Metro New York Section
of the American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIHA/ASSE/SENY joint meeting was on February 27, 2013,
Wednesday, from 8:30 to 12noon, at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC.
TOPIC: P.A.L.M. (PCBs, Asbestos, Lead & Mold)
Meeting Series + Post Hurricane Sandy Environmental Health & Safety
issues
PRESENTERS: from Federal
and City Government, Industry and Medical sectors include:
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Vickie L. Pane
- USEPA Regional Lead Coordinator
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John Gorman -
USEPA Region 2 Chief, Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
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Neil Feldscher,
CIH,CSP,ESQ - Chief at NYCDEP
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Eckardt
Johanning, MD,MSc,PhD - Medical Director, Occupational &
Environmental Life Science/Fungal Research Foundation
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Mark Drozdov,
CCT,SSM,CFSM,CAI - VP, Technical Director, Creative Environment
Solutions (CES) Corp.
Event Photos Available Here: https://picasaweb.google.com/presidentMetroNY/AIHAASSESENYPALMMeetingTheMetOn22713
Above (Left to Right):
Shaun Carvalho - ASSE NYC President; Mark Drozdov, CCT,SSM,FSM,CAI -
http://www.CEScenter.com; Damon C. Baumann - AIHA
NY President; Eckardt Johanning, MD,MSc,PhD - Fungal Research
Foundation; Neil Feldscher, CIH,CSP,ESQ - Chief at NYCDEP; Vickie L.
Pane - USEPA Regional Lead Coordinator; John Gorman - USEPA Region 2
Chief, Pesticides/Toxic Substances.
Comments from
attendees:
“It was great to be a part of the meeting”
“Enjoyed the meeting and learned a lot”
“You guys did a great job!”
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OSHA Fact Sheet Highlights Mold Hazards during Sandy Cleanup |
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OSHA emphasizes mold hazards and appropriate safeguards to
protect workers involved in Hurricane Sandy cleanup
and remediation activities in a fact sheet issued
Dec. 5. The agency issued the fact sheet as a tool
for workers and employers in areas that experienced
extensive flood and water damage due to
Sandy—conditions that contribute to increased mold
growth. The fact sheet includes general information
on mold and associated hazards; creation of a mold
cleanup plan; and protection of workers during mold
remediation, including the use of engineering
controls, good work practices, and personal
protective equipment. "Workers will be exposed to mold during hurricane response and cleanup activities. Remediation of mold-contaminated building materials and surfaces can and must be done safely, so that no worker is sickened or injured while performing this vital work," said Robert Kulick, OSHA's regional administrator in New York.
View the fact sheet as a PDF on OSHA’s website. |
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AIHA Members Create Amazon "Wish Lists" for Sandy Relief Effort |
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Working with the AIHA® New York Metro and New Jersey
local sections, AIHA member Jack Caravanos has created two
“wish lists” on Amazon.com that contain items for protecting
workers during cleanup operations. The wish lists facilitate
donations to the Hurricane Sandy relief effort. Items that
are purchased through the wish lists will be shipped to a
distribution center that Caravanos set up at Hunter College,
which is part of The City University of New York (CUNY).
Volunteers will coordinate the distribution of donated items
to relief workers. Caravanos is a professor of environmental
health and industrial hygiene at Hunter.
The items available for purchase include a PPE ensemble,
hand sanitizer, booties, Tyvek suits, and other personal
protective equipment. View the wish lists at the following
links:
Donations of equipment can also be arranged by contacting
Caravanos at
jcaravan@hunter.cuny.edu. Members interested in
volunteering to help affected residents and relief workers
can contact Damon Baumann, president of the New York Metro
Local Section, at
dbaumann@thorntontomasetti.com.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29 and caused
extensive damage in New York City and northern New Jersey.
Some residents still have no power, and many who have
returned to their homes face extensive repairs and hazards
such as mold. |
When contacted by
The Synergist®,
Mark Drozdov, past president of AIHA-NY, gave this
sobering account: “You’re walking into people’s houses and the
walls are wet, the floors are soft, there’s no heat, there’s
obviously no hot water and no electricity, and then you have
mold growing. The fact that it’s been over a month since the
hurricane hit and they still don’t have the basics speaks
volumes.”
Dear Friends and
Colleagues,
As you can imagine many of us have been directly or indirectly impacted by Hurricane Sandy. That being said the Metropolitan Section of AIHA together with the Hunter College EOHS Program has organized a PPE collection drive for the workers and residents affected by the storm. The lobby of the School of Public Health at Hunter College has been designated as a drop-off site for any PPE you wish to donate.
Please drop-off your donations between 7 a.m. -
11:00 p.m. daily. We are NOT accepting cash donations; the
Red-Cross is doing this.
Sometime this weekend, the equipment will be
brought to the sites (not yet determined). Volunteers may be needed
and some vehicles, please let us know if you can help. We'll also
assess whether volunteers are need to instruct or direct cleanup
efforts. If you would like to donate, please pack the materials in a
box or study plastic bags and bring it to:
Hunter College, School of Public Health
2180 Third Avenue (NW corner of 119th Street
and Third), New York, NY (you can double park and security will tell
you where to place equipment)
You can probably surmise what is needed but
here's a list.... (you can probably predict what's needed so feel
free to donate it).
- N95 face masks
- disposable suits (i.e. Tyvek?)
- disposable booties
- gloves (all types)
- hard hats
- heavy duty waterproof boots
- goggles and eye protection
- decontamination supplies (all)
- plastic garbage bags (large)
on an on
If there is anything else that you personally,
your organization, or fellow colleauges not on this list can bring
to the table please let us know.
Thank you and let's unite to help our fellow
New Yorkers,
Damon Baumann, President MetAIHA
AIHA Donates $10,000, Aids Sandy PPE Drive - published by
ohsonline.com Nov 27, 2012:
The American Industrial Hygiene Association announced it has donated
$10,000 to the American Red Cross to help with the Hurricane Sandy
relief effort in the Northeast. AIHA said the Red Cross reports
donations are still urgently needed to provide food, water, relief
items, and other supplies to affected areas.
Individuals may donate by visiting
www.redcross.org.
AIHA said its Metro New York Local Section has established a
distribution center at Hunter College School of Public Health, 2180
Third Avenue in New York City, and is seeking Tyvek suits/waterproof
coveralls/cut-resistant chaps, moisture meters/battery-powered CO
meters, disposable booties/waterproof boots, gloves, goggles/hard
hats/ear plugs/N95 face masks, decontamination supplies, plastic
garbage bags, knee pads, and fire extinguishers.
The association's news release thanked Draeger Medical Inc., saying
the company "responded to our call for items and contributed over
56,000 N95 units to the relief effort." It also thanked members of
the Metro NY local section for their assistance.
For further information about donations or requested items, contact
Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH, and EOHS Program Director at Hunter
College, at
jcaravan@hunter.cuny.edu.
AIHA NYC MAY 2012 TECHNICAL MEETING PRESENTATION
- Presenter: David Duford, CIH, CHMM
Topic:
An overview of the most recent conference held by the
Professional Abatement Contractors of New York (PACNY) and will
give the NYC folks some insight of this upstate annual event,
widely attended by NYS Officials, including a short presentation
on the NYS Fire Safety and Building Codes and their impact on
asbestos abatement and relevant examples.
AIHA Metro NY is proud of its Hunter Affiliated
members for their remarkable achievements and for their inspiration
on the rest of us to keep pushing IH ahead to the next level!
The Metro NYC AIHA and Hunter College / School of
Public Health - EOH enjoy an active, collaborative relationship
through alumni and other activities.
Dr. David Kotelchuck,
Appointee for Member, Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Dr. David Kotelchuck is
Professor Emeritus at Hunter College of the City University of New
York. From 1989 to 2010, Dr. Kotelchuck was Director of the
graduate Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences program at
Hunter College, and Deputy Director of the New York/New Jersey
Education and Research Center. He was also an associate professor at
the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine from 1992 to 2011, a lecturer in
physiology and physics at the Harvard School of Public Health from
1979 to 1980, and Assistant Professor of Physics at Vanderbilt
University from 1962 until 1967. In 2008, he received the
Alice Hamilton award from the Occupational Health and Safety section
of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Kotelchuck received
his B.A. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University, a Ph.D. in
Physics from Cornell University. and an M.P.H in Occupational Health
and Safety from the Harvard School of Public Health.
AIHA Announces 2012 Award Winners
The American Industrial Hygiene Association
announced the winners of its major awards for 2012, including the
Donald E. Cummings Memorial Award....... taking place June 16,21 in
Indianapolis, where awards will be presented.
Franklin Mirer, Ph.D., CIH with Metro NY local
chapter members, in AIHA conference, Indianapolis 2012.
The Donald E. Cummings Memorial Award, given for
outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of
industrial hygiene. The recipient presents the Cummings Memorial
Lecture at AIHce. The 2012 recipient is Franklin Mirer, Ph.D.,
CIH, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the
Hunter College of the City University of New York.
PAST MEETING
January Technical Meeting:
AIHA Metro NY
Technical Meeting together with Safety Executives of New York and
New York City ASSE
Speaker:
Mark Drozdov, CCT,
SSM, FSM – Technical Director, Creative Environment Solutions (www.CEScenter.com)
and AIHA NY Past President.
US EPA’s Regional Lead Coordinator has also been invited to speak at
this event.
Pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/presidentMetroNY/JointMeetingOfAIHAASSESafetyExecutivesOfNY1102012#
Remarks from the Presentation (EPA's LEAD RRP Program – what about Public & Commercial Buildings?):
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“Excellent presentation and fantastic turnout, topped off by a great museum tour!”
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“Great job today Mark!”
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“Wonderful event!”
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“Wonderful presentation!”
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“Today was very helpful to me”
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“Mark also presented jeopAIRdy
a Visual Training Contest developed by CES which kept everyone
engaged!”
2011 Northeast Regional Industrial Conference and Exposition
AIHA Metro NY expresses special thanks and great
appreciation to the following speakers for their excellent
presentation and their valuable support in this conference:
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Aaron Trippler, Director, Government Affairs, AIHA
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Denese A. Deeds, CIH. Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, Inc.
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Dennis Quinn, CHP, DAQ, Inc.
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Hari Floura (Floura LLC)
Nicole Vars McCullough, PhD, CIH, 3M, Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division
Robert G. Sussman, Ph.D.,
DABT.
We also extend our thanks to:
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Steve Winiecki of Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions, Galson Laboratories – for organizing all the vendors.
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All the vendors who participated in the conference.
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Al Wallner, treasurer of AIHA Metro NY and all the members who worked together on the program.
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And to all the great supporters who attended the conference.
Pictures from 2011 NE Regional
Industrial Conference and Exposition (December 2, 2011)
https://picasaweb.google.com/presidentMetroNY/NERegionalAIHAConferenceDecember22011#
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is "the essential source" for information on Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety issues. Founded in 1939, AIHA is an organization of more than 12,000 professional members dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors arising in or from the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.
Established in 1939, the Metro New York AIHA serves the area's health and safety professionals, providing a forum in which to learn and exchange ideas.
