South Plains Chapter

January 2008 Meeting

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: River Smith's Chicken & Catfish Restaurant; 5th and Avenue Q in Lubbock, Texas. Delwin Jones meeting room (NW corner).

Time: 6:00 p.m. for Dinner/Networking: 6:30 p.m. for our meeting

Visitors welcome!

Topic: BSL-3 Lab

Our guest speaker will be Michael Lipton, Laboratory Bioterrorism Coordinator with the City of Lubbock, speaking on our BSL-3 Lab and select agents.

Call or email if you have additional questions. Thanks---Renee Witherspoon @ (806) 775-2519

February 2008 Meeting

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Time: ASSE/AWMA meeting 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Lunch at 11:45 a.m.; Contractor/Excavator Awareness Program from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Location: Lubbock Power & Light Administration Building, 404 Municipal Hill, Lubbock, TX. Training Room A128. (Please do not park near the entrance to the building so those spaces can be reserved for LP&L on call personnel)

Topic: Underground Pipeline Damage Prevention, Dig Tess Lunch is being provided by Poly Vann of V-Tech Environmental. Contact Renee Witherspoon at 775-2519 for more information and to RSVP for lunch.

Please pass this flyer along to any contractors that may be interested in attending.

As for our ASSE/AWMA luncheon meeting on February 7th, please RSVP to me if you're interested in eating lunch with us so that we can order enough food.

Hope to see you there. Call or email if you have any questions. Thanks---Renee at 775-2519

Notice: No meeting on February 19th due to the special event on the 7th.


Welcome To The Home Page of the South Plains Chapter of ASSE
American Society of Safety Engineers

We, as a professional non-profit association, have two purposes:

1. To promote our profession of safety, health and environmental protection to our members through safety demonstrations, plant tours, conferences, monthly technical programs and career development (See: Benefits of Membership)

  • Our meetings are not open to the general public, but we do invite prospective members (safety professionals) as guests to our meetings.

Question: How do I know if I’m a safety professional, even though I’m not an engineer?

Answer: If you meet any of the three qualifications listed below you are a safety professional and we invite you as a guest and hopefully to join with us in promoting safety, to your company and its employees.

1. Provide services to the safety, health and environment profession or cooperate with safety professionals. — Associate Member

2. Currently employed in safety, health and environment or one of its relevant specialties. — Member

3. You are a registered P.E., or are a certified CSP, CHMM, CIH, CHP, CPEA, CRSP or IOSH,RSP Plus 5 years safety experience, or have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university Plus 10 years of safety experience. - Professional Member

We look forward to meeting you.

2. To provide safety, health and environmental resources to the communities and business in our 20 county area, highlighted in the upper right hand corner of this Home Page.

  • Even though our meetings, tours, demonstration, and conferences are not open to the general public, we do have something for you.
  • Please check out or Links Page. Example topics listed below:
    • Child Safety
    • Church Safety
    • Computer Workstation Safety
    • Farm Safetyo Food Safety
    • Holiday Safety
    • Home Safety
    • Office Safety
    • Ranch Safety
    • Recreational Safety
    • Retail Safety
    • School Safety
    • Senior Safety
    • Small Business Safety
    • Vehicle Safety
    • Weather Safety
    • Wholesale Safety
    • and others

These include safety checklists, fact sheets, and safety pamphlets, primarily from governmental, organizational, and educational sources.

Feel free to browse our web pages and get to know us. If you like what you see tell your employer and friends that you care about. If you don't like what you see or have ideas for improvement tell me.


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Welcome to world-wide-home of ASSE's South Plains Chapter. Please pardon our dust as we continue to build and develop what will eventually become your most up-to-date source for information on your South Plains Chapter. Thank you for your patience.

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