ASSE Celebrates 100 years of Safety

Many candidates who explore a career with Pinnacol Assurance are new to the insurance industry in general as well as to workers' compensation specifically. A lot of what we do is provide education: education to the businesses who insure through us, education to their employees, and part of my role in Human Resources is to introduce people unfamiliar with our industry and company to the unique services and opportunities we provide.

Informed businesses know that accident prevention is critical to their operations, both from the human perspective as well as the financial bottom line. Pinnacol will be celebrating it's 100 year anniversary in 2015, just 4 short years from now. Workers' Compensation as an industry in the United States has only been around for a century and came into being as the nation industrialized and saw accident rates skyrocket. The American Society of Safety Engineers, or ASSE came into being in 1911 as part of the rising concern about the then catastrophic accident rates. For example, from 1906 through 1911 more than 13,000 miners lost their lives to accidents on the job.

As part of their 100th Anniversary celebration, the ASSE has produced a short video highlighting the history of safety on the job, from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City to exploring what safety challenges await us in the future. For those of you exploring our industry, and our company its a great introduction. And to the ASSE, congratulations on your first 100 years of service, and best wishes for your continued efforts in the future.