Next Chapter Meeting
July 29, 2010
11:30am-12:30pm
Hands Only CPR/AEDs and Heart Saver AED
David Freeman
American Heart Association
ADTRAN
901 Explorer Blvd NW
Huntsville, AL 35806
(Google Maps)
Welcome!
Welcome to the Tennessee Valley Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. The TVC originated as an ASSE Section, part of the Birmingham, AL Chapter. In 1968, the Tennessee Valley Chapter was chartered in Decatur, AL.
The Chapter’s geographical area is located in Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. Chapter members are located in Cherokee, Colbert, Dekalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties in Alabama; and Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore, Van Buren, and Warren counties in Southern Tennessee. Major cities in the Chapter’s geographical area include Decatur, Athens, Florence, Muscle Shoals and Huntsville, Alabama.
A large industrial base is located with in the Chapter’s area and includes organizations in the space, safety training, chemical production, aerospace and missile defense, construction, and nuclear power industries. Its 83 members represent the following organizations:
- 3M Company
- ABB
- BMSI
- Boeing Company
- BP Chemicals
- Daiken America
- Hernandez Engineering
- Jesse Stutts, Inc.
- Lockheed-Martin Space Systems
- Missile Defense Agency
- NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
- Pettit Safety Solutions, Inc.
- Raytheon Company
- RCC Health and Safety Services, LLC
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Tennessee Valley Training Center
- The US Army Material Command
- The US Army Aviation and Missile Command
- The US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
- Toray Fluorofibers (America), Inc.
- United Launch Alliance
- Wire Grass Construction Co.
- Wyle Laboratories
- Wyle Integrated Science & Engineering
ASSE Tennessee Valley Chapter Says Goodbye to a Friend
On Thursday, March 25, 2010, the Tennessee Valley Chapter held its monthly meeting. It was the usual meeting with an unusual guest. Virginia Ames, longtime OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist from the Birmingham Area Office was there as the Guest Speaker. She gave a 45 minute update on the happenings of OSHA. She talked about accident rates, recent accidents, and upcoming changes within the agency. And as always she offered her assistance. She told everyone present that if they needed assistance, they needed to contact her soon as she was retiring. She was saying farewell. After more than 41 years of federal service she was hanging it up. Her federal service included more than 2 years in the U.S. Army as a WAC (Woman’s Army Corps), more than 6 years working for the Air Force and the Army and then over 33 years with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Her duties at OSHA included time as a Compliance Officer, as a Region IV Voluntary Protection Officer and then as a Compliance Assistance Specialist. Virginia had many great qualities but she will be remembered most by the members of the TVC ASSA as someone who was always there to help. She was always a part of the solution, never a part of the problem. She was everyone’s friend and will be truly missed. Thanks for all the years you dedicated to the safety of others. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT!!!
