News from the Safety Industry

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently featured an article in its Journal of Safety, Health and Environmental Research that focuses on occupational health and safety (OHS) metrics and the extent that OHS external reporting is utilized among leading manufacturing firms. Sustainabili [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the release of a revised A10.7 standard for Construction and Demolition Operations, titled, “Safety Requirements for Transportation, Storage, Handling and Use of Commercial Explosives and Blasting Agents.” The American National Stand [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased to announce centennial sponsorship by BP, one of the world’s leading international oil and gas companies. BP will provide support for the Society and the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) profession as ASSE enters a new century of prot [...]

Each year several college students are injured and killed in preventable campus-related fires. In an effort to prevent injuries and fatalities caused by fires that occur in college residence halls, off-campus housing, fraternity/sorority houses, and to raise awareness about life-saving fire preventi [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored Jennifer Carter of Louisville, KY, for making a difference in the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field as part of the WISE ‘100 Women, Making a Difference in Safety’ project [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored Kathy Coffey of Lexington, KY, for making a difference in the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field as part of the WISE ‘100 Women, Making a Difference in Safety’ project. Wo [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored Martha Bidez, Ph.D., of Birmingham, AL, for making a difference in the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field as part of the WISE ‘100 Women, Making a Difference in Safety’ pr [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored Deborah Berkowitz of Washington, D.C., for making a difference in the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field as part of the WISE ‘100 Women, Making a Difference in Safety’ pro [...]

Morgantown, West Virginia Contact: Diane Hurns, 847-909-4548, dhurns@asse.org ; John Principe, CSP, CHCM, WVU EHS director, 304-293-5853 August 8, 2011 ASSE Rolls Out Campus-Related Fire Prevention Safety Tips for Students, Parents, Teachers, Greek Housing Officials WHAT: In less than 30 seconds a s [...]

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored Deborah Berkowitz of Washington, D.C., for making a difference in the safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field as part of the WISE ‘100 Women, Making a Difference in Safety’ pro [...]