What Industrial Hygienists Should Know About Risk Management and Insurance
Course Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Attendees should have a basic understanding of IH principles and business concepts.
Who Will Benefit
OEHS managers, supervisors and directors, industrial hygienists and consultants
Presented By
Dr.Robert J. Emery
Course Description
In recent years, many industrial hygiene programs have been involved in organizational re-alignments, shifting from stand-alone units to assimilation into comprehensive environmental health and safety programs. Such shifts compelled individuals to expand their professional knowledge base to better understand the roles of their new organizational colleagues. But the trend of organizational transformation has not stopped. A current phenomenon is the creation of comprehensive institutional risk management programs which incorporate all health and safety functions, along with other institutional loss control and insurance activities. In recognition of this trend, it is imperative that practicing industrial hygienists become familiar with the risk management and insurance profession to ensure that issues are effectively communicated within the context of this new paradigm.
This course will provide an overview of the risk management and insurance profession from the health and safety program perspective, specifically addressing:
- how an organization’s loss exposures are identified and analyzed
- how risk management alternatives are evaluated
- how the most desirable option is selected
- the implementation of selected risk management techniques
- the monitoring of effectiveness
Suggested strategies for adapting programs to the risk management organizational environment will be presented.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be provided with tools to better able them to:
- understand how an organization’s universe of loss exposures are identified and analyzed
- understand how risk management alternatives are evaluated
- determine how the most desirable options are selected
- assist in the implementation of selected risk management techniques and assist in the monitoring of program effectiveness
Presenter Bios
Dr. Robert Emery, PhD, CIH, CHP, CSP, RBP, CHMM, CPP, ARM
Dr. Emery is the assistant vice president for Safety, Health, Environment and Risk Management for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and associate professor of oOccupational Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Bob has over 25 years of experience in health and safety and holds master's degrees in health physics and environmental sciences, and a doctorate in occupational health. Bob is unique in that he possesses national board certification and registration in all of the main areas of health and safety:
- health physics [Certified Health Physicist, CHP]
- occupational safety [Certified Safety Professional, CSP]
- industrial hygiene [Certified Industrial Hygienist, CIH]
- biological safety [Registered Biosafety Professional, RBP]
- hazardous materials management [Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, CHMM]
- security management [Certified Protection Professional, CPP]
- and risk management [Associate in Risk Management, ARM]
Bob is the author of many peer-reviewed articles on practical health and safety topics and makes frequent presentations on such issues at the local and national level.