News from the Safety Industry

Des Plaines, IL (April 20, 2007) — The CNA Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation to support a new scholarship program for students pursuing degrees in occupational safety, health and the environment. The CNA Foundation will support two scho [...]

Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2007) — Media Advisory Increasing Safety and Health in the Workplace Focus of Regional Professional Development Conference : Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2007) What: The 2007 Professional Development Conference (PDC), hosted by Region IV of the American Society Safety Engineers’ (AS [...]

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 [...]