News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (April 16, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the reaffirmation of the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.38-2000 (R2007) standard. The standard, Basic Elements of an Employer’s Program to Provide a Safe and Healthful Work Environm [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 14, 2007) — In 2003 workplace homicides increased faster than any other cause of a worker fatality, and females made up 81 percent of the total number of the 631 victims. In all, 5,559 people died from job-related injuries in the U.S. in 2003. The authors of the American Socie [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 14, 2007) — In 2003 workplace homicides increased faster than any other cause of a worker fatality. Transportation incidents were the number one cause of on-the-job deaths followed by falls being the number two cause and homicides as the number three cause of on-the-job deaths [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 10, 2007) — American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) professional member and chemist Edwin Granberry, Jr., of Winter Park, Florida, urged Florida legislators today to vote against proposed state legislation, SB 2356, that would allow employees, customers, etc. to bring wea [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 9, 2007) — The Bechtel Group Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation to support undergraduate students pursuing degrees in safety, health and the environment with an emphasis in construction. This year’s recipient of th [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 6, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation recently announced a continued partnership with Washington Group International, a leading engineering, construction and management solutions company based in Boise, Idaho. Washington Group recently donated $ [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 5, 2007) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation recently announced the 16 recipients of the Professional Development Grant Program given to occupational safety and health practitioners to help them advance in their career. The grants are supported by cont [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 5, 2007) — In an effort to educate and promote the occupational safety and health profession, the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) student section at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) put on a career in safety presentation for the students of Indiana High Sc [...]

Des Plaines, IL (April 4, 2007) — In its ongoing efforts to provide assistance to students entering the occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation today announced the 37 recipients of the 2007 annual SH&E scholarships funded [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 29, 2007) — During an American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Global Harmonization of Labeling and Classification of Chemicals (GHS) technical audio conference yesterday, participants in a web poll voted overwhelmingly, 98 percent "yes" and two percent "no", that they see [...]