News from the Safety Industry

For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Hurns, 847-768-3413, dhurns@asse.org DES PLAINES, IL (April 5, 2011) – In a letter to Senator Thomas Harkin (IA), chairman of the subcommittee on labor, health & human services, education and related agencies, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) expre [...]

American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) past-president and author Mark D. Hansen, CSP, PE, CPEA, CPE, provides valuable personal assessment tools and best practice guidance to improve management performance in Climbing the Corporate Ladder—Safely! His first book Out of the Box—Skills for Develo [...]

LONG BEACH, CA (April 4, 2011) — American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President-Elect Terrie S. Norris, CSP, ARM, CPSI, of Long Beach, CA, today applauded law enforcement efforts to crack down on California’s cell phone use while driving laws. As part of efforts by local police departments s [...]

ASSE President-Elect Terrie Norris receives standing ovation. ASSE NY City Chapter’s Events Commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Centennial & the ASSE Legacy of 100 Years of Service Truly Memorable Put together a historical museum dedicated to the sacrifices of the Fire Department of N [...]

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS’ NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER T RIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE VIGIL AND COMMEMORATIVE DINNER RECEPTION NEW YORK FIRE MUSEUM March 24, 2011, 6:00 p.m. To 10:00 p.m. Keynote Speech by: TERRIE S. NORRIS, CSP, ARM PRESIDENT-ELECT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS We ar [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Hurns, dhurns@asse.org , Mike Voudouris, 718-896-1145 ASSE's NY City Chapter Looks Back at 100 Years of Safety, Triangle Tragedy NEW YORK CITY, NY (March 23, 2011) – Seven months after the horrific March 25, 1911, New York City Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire th [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Hurns, 847-768-3413, dhurns@asse.org DES PLAINES, IL (March 21, 2011) – For the first time in its 100 year history the Des Plaines, Illinois-based American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) annual professional development conference (PDC) and exposition, Safety [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Foundation is pleased to announce that the CNA Foundation recently donated $10,000 to support Foundation scholarships. CNA funds two $4650 awards annually. Undergraduate and graduate students attending Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, PA, Ke [...]

One hundred years ago in 1911, the United Society of Casualty Inspectors began their work as the first professional safety society in the U.S. Known today as the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), this historical society has endured a century of global change that has continually impacted [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced today its groundbreaking new risk management American National Standards. The new set of standards is intended to enhance best practices for safety, health and environmental professionals working in the risk management and insurance industrie [...]