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National Safety Management Society

Contact Information

Jeffrey Chung, Ph.D., Executive Director
P.O. Box 4460
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-0460

800-321-2910 (Voice - Toll-free)
925-944-7094 (Voice)

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Abstract

The National Safety Management Society, begun in 1966, is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of new concepts of accident prevention and loss control, promoting and integrating the role of safety management in the total management effort. Through research and education, the Society seeks to expand and promote the role of safety management in terms of cost/benefit returns and humanitarian considerations. This is a membership society that is open to anyone with managerial, supervisory, or program responsibilities relating to safety. The organization also participates with the Institute for Safety and Health Management (an offshoot of NSMS) in offering a certification program, "Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM) and the associate safety and health manager. NSMS also offers the new Certified Safety Technician (CST) and Certified Safety Supervisor (CSS) to recognize non-degreed professionals aspiring to develop into managers.

Publications

Serial publication: The Communique (newsletter), monthly--information for members on Society projects, The Communique, monthly; and Journal of Safety Management, quarterly..

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Notes

Audit

Date Entered: 6/1/1997
Date Edited: 1/19/2005
Date Revised: 7/18/2006 12:12:09 PM
Health Referral Number: HR1857
Accession Number: DP91A0520
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