News from the Safety Industry

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 [...]

The Central Illinois Chapter of the 100-year-old American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is currently celebrating its 60 th anniversary of protecting people, property and the environment in the Central Illinois area. Since its official charter in 1951, the Central Illinois Chapter and its member [...]

The 100-year-old American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased to announce the formation of a new section under its current Region VI Delmarva Chapter, based out of Salisbury, MD. This milestone event is the result of hard work and dedication of ASSE members, as well as significant growth i [...]

In an effort to provide continuous opportunities for professional development and education, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) virtual classroom is pleased to present a virtual law symposium for safety professionals March 29-30, 2011, titled ‘Watch Out! For Your Organization”. The vir [...]

March 17, 2011 For information on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunamis from the U.S. State Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Red Cross please view their web pages below and click on their web links: U.S. State Department Home » Under Secretary for Po [...]

Albany, N.Y. Times Union       Letter to the Editor     Detectors, plan critical to safety Published Wednesday, March 16, 2011  The fire that killed seven young children is a tragedy ("Amish country blaze claims seven young lives," March 10). We do not know the [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Hurns, 847-768-3413, dhurns@asse.org DES PLAINES, IL (March 16, 2011) – The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) letter to Rep. Dennis R. Rehberg, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies’, outlined [...]