News Release

Distinguished Service to Safety Award recipients honored

Itasca, IL – The National Safety Council (NSC) announced this year’s Distinguished Service to Safety Award recipients. The DSSA is the highest honor bestowed on an individual safety professional by the NSC in recognition of outstanding service to the field of safety. The eight recipients were inducted during the Nov. 6 opening session of the National Safety Council’s 94th Annual Congress & Expo at the San Diego Convention Center, Nov. 3-10.

This year’s recipients are:

• Jukka Takala, Ph.D., director, The European Agency for Safety and Health At Work, Bilbao, Spain
• Dennis J. Erickson, Ph.D., senior advisor (retired), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M.
• Witt Davis, IV, president, Dewitt Davis IV, Virginia Beach, Va.
• Lawrence Gibbs, associate vice provost for EH & S, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
• James R. Rhudy, construction safety supervisor, Chicago Bridge and Iron, The Woodlands, Texas
• Roy Dean Foster, labor liaison, U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA, Dallas, Texas
• Isabel Krueger, manager, corporate safety, Coast Mountain Bus Company, Ltd., Surry, British Columbia, anada
• Glen Mudd, safety manager, Louisville Water Company, Inc., Louisville, Ky.

The National Safety Council is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service organization. Members of the NSC include businesses, labor organization, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals. Founded in 1913 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the National Safety Council is committed to preventing accidental injuries in the workplace, on roads and highways, and in homes and communities.

The National Safety Council’s Annual Congress & Expo is the largest annual event in the world dedicated to the safety and health industry and is ranked among the top 200 tradeshows in the nation.