that American manufacturers are now increasing market share in the international marketplace due, in part, to maintaining effective work safety and [...]

Indiana, PA (June 16, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) recently announced that the ASSE Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Student Section was awarded the Volunteer Service of the Year Outstanding Organizations Award for 2008-2009 from the IUP Office of Service Learning [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 15, 2009) — WHAT: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will address thousands of occupational safety and health professionals from around the globe attending the June 28-July 1, 2009, American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC) and E [...]