News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (September 2, 2008) — 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 Pr [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 21, 2008) — Our sympathy goes out to the family, friends and co-workers of the 5,488 people who lost their lives in 2007 due to workplace injuries and we reiterate the commitment of our American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members, 32,000 occupational safety, health an [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 18, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the establishment of the Fire Protection Practice Specialty (PS) due to the growth in this area for safety and health professionals. Prior to its new status as a PS, the Fire Protection group was a [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 14, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), representing 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professionals, provided a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions’ Subcommittee on Employment [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 13, 2008) — With the growing season in full swing and Farm Safety and Health Week approaching on September 21-27, 2008, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urge all agricultural workers to be safe at work and offer several safety and health tips to help prevent tr [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 5, 2008) — To help communities and businesses affected by the recent storms resume operations safely, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and its members, occupational safety, health and environmental professionals, offer the following business resumption safety t [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 8, 2008) — As many work under searing heat this summer, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is providing tips on how to prevent heat-related illnesses and injuries during hot weather and outlines how one company addressed and implemented a successful heat stress p [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 4, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the availability of “Instructors’ Guides” to accompany ASSE’s new two-volume comprehensive “The Safety Professionals Handbook” at no cost for university or corporate instructors who have adopted the [...]

Des Plaines, IL (July 25, 2008) — To help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate slips, trips and falls that continue to occur in workplaces, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), recently announced the availability of a compend [...]

Des Plaines, IL (July 24, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM, said this today about a new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule submitted recently to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) without public disclosure or review that [...]