1. WESTERN CAROLINA CHAPTER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS JANUARY 2016 NEWSLETTER SAFETY PROFESSIONALS PROMOTING SAFETY IN THEIR WORKPLACES FOR OVER 100 YEARS

2. 2015-2016 OFFICERS CURTIS DANIELS – PRESIDENT JIM GULNAC - PRESIDENT ELECT ADAM COFFEY & JOHN NAIN – CO-VP PROGRAMS RICK KILPATRICK – PAST PRESIDENT / MEMBERSHIP & DELEGATE JOHN SAUNDERS – GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS GARY BARGER – TREASURER NANCY HALL – SECRETARY

3. NEXT MEETING: 2 ND FRIDAY JANUARY 8, 2016 NOON CROSSWINDS CAFÉ HICKORY AIRPORT – HICKORY, NC Program: Rick Kilpatrick Gerdau Safety Management Systems

4. ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS: NEXT BIG EVENT: HICKORY SAFETY SCHOOL – April 2016. Details soon!! Thanks to all who brought Samaritan’s Purse Shoeboxes. You can feel the smiles in your hearts!! Thanks to Western Carolina Chapter ASSE for a great CHRISTMAS LUNCH HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

5. PLEASE LOG ON TO……..WWW.ASSE.ORG…… ASSE WEBSITE OFFERS MANY VALUABLE RESOURCES. IF YOU HAVEN’T LOOKED INTO THE ASSE “SAFETY BODY OF KNOWLEDGE” (BOK), PLEASE DO! LOG ON TO WWW.ASSE.ORG TO ACCESS MANY VALUABLE RESOURCES…..INCLUDING ASSE’S SAFETY BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET FOR THE ASSE'S BODY OF KNOWLEDGE YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL. EXAMPLE FEATURED CONTENT: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIQUE THREATS & FUTURE IMPLICATIONS ANSI Z10 AND PTD STANDARDS INTEGRATION BUSINESS RISK: ELECTRICITY FIRES, FACT & FICTION EMPOWERING AND INVOLVING WORKERS ASK NANCY ABOUT THE TEMPORARY WORKER’S INITIATIVE…ASSE'S BODY OF KNOWLEDGE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIQUE THREATS & FUTURE IMPLICATIONS ANSI Z10 AND PTD STANDARDS INTEGRATION BUSINESS RISK: ELECTRICITY FIRES, FACT & FICTION EMPOWERING AND INVOLVING WORKERS

6. CONTACT INFORMATION: CURTIS DANIELS PRESIDENT 704-682-2291 curtis.daniels@carpenter.com JAMES GULNAC PRESIDENT ELECT 828-468-3222 James.Gulnac@ZF.com JOHN SAUNDERS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 704-342-6163 jsaunders@labor.nc.gov GARY BARGER TREASURER 828-302-3788 Gbarger@bshurtape.com NANCY R. HALL SECRETARY 336-776-4448 nrhdeshs@yahoo.com RICK KILPATRICK PAST PRESIDENT-Membership--Delegate 865-719-2169 Rick.Kilpatrick@gerdau.com

7. 2016 IS A REALITY MAY IT BRING BLESSINGS TO ONE & ALL! N