A grant of $30,000 dedicated to safety research was recently awarded to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Foundation by the Massachusetts-based Liberty Mutual Research Center (LMRC).
The funding will go to provide safety research fellowships to selected candidates, which will be conducted at the Liberty Mutual Research Center located in Hopkinton, MA. The ASSE Foundation and Liberty Mutual fellowship program is designed to encourage research activity in safety; expand and stimulate participants’ understanding of safety research; and provide a forum for linking safety professionals, industry needs and quality research programs.
A sampling of the research completed and being worked on by ASSE Foundation research grant recipients include studies on “Female Commercial Drivers in the Transportation Industry – Stress Factors Experienced by Women in Non-Traditional Occupations;” the “Impact Performance of Polycarbonate Lenses for Industry and Sport;” “How to Cope with Terrorism in the Schools;” “Critical Characteristics for Successful Construction Safety: A Study of the Culture within the Outstanding Construction Companies;” and the “Relationship Between Employees’ Perceptions of Safety and OSHA Lost Time Injury Rates.”
The safety fellowships are awarded by a committee composed of five members of the ASSE Foundation’s Research Committee and two trustees from the Foundation’s Board. Visit ASSE’s website at www.asse.org.
From the Daily Regulatory Reporter
