ASSE Urges C-Suite's Support for Safety Managers' Attendance At Denver Symposium to Energize OSH Management Programs
DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Studies have shown companies that embrace safety do better by any measure than businesses that do not, which is why a growing number of investors are using safety records as a benchmark and more companies are integrating their financial reporting to include workplace safety and health data. Smart C-Suite executives have learned that reducing risks is easier than attempting to salvage one's corporate reputation.
In order to support this business objective, the American Society of Safety Engineers is urging business leaders to encourage their safety managers to attend ASSE's Energize Your Safety Management Program in Denver, October 23-24, 2014. "The symposium will focus on re-engineering your company's current safety management programs, or adding new ones to your overall safety resources," said ASSE's Education & Program Development Manager Trudy Goldman. "It will be an in-depth exploration of the most effective ways for businesses to enhance safety, provide an overview on how ISO 45001 will affect workplace safety and offer ideas on how to strengthen behavior-based safety systems."
Keynote speaker, Frank White, president of ORCHE Strategies in Washington, DC, and a recognized authority for projecting future safety programs, said, "Companies pay attention when OSHA acts. That has (rather) been the 'be-all-end-all.' However, to really drive performance improvements . . . (business) has to think more broadly and adopt steps like total worker health and not just focus on workplace safety."
"A lot of the [companies] make the mistake of saying, 'This is the formula, this is the way to do it, so let's just keep doing it that way,'" explains Terry L. Mathis, CEO of Texas-based ProAct Safety, Inc. "We have to come back and remind [them] from time to time that the goal of the process is not to crank the process. The goal is to get the process to produce results."
Other speakers include Dr. Joel Haight, professor of industrial engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, who will discuss choosing the best occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems based on specific needs; and Dr. Marc Rosen, professor of engineering at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, will look at an industrial giant achieving and maintaining improvement in OSH performance.
Register today at www.asse.org/symposia by Sept. 19, 2014 for a $50 discount.
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines-based ASSE is the oldest professional safety organization and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 36,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members lead, manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor, health care and education. For more information please go to www.asse.org.
SOURCE American Society of Safety Engineers
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