Engineering management, industrial safety organization

Founded in 1911, ASSE is the world s oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its 33,000 members manage, supervise, and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government, and education. ASSE has 12 divisions and 148 chapters in the US. and abroad. It also has 64 student sections. The engineering Division is most closely related to System Safety. 

Contributions from consensus and industry organizations to the loss prevention effort are significant. The API developed Recommended Practice 750 Process Hazards Management and Recommended Practice 752 covering facility siting. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has developed a complete series of textbooks that address the same major elements of OSHA s PSM standard. They sponsor conferences, publish proceedings, develop and promote seminars, and provide industry with a process safety and loss prevention resource. 

In July 2012, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE 2012) organized a Summit on the topic of The Human Factor, Process Safety and Culture. The meeting lasted for 2 days and there were approximately 70 attendees, all of whom were experts in the area of risk management and/or human factors in the energy and process industries. The title page of the Summit document states, This paper is not intended to be a recommendation or guideline, but the consensus view of Summit attendees. ... 

A position paper issued in 2005 and titled Auditor Competency for Assessing Occupational Health Safety Management Systems is available on the Internet. Sponsoring organizations are the American Society of Safety Engineers, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Board of Certified Safety Professionals, and the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. 

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