ASSELA
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
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Newsletter Vol. 60 - Issue 5 January 18 - Dinner Meeting ASSE LOS ANGELES 60 YEARS PRESIDENT’S ROUNDTABLE CELEBRATION Featuring our own: Joe Kaplan, Bill Taylor
If you’re only able to attend a few meetings a year, this is the speaker you don’t want to miss. One of Mr. Kaplan's enduring legacies was his ability to bring public attention to community safety issues by attracting Hollywood celebrities and star athletes to become safety advocates. By working with many of the leading entertainers of the day, Mr. Kaplan assembled am impressive roster of safety ambassadors and attracted the attention of the press, the public and policy-makers. Mr. Kaplan's tireless efforts in working with the media to advocate safety issues both in front of the camera and behind it made him something of a news icon in southern California. He also was a pioneer in making safety education films widely available to the public. The Los Angeles Chapter of was one of the first National Safety Council chapters to develop its own safety training programs for business and industry. Mr. Kaplan also managed the Council's own safety trade show, the largest regional safety show in the US for more then 40 years. In the 1980s, Mr. Kaplan led the "Buckle Up for Life Challenge" in southern California that raised awareness of the value of seat belts. This was one of the first community seat belt awareness initiatives and was the forerunner of many community and national seat belt programs that followed. Mr. Kaplan and ASSE LA: Mr. Kaplan's community safety leadership has extended beyond the National Safety Council. He was a charter member, in 1946, of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He has remained active in the Chapter to this day. He is a past president of the Chapter and in recent years served the Chapter as the Public Relations Chair. This past September, Mr. Kaplan received The J. Wesley Gebb Award. ASSE LA’s highest honor is given for consistent, significant contributions to the Safety Profession and/or the ASSE and the Los Angeles Chapter over an extended period or career. Given annually at the discretion of the Awards and Honors Committee for "DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY."Location: Freres Taix Restaurant, 1911 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles; phone(213) 484-1265; (Sunset/Glendale, north of Echo Park) To make a reservations, call the ASSE voice mailbox at 562-430-9031 or on our evite at: http://www.evite.com/ebecker@caps.usc.edu/ASSELAJANAgenda: Get-Together / Networking (No Host Bar): 5:00 p.m.Registration: 5:30 p.m. - Dinner Presentation: 6:30 p.m. Charter Member Joseph M Kaplan, 92, has been a dedicated and committed safety leader for more then 68 years. Upon graduation from UCLA with a degree in Political Science and Public Speaking. Mr. Kaplan joined the fledgling Los Angeles Safety Council in 1936. He was named director of the LA NSC Chapter in 1949 and President in 1979. "I have always felt that the mission of associations was to serve the community as well as their members.” Past President Bill Taylor, will lead the president’s roundtable discussions after the main presentation. Bill is currently Safety Manager for the City of Burbank and one of ASSE LA’s Assembly Delegates.
Coming in February Gun Safety Discussion and Practice at a local gun club (Gun Safety Experts Jane Bartlett and Officer Daniel Hect)
NEW MEMBERS We are proud to have and active / growing chapter. Please welcome the latest additions to ASSE LA !! Katy J. Allen, Zane R. Beekman, Lillian Greer, Brandon Guitar, Lynn D. Kirkes, John F. La Porte, Joseph P. Montana, Ron Rita, John W. Sterritt, Calvin Toy, David G. Vidaurri, Jim J. Weidner, Charles S. Yun Member Postings: Submitted by ASSELA Member Adrienne L. Norquist, OSHA Program Manager WESTEC Inc.
Upcoming LA-area OSHA courses • • • Member Posting TO Register go to WEBSITE: Submitted by ASSELA Member Hector Escarcega, Bilingual Solutions
Training Programs" by: Bilingual Solutions Int'l January 16 and 17, 2006 (9:00—4:30) Steven's Steakhouse. Cost: REGULATORY ROUND-UP CAL EPA OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT INTENT TO LIST CHEMICALS SAFE DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1986 (PROPOSITION 65)The following chemicals have been determined by OEHHA to meet the criteria set forth in Title 22, Cal. Code of Regs., section12306 for listing as causing cancer under the authoritative bodies mechanism: More Information in the California Notice Register:http://www.oal.ca.gov/notice/47z-2005.pdf Chemical CAS No. Reference Iprovalicarb 140923-17-7; US EPA (2002) 140923-25-7 Propoxur 114-26-1 US EPA (1996) WOMEN IN SAFETY ENGINEERING
Our first annual WISE meeting has been moved to March and will be held jointly with the Southern California Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). The joint meeting will increase the networking value of the meeting. "Please submit your suggestions of influential women in our field whom we might include as presenters ... for this and other future meetings." ASSE LA WISE Chair , Jody VanLeuven Jody.VanLeuven@thomson.net
JOB PLACEMENT Members with active e-mail addresses receive updated Job Postings monthlyMike Marshall, Treasur er and Placement (310) 331-7684 ms.marshall@ngc.com
PRESIDENT’S - “CALL FOR NOMINATIONS” The Executive Committee is looking for volunteers and nominees for the chapter offices and committees. As we have increased our membership, attendance, and revenues, we now have an opportunity for the chapter to rise to new heights!. This is an exciting time to join the board !!!!! Job descriptions can be found in the by-laws on the ASSE LA web page @ www.assela.orgPlease forward all nominations (self nominations allowed) to me by February 1st, @ fayewannlund@gmail.com
2006 Safety Research Fellowship Available The ASSE Foundation recently announced its 2006 Liberty Mutual Safety Research Fellowship Program, which provides funding for two individuals to conduct applied safety research at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety in Hopkinton, MA. This year, the Foundation has increased the stipend —fellows will receive $2,000 for the first week and $1,500 for each week thereafter to cover expenses.The filing deadline is March 1, 2006. http://www.asse.org/foundation/fellowship/
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