ASSP Society Update

ASSP member Nicholas Sciacca was named 2018 Army Aviator Association of America’s Safety Officer of the Year and received the James H. McClellan Army Aviation Safety Award.

International Labor Organization’s (ILO) World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2019 takes stock of ILO’s 100 years of work in improving OSH and looks to the future. Past President Kathy Seabrook contributed a think piece to celebrate the event.

Thanks to the sponsorship of our Columbia-Willamette and Cascade chapters, along with the support and work of many individual ASSP members, students are learning about workplace issues and spreading the message of safety.

Bonnie Stanage, professional member of our New Mexico Chapter and member of our Management Practice Specialty, was recognized by the Compressed Gas Association with the Charles H. Glasier Safety Award.

ASSP chapters’ safer road initiatives have led to change on the state level: on April 22, 2019, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill that enacted a statewide ban on handheld cell phone use while driving.

Our Central Florida Chapter’s dedication to community outreach over the years has inspired local recognition of occupational safety and health.

People you meet can become part of your professional network, which is essential for a profession like safety that requires technical knowledge and current regulatory information. Be sure to connect with these new colleagues through the ASSP Community.

OSH Generations is about family and the safety profession. Here's the story of Holly White.

ASSP member Chris Laszcz-Davis, M.S., CIH, COH, FAIHA, AIC Fellow, is among the contributors featured by International Labor Organization in commemoration of World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2019.

Our Central Florida Chapter Women in Safety Excellence Common Interest Group members participated in American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb in Orlando, FL, by raising more than $2,400 for preventing and curing occupational and other lung diseases.

Three members of our Emerging Professionals in OSH Common Interest Group were recently featured on The Accidental Safety Pro safety podcast series from Vivid Learning Systems.

ASSP’s Standards and Tech Pubs Podcast addresses psychological safety and health in the workplace.

Sheldon Primus, a member of our South Florida Chapter, Consultants Practice Specialty and Blacks in Safety Excellence Common Interest Group, has produced more than 10 episodes of his podcast, Safety Consultant Podcast.

OSH Generations is about family and the safety profession. Here's the story of James T. Wilson Jr., CSP CIH, a professional member of ASSP's East Texas Chapter.

Our chapters in India recently held its professional development conference with a theme of addressing emerging challenges in the environment, health, safety and sustainability profession.