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Welcome to the new ASSE St. Louis Chapter website!

Upcoming Chapter Meeting Schedule

Date	Topic	Speaker	Location
Sep 13, 2010	TBA	Daniel Stark, MO Dept of Labor	Syberg's
Oct 11, 2010	Joint Meeting with AIHA	Mark Manning, Crestwood Fire Dept	Syberg's
Nov 8, 2010	Workplace Violence - Joing Meeting with GSHMM	AJ Gajdoski, Choice Safety	Syberg's

President's Message - August 2010

Hello to everyone! I want to start my letter by thanking you for allowing me to serve as this year’s President for the St. Louis ASSE Chapter. I am looking very forward to making this a great year for our St. Louis Chapter. This year marks the 100th anniversary of ASSE and I know that they are planning a very successful year. We too, are striving to make this a remarkable year.

In order for each of you to get the most from your membership with the ASSE, I would encourage you to attend our monthly meetings. They are scheduled for the second Monday of every month. Furthermore, there are many different areas to volunteer, so put your “area of expertise” to good use and get started! There are so many components that go into maintaining our St. Louis Chapter… it would be greatly appreciated.

As professionals we need to continue to enhance our proficiency. We have created a study group for the ASP and CSP tests. Please refer to our website for additional information. Additionally, we have negotiated an ASP/CSP workshop with Span. If any of you are interested, please contact Rob Miller for details. We will be granted a substantially reduced rate if we are able to fill a class of 15 individuals or more. I recommend that everyone to explore this route to further demonstrate their skills and abilities.

The 100th anniversary of ASSE and the annual safety conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois in June of 2011. I know they are preparing a great time, I hope all of you plan to attend. To help reduce the costs of the conference, ASSE will be looking for volunteers to moderate sessions, greet other guests and act as tour guides. I will be providing you with information as it becomes available.

Again, thank you for allowing me to serve as your President this year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, suggestions, or ideas for topics you would like to be presented at our meetings within the Chapter. I will do my best to answer you in a timely manner.

Thank you and Regards,

Harry Miller
ASSE St. Louis Chapter President
hmiller@carpdc.org
(314) 393-7061

2010 Golf Outing was a Huge Success!

Thank you to Dr. Crane for sharing his insight on back care at our May meeting. We were unable to post his presentation, so feel free to contact him at 314.849.0311.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To everyone who helped with the golf tournament! Dianne Gibbs did a great job pulling it all together. Thank you to Tim, AJ, Kevin, Dan, Bill, Patte and the awesome staff at Clinton Hills. The Clinton Hills Crew was helpful as always and provided a great day for our golfers. Of course, a “hats off” to Craig the pit master with Bib Mama’s BBQ who kept us fat and happy with his delicious BBQ all day long. Even if you don’t golf, come on out next year just to visit and eat, it’s worth it!

Also – a big Thank You to our sponsors and those companies who donated door prizes. The list of our sponsors and pictures will be posted on the site soon, so check back and see!

And finally, thank you to all the ASSE golfers. We received several compliments from the staff on our players. They said ASSE is a very nice, friendly group, a batch of ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for your ever present professionalism and for making ASSE look good. Hope to see you all out there next year!

Sheila Schmidt
ASSE St. Louis Chapter Past President

ASSE's 100th Anniversary Events

The ASSE Public Relations team has put together a collection of historical information on the safety, health and environmental profession, safety through the decades, and ASSE, that chapters, members and businesses can use to plan activities for the ASSE 100th Anniversary celebrations (1911-2011), to learn more about the Society and the first century of safety. We encourage you to share this information, located on the ASSE Newsroom page at www.asse.org/newsroom. Please let us know of any suggestions you have and send any chapter activities or individual information on 100th activities to dhurns@asse.org and we can help you promote it.

For the 100th commemoration of the March 25, 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire to be held in NY City, ASSE is working with the local ASSE chapter and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition to participate – also, some ASSE chapters may be joining with fire departments to commemorate this tragedy that resulted in the development and implementation of workplace safety rules and regulations and the founding of ASSE in New York City just months later in 1911.

We’re also looking forward to the Safety 2011 to be held June 12-15, 2011, in Chicago, and hope you can join us.

Also:

NAOSH Week 2011 will be held May 1-7, 2011, and Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day will be held May 4, 2011
The ASSE kids’ "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest for kids aged 5-14 begins this September 19, 2010, and ends February 14, 2011 – Valentine’s Day! Rules and the entry form can be found at www.asse.org/newsroom. To view past entries go to www.asse.org/naosh10. Members can sponsor schools, other children, co-workers’ kids, etc.
To assist you in your safety efforts, ASSE will be rolling out free information and tools you can use soon on: Farm Safety; Teen Workplace Safety; and, On/Off Campus Fire Safety – to be found late this summer at www.asse.org/newsroom.

St. Louis Area Safety Professional Chris Walters Passes Away in Power Plant Explosion

Chris Walters, a member of Nutmeg Chapter and the Saint Louis Chapter of ASSE, was among five people who lost their lives Sunday in the explosion in Middletown, Connecticut. At the time of his death, he was safety manager of Keystone Construction and Maintenance Services. He was a dedicated member of ASSE, a dedicated safety professional, and a good friend. He leaves a family in Flourissant, MO.

The visitation will take place on Monday, February 15th from 3:00-8:00pm at Hutchens Mortuary, 675 Graham Road, Florissant, MO 63031 (map), and the funeral service will be on Tuesday, February 16th at 10:30am at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Church, 3500 St. Catherine St., Florissant, MO 63033 (map).

The following Trust fund has been set up for Chris’s family. If anyone has questions or suggestion in publicizing the fund please do not hesitate to contact Mark Steinbrecher at 314.220.6345. For purposes of money being sent to the bank, the account is as follows, checks should be made payable to the V. Chris Walters Family Fund.

V. Chris Walters Family Fund
c/o Parkside Financial Bank & Trust
8112 Maryland Ave. Suite 101
Clayton, MO 63105

We extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Mr. Walters and will certainly keep them in our thoughts during this difficult time. We have received questions and offers to help from many of you, and wanted to communicate to those of you who may not have heard. Thank you all for your support and assistance to the family of Mr. Walters.

A thank you to ASSE Headquarters for their $1,000 donation to the Chris Walters Family Fund.

More information is available at the links below.

ASSE Saddened by Loss of Committed St. Louis Safety Professional in Plant Explosion [ASSE]

St. Louis Chapter NAOSH Poster Contest Entries


Abigail Hart		Brooke Kristof

Caden Bish		Catherine Whitworth

Elisabeta Vondera		Elizabeth Hart

Jacob Whitworth		Rachel Patterson

Timlyn Runiewicz

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces Alliances with the American Society of Safety Engineers St. Louis Chapter

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ― The St. Louis Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and The St. Louis Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers have formed an alliance to focus on advancing workplace safety and health through the professional development of safety professionals.

“This cooperative alliance clearly illustrates our commitment to safety and health hazard prevention, through information sharing among safety professionals, while promoting best practices and technical knowledge for both the construction and general industries," said Charles E. Adkins, OSHA’s regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo. “Cooperation between OSHA and The American Society of Safety Engineers-St. Louis Chapter will promote new ideas and opportunities to help ensure open dialogue among safety professionals and further enhancing workplace safety."

The St. Louis Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers and OSHA will collaborate on training and education programs for accident and injury prevention, as well as delivery media in communicating program information to beneficiaries of such information. The alliance signatories will participate in conferences, forums, stakeholder meetings and other events. For more information about this alliance, contact OSHA’s St. Louis Area Office at 314-425-4249.

At a signing ceremony in St. Louis, William McDonald, Director of the agency’s St. Louis Area Office, represented OSHA. Sheila Schmidt, President of the American Society of Safety Engineers-St. Louis Chapter, represented The American Society of Safety Engineers.
OSHA's safety and health alliances are part of the U.S. Department of Labor's ongoing efforts to improve the safety and health of employees through cooperative partnerships. OSHA currently administers more than 480 alliances throughout the nation with organizations committed to fostering safety and health in the workplace.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure the safety and health of America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

DOL News Release (pdf)

St. Louis Chapter Receives ASSE Chapter Stars Award for 2007-08 Chapter Year

The St. Louis Chapter was honored at the Safety 2009 Professional Development Conference as a recipient of the ASSE Chapter Stars Award for the 2007-08 chapter year. The award goes to chapters in the top third percentile amongst the 151 ASSE chapters with regard to the professional development, chapter communication, and superior service to its members.

ASSE Society President Elect Darryl Hill (front row, far right) with the Region V Chapter Stars Award recipients at the Safety 2009 Professional Development Conference in San Antonio. Chris Merli (third from left) represented the St. Louis Chapter at the event.

Chapter Stars Award Letter from 2008-09 ASSE President Warren Brown (pdf)

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