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American Society of Safety Engineers Offer Students Tips to Prevent On and Off Campus Fires
Des Plaines, IL (October 5, 2009) — In an effort to prevent injuries and illnesses in fires that occur in college residence halls, off-campus housing or fraternity/sorority houses and to raise awareness of life-saving fire prevention knowledge during Fire Prevention Week, which runs October 4 – 10, 2009, the American Society of Safety Engin
American Society of Safety Engineers Urge Students to Stop Fires Before They Start
Des Plaines, IL (September 14, 2009) — Each year many students lose their lives or are injured in preventable fires.
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Noting Increase in Farming Fatalities, American Society of Safety Engineers Urge Workers to Use Safety Programs/Precautions Now
Des Plaines, IL (August 31, 2009) — With the growing season in full swing and the recent release of fatal work injury statistics showing an upward spiral in the farming industry, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) encourages safety, health and environmental professionals to become active in assisting agricultural producers and busine
ASSE Launches Teen Zombie Workplace Safety Online Game
Des Plaines, IL (August 12, 2009) —
Slippery floors, hot cooking equipment, heavy lifting, loud noises and working alone are some of the dangers teens face as they take that first job or seasonal employment.
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American Society of Safety Engineers Urge People to be Aware of Ride-on Lawnmower Hazards
Des Plaines, IL (July 30, 2009) — Each year many people, unaware of certain hazards, are fatally injured while using a ride-on lawnmower – whether it be at home or while landscaping for work.
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American Society of Safety Engineers Alert Members to Risk of Harmful, Sometimes Deadly Bees
Des Plaines, IL (June 9, 2009) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), representing more than 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals, is alerting its members about the rapid growth of the harmful, aggressive Africanized Honey Bees (AHBs) in the U.S.
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ASSE President Observes Worker Memorial Day
Des Plaines, IL (April 28, 2009) — American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President Warren K.
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Letter to the Editor – Oregonian
Des Plaines, IL (March 31, 2009) — The Oregonian
1320 Southwest Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97201
commentary@news.oregonian.
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Reducing Or Ignoring Workplace Safety During Business Downturns Costly, ASSE Notes
Des Plaines, IL (December 18, 2008) — “Workplace safety processes must be in place at all times,” American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHMM, of Fairborn, Ohio, said today. “They are even more critical during business downturns.
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ASSE Letter to Wall Street Journal on Fall Protection/China Recovery
Des Plaines, IL (November 2, 2009) —
The Wall Street Journal
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Dear Editor:
Sadly, the feature photo that ran with your October 22 front page story titled “In China, Momentum Builds for a Strong Economic Recovery” appears to show a worker gambling with his own life, teetering on the edge of a