News from the Safety Industry

ASSE Urges Florida to Provide Workplace Safety Protection for its Public Servants at Hearing on Deadly Explosion

Published: Thursday December 14th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Daytona Beach, FL (December 14, 2006) — Seventy-six-year Florida resident, American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) professional member and chemist Edwin Granberry, Jr., today urged officials to provide the same level of workplace safety protection for the estimated 8.5 million state and local g [...]

New Lockout/Tagout Construction Safety Standard Focus of American Society of Safety Engineers' Conference Call

Published: Wednesday December 6th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (December 6, 2006) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will be host to a technical conference call on December 13th to address the issue of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) for demolition and construction operations through a discussion of the newly approved American National Stan [...]

Preventing Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Focus or North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 2007

Published: Tuesday December 5th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (December 5, 2006) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), and its thousands of occupational safety, health and environmental professional members, along with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will w [...]

NASA, OSHA & American Society of Safety Engineers 'Gulf Coast Chapter Launch Teen 'Safety-on-the-Job Video Contest'

Published: Monday December 4th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Houston, TX (December 4, 2006) — The Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), NASA/Johnson Space Center, and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration's (OSHA) Houston Offices announced today a new video contest for Houston area teens aimed at increasing awareness [...]

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS ANNOUNCE AVAILABILITY OF NEWLY REVISED CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SAFETY STANDARD

Published: Wednesday November 8th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
DES PLAINES, IL (November 8, 2006) – The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the availability of the newly revised American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.6-2006 standard, Safety Requirements for Demolition for Construction and Demolition Operations , approved by A [...]

American Society of Safety Engineers Announce Availability of Newly Revised Construction and Demolition Safety Standard

Published: Wednesday November 8th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (November 8, 2006) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the availability of the newly revised American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.6-2006 standard, Safety Requirements for Demolition for Construction and Demolition Operations, approved by AN [...]

Corning Donates Funds to American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation

Published: Tuesday October 3rd 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (October 3, 2006) — New York-based Corning Incorporated recently donated $2,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation in support of research and education in the occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field. Corning is the ASSE Foundation’s newes [...]

American Society of Safety Engineers Kick Off Fifth Annual Kids

Published: Tuesday September 19th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (September 19, 2006) — In an ongoing effort to educate children on how workplace safety affects them and their families, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) kicked off its fifth annual ASSE kids' 'Safety-on-the-Job' poster contest today. ASSE members' children, grandchild [...]

American Society of Safety Engineers Announce New Construction Safety Standard

Published: Tuesday September 19th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (September 19, 2006) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the newly revised American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.44-2006 standard. The standard, Control of Energy Sources (Lockout/Tagout) for Construction and Demolition Operations , recogniz [...]

American Society of Safety Engineers' Trudy Goldman Begins Term as President of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training.

Published: Wednesday September 6th 2006
Source: OHS Online Magazine
Des Plaines, IL (September 6, 2006) — American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Manager of Education and Program Development, Trudy Goldman, ARM, begins her term this month as president of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). She has been an IACET board mem [...]

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