Employees Can Be Exposed to a Variety of Health Hazards Including the Following:
- Chemical Hazards including – solids, liquids, gases, vapors, and aerosols
- Biological Hazards including – insects, animals, soil, plants, water, and blood
- Physical Hazards including – noise, temperature extremes, and radiation
- Ergonomic Hazards including – lifting, holding, pushing, walking and reaching
What is Industrial Hygiene (IH)?
Industrial Hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling workplace conditions that my cause workers injury or illness. Industrial Hygienists use environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the extent of worker exposures. Upon evaluation, they can employ engineering and work practice controls, as well as other methods to control potential health hazards.
How are OSHA and Industrial Hygiene Related?
OSHA develops and sets mandatory occupational safety and health requirements applicable to the more than 6 million workplaces in the United States. OSHA, among many other agencies, relies on Industrial Hygienists to evaluate jobs for potential health hazards.
Industrial Hygienists also play a major role in developing and issuing OSHA standards to protect workers from health hazards associated with toxic chemicals, biological hazards, and harmful physical agents.
Industrial Hygiene Testing includes the following:
- Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality
- Ozone, Particulate Matter, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrate Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide
- Ventilation
- Welding Fumes
- Aluminum, Antinomy, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Nickel, Silver, Tin, Vanadium, Zinc
- Lead and Lead Removal
- Asbestos
- Silica and Abrasive Blasting
- Benzene
- Hexavalent Chromium (CrVI)
- Biological Agents
- Noise Exposures
- Heat Indexes
- Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)
- Mold
- Environmental Ground Water Monitoring
- Ergonomics
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