News from the Safety Industry

Los Angeles, CA (March 7, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Los Angeles Chapter recently held their annual awards banquet in honor of chapter members’ long history of volunteerism and dedication to the safety community and the safety, health and environmental profession, while [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 4, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) joined with ASIS International and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in recently filing an amici curiae brief urging the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a 2007 federal district court rulin [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 29, 2008) — DES PLAINES, IL (February 29, 2008) – In a letter sent today to the Assistant Secretary of Labor Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) said the proposed rule on Confined Spaces in Construction recently published by the U.S. Occupa [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 25, 2008) — A 310 percent increase in the number of posters submitted from around the world highlights this year’s 6th annual American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) kids' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest which ended February 14. The five winners of the contest for AS [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 19, 2008) — DES PLAINES, IL (February 19, 2008) – U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., will participate in a panel discussion titled "Executive Forum Panel Presentation" on the key to corporate safety communications with Maureen Steinwall, president of St [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 18, 2008) — DES PLAINES, IL (February 18, 2008) – As the demand for occupational safety, health and environmental professionals (SH&E) grows worldwide, American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) President-Elect Warren Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM, discussed the importance of key [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 15, 2008) — Recognizing that excavation is one of the most hazardous construction operations, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will host a webinar on excavation safety in the construction industry on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 11:00 AM – 12:30 AM CST. Micha [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 11, 2008) — What: To help educate businesses about the value of safety at work, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Singapore Institution of Safety Officers (SISO) are working together to host the ASSE-SISO Regional Safety Conference “Integrating Safety [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 7, 2008) — Des Plaines, IL (February 7, 2008) — To help businesses and communities resume operations safely after the recent deadly storms, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) offers the following business resumption safety tips. “We are saddened by the loss of [...]

Des Plaines, IL (February 6, 2008) — What: The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) East Carolina University (ECU) Student Section will be host to their 1st annual James P. Kohn Memorial Golf Tournament with all proceeds going toward the James P. Kohn memorial scholarship funds at both ECU a [...]