2025 Classes

Safety Data Sheets contain much information and guidance concerning regulatory, technical and chemical safety. This presentation will explore how this information can be used to effectively apply industrial hygiene principles and safety concepts to protect workers.

Are you relying on your hearing test company to direct your hearing conservation program? Do they know all of the regulatory requirements to keep you compliant and your employees safe? Find out what you may be missing, get a better understanding of audiograms, and uncover essential elements of a sound hearing conservation program.

This presentation will provide a review of proper selection of Respiratory Protection based on the NIOSH Respirator Selection Logic. It will afford a basic to intermediate overview of the MIOSHA/OSHA requirements for establishing an effective respiratory protection program including the requirements for medical evaluation and annual training.

Respirator fit testing is a requirement wherever respiratory protection is used in the workplace. Understanding the requirements and the different types or technologies for fit testing is key in meeting the requirements and providing protection for the respiratory protection user. This session will cover MIOSHA/ OSHA requirements for fit testing, different fit testing methods and technologies and advances in fit testing data handling and testing operation.

This presentation identifies chemical hazards during battery manufacturing. Methods available from traditional to state-of-art instrumentation will be discussed along with actual sampling results during battery manufacturing.

Heat stress is a serious occupational hazard not only for the outdoor workers, but also work performed indoors. The speaker with provide an overview of the proposed OSHA standard to address heat stress issues.

This presentation discusses the function and anatomy of the skin and the importance of the skin as a route of exposure.  Qualitative assessments using the AIHA dermal exposure assessment framework and quantitative assessment (sampling) techniques using the IH Skin Perm model will be reviewed during this session.

Many rules, regulations, and practices that are mandated by various regulatory authorities are seldom enforced, commonly disregarded, or normally avoided, often with the acquiescence of that regulatory authority. Is it required for ethical OSH professionals to adhere to commonly disregarded rules even when doing so would put their client/employer at a competitive disadvantage. This presentation will consider the question from several ethical frameworks to facilitate discussion.  

This is a continuation of the Part 1 program at 1:45 pm (see above).