News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (June 16, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the recipients of the ASSE Chapter of the Year Awards. The small chapter category award goes to the ASSE South Carolina Chapter; the medium chapter category award goes to the ASSE Greater Chicago Cha [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 15, 2008) — "If you take care of the small stuff the big stuff won't happen," Anil Mathur, CEO of the Alaska Tanker Company of Beaverton, Oregon, told close to 2,000 audience members during the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) executive summit Thursday at the 47th a [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 12, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased Florida Governor Charlie Crist Tuesday signed into law a bill aimed at improving the safety of government workers, a bill ASSE championed. Lawmakers passed the bi-partisan legislation sponsored by Senator Ev [...]

Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2008) — Acknowledging his contributions to safety education and research in preventing on-the-job injuries, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today announced Jim Ramsay, PhD, MA, CSP of Daytona Beach, FL as this year’s recipient of the Dr. William E. Tarrants AS [...]

Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today announced Randall Wingfield of Bainbridge Island, WA as the first recipient of a new annual ASSE award, the Thomas F. Bresnahan Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) Standards Medal. He received the award today dur [...]

Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2008) — In recognition of his continued efforts in enhancing workplace safety and health, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today named, Emory E. Knowles III, CSP, CIH of Baltimore, MD, as the recipient of the Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Yea [...]

Las Vegas, NV (June 10, 2008) — The American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) 2008 Exposition at the Las Vegas Convention Center has set a new record for the number of exhibitors and space sold, exceeding the record set in previous years in Orlando, Seattle, and New Orleans. The Exposition, held [...]

Las Vegas, NV (June 10, 2008) — A total of 36 countries are represented among the more than 4000 occupational safety, health and environmental professionals and business representatives attending the largest ever American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Professional Development Conference and Ex [...]

Des Plaines, IL (June 9, 2008) — After eight years in the making involving more than 250 occupational safety, health and environmental professionals and incorporating information from more than 900 member survey responses, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) new two-volume comprehensive [...]

(June 8, 2008) — COMBUSTIBLE DUST EXPLOSIONS Combustible dust can lead to fires or explosions in the workplace if proper safety measures are not implemented. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it is possible for any combustible and occasionally non-combustible mat [...]