2011-2012 Schedule (pdf)
Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 15th at 11:00 am (EST) for a free ASSE National Capital Chapter sponsored webinar.
Jonathan L. Snare will present “OSHA in 2012: What to Expect and What You Need to Know” as a free offering for ASSE NCC members. This webinar will provide a discussion on:
Mr. Snare is a partner in Morgan Lewis’s Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Snare's practice focuses on labor-related legislative, regulatory, and administrative issues at the local, state, and federal level. He has handled occupational safety and health (OSHA), mine safety and health (MSHA), wage and hour (FLSA), OFCCP/EEO, whistleblower, labor management/union disclosure and elections (OLMS), immigration, and congressional investigations and oversight matters.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Snare worked for more than five years in several roles for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Most recently, he served as the DOL's Deputy Solicitor of Labor. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA and senior advisor to the Solicitor of Labor.
To view the webinar on Feb. 15th visit the event website: https://necaevents.webex.com/necaevents/onstage/g.php?d=667559053&t=a then enter event password: Asse12
For more information, contact program chair, Jerry Rivera at Jerry.Rivera@necanet.org.
Individuals demonstrating active support of the ASSE and the National Capital Chapter can apply now or nominate a colleague for the Chapter’s SPY award. All dues paying, Professional Members and Members who are full-time employed in occupational safety & health are eligible to win the SPY award.
Please fill out the attached form and submit them to National Capital Chapter’s Past President, Mike Kerns via email at mkerns@sscw.com. Applications and nominations are due by April 1, 2012.
Chapter SPY Nomination Form (pdf)
The two new standards approved are the ANSI/ASSE A10.1-2011 Pre-Project and Pre-Task Safety and Health Planning for Construction and Demolition Operations and the ANSI/ASSE A10.26-2011 Emergency Procedures for Construction and Demolition Sites.
ANSI/ASSE A10.1-2011 (doc)
One of the ways ASSE reaches out to children about the importance of occupational safety, health and the environment and the SH&E profession is through our annual poster contest. Due to your support the ASSE kids’ ‘safety-on-the-job’ poster contest for children aged 5-14 is celebrating its 10th anniversary!
The contest deadline is February 14, 2012, and we need those posters sent in as soon as possible.
So we’re asking you to help get the word out and have your children, your relatives’ children, your co-workers’ children or children at your local schools to enter the contest to not only learn about SH&E and the profession but also for a chance to win a $5,000, $500 or $200 savings bond along with worldwide recognition.
Again, all entries must be received by February 14, 2012. Contest rules and the entry form, in English and Spanish, can be found at www.asse.org/naosh as well as past winners posters.
The contest is open not only to ASSE members' children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, but also to children of ASSE co-workers, local schools, etc.
ASSE members can also sponsor schools. The prize for the winners in each of the five age groups is a $5,000 savings bond. Any child aged 5-14 sponsored by an ASSE member can enter.
The contest aims to teach children about the importance of being safe at work and what occupational safety, health and environmental professionals do every day to protect people, property and the environment. Through this poster contest children help spread the word about the importance of being safe at work not only for the worker, but for their families and friends as well.
Winners not only receive a prize but are featured on the NAOSH 2012 poster distributed worldwide; all winners and entrants are recognized at the ASSE North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) kick-off events in Washington, D.C., May 6 and May 7; posters are displayed in Washington, D.C., and at the annual ASSE Professional Development Conference (PDC).
For additional information, photos from past events, along with the rules and entry form please click here: www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh/
Tools and information to help support NAOSH Week can also be found at www.asse.org/naosh.
The Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) requests abstracts for the Annual Scientific Symposium to be held Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Frederick Maryland Hotel & Convention Center at FSK Mall, in Frederick, Maryland.
All topics related to biological safety, with particular emphasis on original research, are acceptable in a wide array of categories for papers and poster presentations.
The Call for Abstracts is an open invitation to both professionals and students. The Symposium Paper format is in a Platform Presentation and abstracts are due before March 17, 2012 by email to Ms. Angela Ragan (ragana@mail.nih.gov).
2012 Call for Abstracts (doc)
Does your New Year’s resolution include gaining knowledge, professional networking, or doing things that benefit you and your career?
Join the Women In Safety Engineering (WISE)
Open conference call Monday, January 23rd at Noon (Eastern time)
to learn about the networking, career and informational benefits of membership in this ASSE Common Interest Group.
Agenda forcall:
A. Brief history of WISE
B. Indication of current membership/size
C. Member benefits
D. Planned events
E. Proposed Future initiatives & volunteer opportunities
F. How to join
G. Committee activity reports
H. Q&A
(Expected to be a 45 minute call)
Spread the word, and join us at:
Phone: 308-344-6400
Passcode: 986477#
