Thank you for visiting the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers Web Page. The East Tennessee Chapter was originally chartered on September 23, 1946 in Knoxville, Tennessee in the heart of the Tennessee Valley. Our membership consists of a 180 Safety Professions from 15 counties in the federal, public and private sectors.
The mission of the East Tennessee ASSE Chapter is to advance the status of and promote the development of all safety professionals and the safety profession by: enhancing the technical, scientific and managerial skills that are germane to the safety profession and to advance the societal and economic status of all safety professionals.
The vision of the East Tennessee ASSE chapter is to be the premier local organization and resource for those committed to the practice of protecting people, property and the environment. We will be the model for all professional organizations that seek to promote professional development in the areas of technical, scientific and managerial skills.
We are requesting your support and participation in an exciting safety event planned for the construction industry across the state of Tennessee for June 14th, 2010.
We have partnered with other construction trade associations across the state, as well as TOSHA to have a statewide construction “Soft Tissue Injury Prevention Safety Stand Down”. As you are probably aware, sprains, strains and other soft tissue injuries are the leading cause of injuries in our industry. We also generally see a rise in accidents during the summer months of June through August. As such, we are scheduling this event at the start of this high hazard time of year to emphasize the requirements surrounding this important topic.
Here’s how the program will work:
Fill out the registration form and send it back to us so we can provide you with the following information electronically: Promo flyer and training information. We also want to be able to track the number of companies and employees impacted by the program.
You will need to make copies of the powerpoint training program to distribute to your supervisors/foreman that will be leading the training program in the field.
(It is recommended you print the slides as handouts/2 slides per page.)
On June 14th at 7:00 am you will “Stand Down” on all your jobsites to discuss soft tissue injury prevention utilizing the training information provided or another training program of choice.
Suggestions for making the training most effective:
If you are a subcontractor, try to get the GC involved so it can be a site wide program. If you are a GC, please include your subcontractors.
Have employees interact during the training by providing feedback on the types of activities they perform that can result in these types of injuries. Have someone demonstrate the safe way to lift an object.
Contact TOSHA to have one of their trainers perform the training
We hope you will join us in what we feel will be an event that will truly impact the safety and health of the many hard working construction workers across this state.
Proud Partners for the 2010 Soft Tissue Injury Prevention Safety Stand Down
Greetings East Tennessee Safety Professionals:
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope your holidays were restful and joyous. Although the holiday season is exciting and fun it can also be stressful. Sometimes it is a relief to be able to get back into the routine of work.
As you prepare the goals for the upcoming year and try to keep those New Year's resolutions don't forget to include involvement in the East Tennessee Chapter of ASSE in your plans. The Chapter Executive Board has been busy over the break planning an informative and professionally rewarding agenda for this year's meeting schedule.
Our first big event this year will be a membership recruiting and networking session this Thursday, January 21st from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Chapter is inviting anyone who works in the safety profession to a meet and greet session. We will have an appetizer buffet for all attendees and the opportunity to interact and network with other persons who work in the Knoxville area.
Please note this month's meeting will not be held at the Turkey Creek Calhoun's location. For this event we will meet at the original Calhoun's Pellissippi restaurant at:
10020 Kingston Pike at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Interstate-40 (Pellissippi Parkway)in west Knoxville. This intersection is also known as the Marbry-Hood Road exit. The restaurant is easy to identify as barn-like structure with a red silo. For directions call Calhoun's at 673-4333. When you arrive tell the wait staff you are there for the ASSE meeting.
Don't forget to save the date for our annual Spring Professional Development Conference (PDC). This year's PDC will be held on April 30th , 2010 at the Rothchild's Catering and Conference Center in west Knoxville. Once again this will be an all day affair (8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.) with breakfast and lunch served and an ice cream social. There will be vendors displaying the latest technological advances in safety equipment, plenty of opportunity to network with others in the safety profession plus 5 interesting and informative speakers with CEUs to boot. Don't miss this event, after conducting this for 20 plus years you can bet we have it down pat and it will be a valuable investment in your career. More on speakers and the agenda as we get closer to the date.
Attached to this newsletter are some articles I ran across that I thought you might enjoy, a few Consumer Product Safety Bulletins plus a couple of Lessons Learned. I also threw in a couple of historical OSHA Hazard Information Bulletins in case you were wondering what some of the obscure standards are based on.
See you Thursday-
Chris Jones
President,
East Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers
ASSE’s Practice Specialties, Branches and Common Interest Groups seek members to serve on Advisory Committees and in other leadership positions. For more information on available volunteer opportunities, please contact any of the Administrators and/or Branch Chairs below:
| Practice Specialty | Administrator | |
|---|---|---|
| Academics | Hamid Fonooni | fonoonih@ecu.edu |
| Construction | Mike Hayslip | hayslip@aol.com |
| Utilities Branch | Mike Hayslip | hayslip@aol.com |
| Consultants | Bob Coffey | wrcoffey@wrcsafety.com |
| Engineering | Bruce Rottner | brucel1@verizon.net |
| Environmental | Judy Freeman | judylfreeman@comcast.net |
| Agricultural Branch | Judy Freeman | judylfreeman@comcast.net |
| Fire Protection | Frank Baker | fire@safetydude.com |
| Industrial Hygiene | Mark Shirley | shirlem@sutterhealth.org |
| Ergonomics Branch | Eric Stager | estager@occuhealth.com |
| International | Jeremy Chingo-Harris | jeremy.chingoharris@ge.com |
| Management | Jack Fearing | jack_fearing@aon.com |
| Service Branch | Christopher Gates | cgates@rm.sbcounty.com |
| Human Resources Branch | David Natalizia | dn@dynamicsafety.com |
| Manufacturing | Howard Hughes | hhughes@spi-ind.com |
| Mining | Brownie Petersen | brownie.petersen@atk.com |
| Oil & Gas | Steven Boydston | sboydston@comcast.net |
| Public Sector | Michael Farris | mikefarris@hotmail.com |
| Risk Management/Insurance | Stephen Dimond | dimonds@ctc.com |
| Training & Communications Branch | Leslie Batterson | leslie_batterson@ars.aon.com |
| Transportation | Frank D'Ambrosio | fdambrosio@frenkel.com |
| Common Interest Groups | ||
| Blacks in Safety Engineering | Terry Wigfall | wigfallterry@hotmail.com |
| Safety Professionals & the Latino Workforce | Zeferino Banda | zef@bandagroupintl.com |
| Women in Safety Engineering | Kelly Bernish | kelly.bernish@seaworld.com |
| Young Professionals in SH&E | Selena Schmidt | selena.schmidt@libertymutual.com |
The Executive Board of the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers has selected Mr. Brandon Viars as its Safety Professional of the Year. Brandon has been an outstanding leader and donated a tremendous amount of his time to our local chapter obtaining and coordinating speakers for technical presentations at our monthly meetings. He is a Professional Services Manager at ES&H here in Knoxville and serves as the Presentation Chair for the East Tennessee Chapter of ASSE. Brandon has the difficult job of finding speakers and developing topics for our monthly meetings and has done an outstanding job.