This webinar discusses industrial hygiene and when an industrial hygiene program is needed in the workplace. It explains that industrial hygiene involves anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling environmental factors that can impact employee health and safety. The webinar outlines key elements of an effective industrial hygiene program, including worksite analysis, exposure sampling, hazard controls, and documentation. It emphasizes that maintaining an industrial hygiene program can help protect a company from regulatory penalties by achieving long-term OSHA compliance.

1. Understanding Industrial
Hygiene: Does Your Workplace
Need a Program?
Aimee Giovine, EHS Manager, Triumvirate Environmental
Dave Culbert, Senior EHS Consultant, Triumvirate Environmental

2. Meet Your Moderator
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Nita Vaidya

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During this Webinar
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✓ Unanswered questions will be responded to personally after the
webinar.
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4. Aimee Giovine
EHS Manager
Triumvirate Environmental
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Meet Your Presenters
Dave Culbert
Senior EHS Consultant
Triumvirate Environmental

5. Agenda
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Overview of Industrial Hygiene
When Is Industrial Hygiene Needed?
Elements of a Proper Industrial Hygiene Program
Q&A
Summary

6. Industrial Hygiene
• Science of protecting and
enhancing the health and safety
of people at work and in their
communities
• Involves anticipation, recognition,
evaluation and control of
environmental factors
• Many people associate IH with
exposure sampling and control
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7. What Industrial Hygiene Is Not
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8. What Industrial Hygiene Is
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9. Goals of Industrial Hygiene
Anticipate
Recognize
Evaluate
Control
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Predict potential exposures in new
work processes or environments
Identify situations with potentially
dangerous exposures
Assess practices and measure
exposure levels for workers
Based on the evaluation, recommend
and implement replacement,
engineering, administrative, and
personal protective measures

10. Agenda
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Overview of Industrial Hygiene
When Is Industrial Hygiene Needed?
Elements of a Proper Industrial Hygiene Program
Q&A
Summary

11. Industries that Need Industrial
Hygiene
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Life Sciences Manufacturing Higher Education
Healthcare Industrial Construction

12. When Does Industrial
Hygiene Come into Play?
• New processes
• Changes in existing processes
• Worker complaints
• Required reoccurring sampling
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13. Regulatory Requirements
• Listed in Subpart Z of OSHA
General Industry Standard
▪ Table Z-1 – Limits for air
contaminants
▪ Chemical-specific standards
• Respiratory protection
program
• General Duty Clause
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14. Does your worksite fall within
the OSHA requirements for
an industrial hygiene
program?
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Poll Question

15. Industrial Hygiene at Your Jobsite
• Know your chemical inventory
• Understand current work practices
• Evaluate changes in operations
• Assess risk for new operations
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16. Agenda
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Overview of Industrial Hygiene
When Is Industrial Hygiene Needed?
Elements of a Proper Industrial Hygiene Program
Q&A
Summary

17. Who Can Create Your
Program?
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Expert in industrial hygiene
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18. Worksite Analysis
• Determines what jobs and work areas are
sources of potential problems
• Measures and identifies exposures, problem
tasks, and risks
• Includes all jobs, operations, and work activities
• Recommends appropriate corrective actions
when hazards are discovered
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19. Sampling
• Proper sampling plans that
work with the process
• Requires strategic planning
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20. Who is responsible for
assessing and managing the
industrial hygiene program at
your worksite?
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Poll Question

21. Your Industrial Hygiene Checklist
• Sampling
• SOPs
• Practices
• Documentation
• Equipment (PPE)
• Re-evaluations
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22. Hazard Control
Elimination & Engineering
• Elimination/Replacement
• Engineering Controls
▪ Enclosing work processes
▪ Installing general and local
ventilation systems
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23. Administrative Controls
• Following proper procedures
• Inspecting and maintaining process and control equipment
• Implementing good house-keeping procedures
• Providing good supervision
• Implementing good hygienic practices
• Scheduling production and workers’ tasks in ways to minimize
exposure levels
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24. Personal Protective Equipment
• PPE must be:
▪ Individually selected
▪ Properly fitted and periodically
refitted
▪ Conscientiously and properly
worn
▪ Regularly maintained
▪ Replaced as necessary
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25. Regulatory Repercussions
• Injuries can result in permanent damage to members of your
workforce, worker compensation costs, negative publicity, and
regulatory fines
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Type of Violation Penalty
• Serious
• Other-Than-Serious
• Posting Requirements
$13,494 per violation
Failure to Abate $13,494 per day beyond the abatement date
Willful or Repeated $134,937 per violation

26. Agenda
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Overview of Industrial Hygiene
When Is Industrial Hygiene Needed?
Elements of a Proper Industrial Hygiene Program
Q&A
Summary

27. Summary
• If you have chemicals at your workplace, you need to be aware
of your requirements under OSHA for industrial hygiene
• Maintaining a proper industrial hygiene program with
documentation will protect you against regulatory repercussions
• Work with someone knowledgeable in industrial hygiene to help
you determine your requirements under the OSHA regulations
• Industrial hygiene programs must be maintained in order to
achieve long-term compliance
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28. Agenda
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Overview of Industrial Hygiene
When Is Industrial Hygiene Needed?
Elements of a Proper Industrial Hygiene Program
Q&A
Summary

29. Questions?

30. THANK YOU!
CONTACT US!
1-888-834-9697
www.triumvirate.com

31. References
• http://www.abih.org/
• https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3143/OSHA3143.htm
• 29 CFR 1910.1000 – Subpart Z
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