News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (September 17, 2010) — To support safety, health and environmental education and research, SiteHawk, a leader in the chemical information management field, has agreed to sponsor the SiteHawk Safety Scholarship through the American Society of Safety Engineers’ Foundation (ASSEF). The [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 16, 2010) — As reports of health care workers being attacked by patients continue to grow, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will be host to a virtual symposium October 19-21 on how to address the risk and hazards healthcare workers deal with every day, as do [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 16, 2010) — In his Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) conference address in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this week, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President Darryl C. Hill, Ph.D., CSP, of Southfield, MI, discussed the impact of the economic downturn on wor [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 8, 2010) — In an effort to prevent injuries and illnesses in fires that occur in college residence halls, off-campus housing or fraternity/sorority houses and to raise awareness of life-saving fire prevention knowledge as students return to school, the American Society of [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 2, 2010) — As millions take to the roads this weekend for the Labor Day holiday, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urges motorists and businesses to make sure drivers are not driving drunk, distracted or speeding. Transportation crashes continue to be the num [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 1, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers’ Foundation (ASSEF) has announced the availability of nearly $170,000 in scholarships and professional development grants for the 2011 academic year, including seven new scholarships and three new grants. The deadline for [...]

Des Plaines, IL (September 1, 2010) — As we have seen in the aftermath of recent disasters, it is important to not only have an emergency plan in place should a contingency situation happen at work, at home or in the community, but that plan should be communicated and updated consistently, according [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 26, 2010) — In a recent letter to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the proposed ‘Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment’ rule (29 CFR, Part 1910), the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urged OSHA to utilize existin [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 20, 2009) — In light of today's release of the preliminary annual fatal occupational figures for 2008 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President C. Christopher Patton, CSP, of St. Louis, MO, of [...]

Des Plaines, IL (August 20, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) passes along its condolences to the families of the 4,340 people who lost their lives last year due to on-the-job injuries, according to statistics just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, yet note there is m [...]