News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (March 30, 2009) — Thousands of safety engineers are planning to attend the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition, Safety 2009, in San Antonio, TX, one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S., to continue discussions o [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 27, 2009) — In continued support of safety, health and environmental education and research, San Francisco-based Bechtel recently donated $10,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Foundation to fund the Bechtel Group Foundation Scholarships for Safety and Hea [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 26, 2009) — In continued support of safety, health and environmental education and research, the Washington Division of URS recently donated $5,350 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation to fund a $5,000 safety and health scholarship, an internship that [...]

Tallahassee, FL (March 26, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) applauds the Florida House Government Affairs Policy Committee for passing HB 1029, ASSE’s bill to provide basic occupational safety and health protection to public sector employees in Florida, yesterday by a vote of [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 25, 2009) — In the aftermath of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took 146 lives in New York City in 1911, the modern workplace safety movement began with the founding of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) later that year. To commemorate this import [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 24, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the establishment of a new annual scholarship through Penn State University, the ‘American Society of Safety Engineers and Joel M. Haight Scholarship in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’, f [...]

Branchburg, NJ (March 20, 2009) — Illustrating how to be safe at work in a creative way, Tylan Porterfield, age 6, of Branchburg, NJ recently won third place in the seventh annual American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) kids’ ‘Safety-on-the-Job’ poster contest in the 5-6 age category. The winnin [...]

Neshanic Station, NJ (March 18, 2009) — Illustrating how to be safe at work in a creative way, Sage O’Neill, age 8, of Neshanic Station, NJ recently won second place in the seventh annual American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) kids’ ‘Safety-on-the-Job’ poster contest in the 7-8 age category. Th [...]

Des Plaines, IL (March 18, 2009) — In continued support of safety, health and environmental education, UPS recently donated $35,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation to fund safety and health scholarships and the opportunity for scholarship recipients to attend ASSE’s ann [...]

Salem, OR (March 18, 2009) — Oregon members of the 98-year-old American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) attended today’s state House Business and Labor Committee hearing on medical marijuana use in support of legislation ensuring an employer’s right to deal with workers affected by marijuana in t [...]