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Chapter Election News
From 2011-12 Delegate Carl J Schnee

The 2011-12 Society year ends on June 30, 2012,.  So does my term as Delegate and all the current Elected Officers.
On May 19, 2012, all members of the ASSE-NYC Chapter in good standing have the opportunity to elect the officers 
for Society Year 2012-13.  All you have to do is be present at the Golf Outing.

Hopefully by now you have received the Golf Outing Flyer either by e-mail or regular mail.  If not, please refer to the
Meetings and Events Page for instructions on registering for the Golf Outing.

The nominating committee has selected the following candidates for office:

• Shaun Carvalho - President and Delegate
• Doug Pollock - Vice President
• Dan Orlowski - Treasurer
• Leslie Radanovich - Secretary
• Andrey Vishev - Delegate

Their profiles can be found in the Special Newsletter which is posted on the page in the right column.  
Election procedures can be found in the Chapter Bylaws posted on the About Us Page, upper right corner. 

 

ASSE Government Affairs Federal Legislative Alert

Join in Opposing Proposed FY 2012 Cuts to NIOSH Ag, Forestry and Fishing Programs and ERCs Last year, ASSE members helped voice opposition to the Obama Administration's proposed FY 2012 budget cuts of two significant NIOSH activities that support occupational safety and health and the work of ASSE’s members – the NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) Program and Education and Resource Centers (ERCs). We won that fight. Congress appropriated monies for the programs.

But, once again in its FY 2013 budget, the Administration has proposed eliminating funding for the AFF Program and ERCs in NIOSH’s budget. The Administration’s position can be found at page 40 of its budget Cuts, Consolidations and Savings document.

ASSE has joined with 127 other NIOSH stakeholders in fighting for these programs. Friends of NIOSH letters have been sent to leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Committees focused on the importance of NIOSH and these programs to occupational safety and health.

Please join in this effort. Congress needs to hear directly from safety and health professionals about the importance of NIOSH and these two programs to occupational safety and health, your employer and you. As the only meaningful resource for occupational safety and health research and educational support, NIOSH deserves every ASSE member’s support. The need to support the AgFF program that provides research to keep workers safe in jobs with some of the highest fatality and injury rates is obvious. That AgFF has been singled out for cuts among all the different NORA industry research programs makes no sense. While it is well recognized that the ERCs do not do enough safety education and training in some members’ view, having no ERCs will not result in more safety professionals, only less.

As a first step in advocating for NIOSH AgFF and the ERCs, the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Educatio Thank you. Carl J Schnee This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed.

 

Monthly Member offer

Join the Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group

In honor of Mothers Day, May 13.  ASSE is offering a special deal to all ASSE Members.  For the entire month of May members can join the WISE Common Interest Group for just $5.  WISE Membership fosters the advancement of women in the profession, provides networking and mentoring opportunities and so much more! WISE is open to all ASSE members. This offer applies to new WISE member’s only.  Use the code 1205WISE and Join today!

*Offer good through May 31, 2012. Available to ASSE Members only and can only be applied to new WISE memberships. Offer applicable to online orders only.

ASSE Members Deserve A Little Gift

This May, ASSE Members get a 20% discount on Flowers & Gifts from online merchants such as Pro Flowers and Red Envelope, for the entire month. Check out the fantastic offers available to ASSE Members.

*Offer good through May 31, 2012. * Discount is for online orders only and cannot be combined with any other offers. Discount will be applied at checkout. Offer does not apply to shipping, taxes, surcharges, gift cards, certificates or codes, previous orders, international orders, or third-party hosted products (e.g. wine).

 

Members Only Discounts

May is Building Safety Month

ASSE offers numerous standards to help you ensure your organization is compliant.

For the entire month of May, ASSE members can access the related ASSE Standards at a 50% discount.

*This offer is valid for Electronic Standards only

Member Get A Member Campaign
For more information Click Here

 

 

About the American Society of Safety Engineers

Founded in 1911, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is the oldest and largest professional safety society and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Based in Des Plaines, Illinois, ASSE has more than 32,000
occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professional members who manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and the environment in all industries, government, labor and education. ASSE is a 501 (c) (6)
not for profit organization.

ASSE was founded on October 14, 1911 in New York City as the United Society of Casualty Inspectors (USCI) with 62 members. This was just after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City fire that occurred on March 25, 1911, when 146 female garment workers died – many in the factory and many who jumped from the ninth floor to their deaths onto the concrete over 100 feet below rather than burn alive. The factory was housed in the Asch building in New York City. At the time of the fire the factory fire exit doors were locked and the doors that were not locked only opened inwards and were effectively held shut by the onrush of workers trying to escape the fire. At the time of the fire the only safety measures available for the workers were 27 buckets of water.

Further hindering their escape was the fact that the ninth floor fire escape in the Asch Building led nowhere and collapsed when used. Factory workers waiting for help at the windows for the rescue workers watched helplessly as the firefighters found their ladders were too short to reach the stranded workers and the water from the hoses could not reach the top floors. As the clothing materials fed the fire workers tried to escape anyway they could.

Though most people were outraged with the death of 146 garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, mostly young girls, there were no regulations in effect that would have saved their lives. The fire did lead to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the Women’s Trade Union League. It also affected the onlookers who watched helplessly as the workers jumped out the windows to their deaths, some in groups, that spring day. FrancesPerkins, the first female cabinet member and Secretary of Labor, began her commitment to workplace safety and health soon after witnessing the tragic 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C. is named after her.

Another example of dangerous workplaces during the time was the fact that prior to the establishment of the Bureau of Mines by Congress, 13,228 miners were killed in U.S. coalmines between 1906-1911.

In 1914 the USCI name was changed to the present American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and headquarters were established in New York City. Information about ASSE and its benefits spread by word of mouth as more states passed workers compensation laws and insurance companies hired more inspectors. As the SH&E profession grew over the decades so to did the practitioners’ commitment to increasing workplace safety resulting in an increased public awareness of occupational safety, health and environmental issues and their impact on everyone’s quality of life.

In 1924 the first two chapters received their charters: New York City (then known as the Metropolitan Chapter) and Boston.

In 2011, 100 years after its founding, ASSE has more than 34,000 members who work across all industries around the world protecting people, improving business and safeguarding the environment. The Society relocated to Chicago in 1924, moved to Park Ridge, IL,in 1967 and has been headquartered in Des Plaines, IL, since 1985.
ASSE is guided by a 16-member Board of Directors, which consists of 8 regional vice presidents; three council vice presidents; Society president, president-elect, senior vice president, vice president of finance and executive director. ASSE has 17 practice specialties, 151 chapters, 28 sections and 58 student sections. 

Setting The Standard For Safety
ASSE is secretariat for several American National Standards Institute﴾ANSI) committees and projects. ASSE organizes the committees that develop and maintain the standard(s﴿, ensures that the revision process is timely and in accordance with ANSI procedures and publishes the final product of the consensus process. ASSE serves as secretariat for the following:

• Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition Operations, A10
• Protection of Floor and Wall Openings, A1264
• Motor Vehicle Safety Operations, Z15
• Confined Spaces, Z117
• Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods, Z244
• Fall Protection, Z359
• Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training, Z490
• Accepted Practices for Hydrogen Sulfide Training Programs, Z390
• ASSE Canvass Standards Z590
• Prevention Through Design Z590.3
• Risk Management Standards, Z690

ASSE Foundation Mission Statement
The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation, established by and in partnership with the American Society of Safety Engineers, generates funding and provides resources for scholarship, applied research, academic accreditation, and related academic initiatives in order to advance the safety, health, and environmental profession.

The Foundation currently supports these initiatives:

• Fostering Future Safety and Health Professionals
  Award scholarships, internships and fellowships to students and faculty pursuing safety and health studies in accredited college and university degree programs.
• Conducting Applied Safety Research
  Support safety and health research initiatives and publish findings that advance accident and illness prevention.
• Expanding Accreditation of Safety and Health Curriculums
  Provide funding and direction to colleges and universities with safety degree programs seeking ASSE/ABET accreditation.

 

Call Before You Dig!

Disrupting an underground utility line during construction can be inconvenient, expensive and even dangerous, but it is easy to avoid. Before starting an excavation or trench, putting in a drywell, installing an inground pool or even planting a tree, find out the location of underground utility lines and cables. Contact the New York City/Long Island One Call Center at 1-800-272-4480 for this information before you dig.

The requirement to "Call Before You Dig" can be found in New York State General Business Law article 36 and Public Service Law section 119B.

 

In Case of Emergency - "ICE" System for Cell Phones

WHAT: In case of emergency "ICE" is a proactive effort designed to provide emergency personnel with next of kin contacts via a patients mobile/cellular phone situations.

WHY: Police, fire and other emergency personnel across the U.S. are using this free service - checking cellular phones if those injured are incapable of providing the necessary medical information.

HOW: Make sure your contact is easy to reach. If you add more than one "ICE" contract, than add a numeric order. Make sure "ICE" contacts have a phone list of family members, primary care physician and main work contact. Provide "ICE" contact with medical conditions, such as allergies, current medications, and previous medical procedures.

Follow these easy steps: In your cell phone address book, enter a new contact. Enter the letters "ICE", then type in your contact's name followed by their number.

• ICEjohndoe1 555-555-5555
• ICEmary2 555-555-5555

 

2012 SOCIETY ELECTION RESULTS

Date:   April 16, 2012
Sent on Behalf of: Darryl C. Hill, Ph.D., CSP. Chairman, 2011-2012 Nominations and Elections Committee

The Nominations & Elections Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2012 Society Election summarized below. Please join us in congratulating our future Society leaders. Voting in the 2012 election ended on March 31, 2012 followed by Tellers Committee review and verification.

Visit the online results page for additional detail - Click Here

President Richard A. Pollock, CSP
President Elect Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, CMIOSH

Senior Vice President Patricia M. Ennis, CSP, ARM  
Vice President, Finance Stephanie A. Helgerman, CSP
Vice President, Practices and Standards Jeffery C. Camplin, M.S., CSP, CPEA
Region II - Regional Vice President Michael F. Lorenzo, M.S., CSP
Region II  Area Director Area A:  Janet A. Gallup, CSP
Region IV - Regional Vice President Pamela B. Perrich, M.P.H., CIH
Region IV - Area Directors Georgia / North Florida: Stephen J. Brown
Region IV - Alabama: Gary Braman, CSP, CHCM, CPEA, CSHM
Region VI - Regional Vice President Vincent R. Miller, Jr., CSP
Region VIII - Regional Vice President Eric M. Stager, CSP, CIH
Region VIII Area Directors Empire State: J. Brett Carruthers, CSP
Region VIII New England: Eric Clouthier

Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce (SPALW)

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has created within its membership a group that is focused on the safety of the Latino workforce currently employed in the United States. This group, aptly named Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce (SPALW) meets every year at the ASSE Professional Development Conference to discuss strategies to positively impact the safety of Latino workers in industry. This year’s conference will be in Denver, Colorado. Part of the annual meeting is focused on increasing the membership of SPALW; doing so enables the group to develop and complete initiatives to positively impact the Latino workforce. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 6 PM at the Denver Convention Center with a networking gathering to take place after.

This year the leadership team is seeking sponsorship to allow us to host the social networking gathering to highlight the SPALW group to the rest of the ASSE community, and hopefully increase membership involvement. As such, we would like to ask your support by way of a monetary donation to the ASSE SPALW group on behalf of your organization. The funds that you provide will go toward the room to hold our social gathering as well as provide for refreshments for attendees and for the SPALW Professional educational Grant. In return for your support, your organization will be named on a banner indicating sponsorship with our ASSE/ SPALW meeting.

We ask that all monetary checks be made to “ASSE with “SPALW” noted in the memo section on behalf of ASSE SPALW. Your contribution can be sent to: American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Attn: Krista Sonneson, 1800 E. Oakton St., Des Plaines, IL 60018.

The SPALW group is confident that your organization can benefit from our efforts, as there are significant numbers of Latino workers currently working in the different industries throughout the U.S.
Your contribution is an investment in strengthening Latino workers.

I thank you for your consideration of our request for contribution and should you have any questions relative to this, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Anibal Franco MsCE, LEED AP
Chair, ASSE SPALW Group
afranco@hjrussell.com
813-368-9220

American Society of Safety Engineers:
Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce

 

 

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