Randall Wingfield of Bainbridge Island, WA Receives New American Society of Safety Engineers Award for Excellence in Standards Development
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 during the Council on Practices and Standards (CoPS) Awards Luncheon held at the ASSE Annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) “Safety 2008” in Las Vegas, NV.
The award is named in honor of Thomas Bresnahan, who is a highly regarded and respected retired ASSE staff member and ASSE Society Fellow. According to CoPS, Bresnahan is recognized as the key individual that reinvigorated the ASSE standards development program and helped position ASSE for future growth.
“We are very excited for the opportunity to honor Randall with the Bresnahan award,” said ASSE Vice President, Council on Practices and Standards (CoPS) James D. Smith, CSP. “He is a committed standards’ development volunteer. As chairman of the Z359 Fall Protection Code Committee, Randy Wingfield has played a critical role in development of fall protection standards in the United States.”
Smith added, “Randy’s time commitment and dedication has allowed the Z359 Committee to move its standard development efforts forward.”
In addition to serving as chair of the ANSI/ASSE Z359 Fall Protection Accredited Standards Committee (ASC), Wingfield is currently president and owner of Gravitec Systems, Inc. Wingfield has donated hundreds of company-staff-hours to provide technical and creative support for the Z359 Fall Protection Code. His firm also created the figures and artwork used in both the Code and future versions of different Z359 Standards.
“After working with Randy on ANSI projects, I know that he is proud to have taken on the projects when the committee couldn’t get funding from other sources,” said Gravitec Systems, Inc., Training Manager Kevin Denis. “For example, he worked on the 1.4 Conversion Factor Testing as well as testing on snap hook gates. He tries to move the standards along in a proficient and professional manner. When the standards hit a roadblock, he’ll step up and make things happen. It’s projects like this that we are most proud of.”
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