The December Holiday Lunch and Networking event was held on Friday December 15, 2023, at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh hosted by the Chapter Executive Committee. We had a buffet lunch, an ASSP Update by Pam Walaski,  ASSP President-Elect and fellow Chapter Member, and time to talk with fellow Professionals and students. There was also a drawing for many door prizes provided by many of the Professionals and their employers.

We had a total of 51 people in attendance. We were happy to have the Safety Committee of the Constructors Association of Western PA (CAWP) join us for the event.

Thank you to those who participated and for to those that provided door prizes for our drawing!

Congratulations to Brandon Hody MS, CSP, CHSP for being published in the December 2023 issue of the ASSP’s Professional Safety. He co-authored the peer-reviewed article titled “Are My Workers Competent in EHS? Competency-Based Training to Improve Learning”.

Link to the article in PSJ

Congratulations to Jan K. Wachter, Sc.D., M.B.A., CSP, CIH, and Bryan Seal for being published in the September 2023 issue of the ASSP’s Professional Safety. They co-authored the peer-reviewed article titled “Control Equipment Characteristics Affecting Worker Protection Decision-Making”. Link to the article in PSJ

Congratulations to the Western PA Chapter of ASSP for a great chapter year!
The Western Pennsylvania Chapter has achieved Platinum level recognition for the 2022-2023 year. This recognition is based on the information the chapter submitted for the Chapter year July 01, 2022, through June 30, 2023. 

The Chapter Executive Committee plans the Chapter’s annual activities, tracks performance throughout the year, and shares the successes and challenges with ASSP as the Chapter provides opportunities for ASSP members to become better safety professionals.

The Western PA chapter continued to provide an outstanding value and benefited our chapter members and the safety profession as a whole. Our chapter’s achievement at this level of success is impressive and greatly appreciated by ASSP by the recognition at the Platinum Level. 

ASSP’s chapter recognition program has four award levels based on points for activities weighted toward the activities that best support your chapter’s ability to meet chapter charter requirements as they serve members. The four levels are listed below starting with the highest-level award:

• Platinum
• Gold
• Silver
• Bronze

Congratulations to the Western PA Chapter of ASSP for a great chapter year!

The April Technical Meeting was conducted as a live virtual lunchtime meeting on April 08, 2021. The Speaker was Mr. Chris Eastly CSP, HUB International. The Presentation was “Fleet Safety and Driver Qualifications”. There were twenty-nine (29) people that participated. We had 44 people register for the virtual meeting. Thank you to those who participated in this virtual meeting!

The video recording of the presentation is here and the presentation is here for those that missed the meeting or if you would like to review either of them again.