2004 Atlanta Electronic Proceedings

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Podium Sessions

PO 101. Water, Water, Everywhere ― The IEQ Perspective

• Causes of High Relative Humidity Inside Air Conditioned Buildings (Roger Morse/Paul Haas -- #1)
• A Controlled Study of the Extent and Types of Mold Growth Occurring on Treated and Untreated Wet Gypsum Wallboard in a Normal Office Environment (Coreen Robbins -- #4)
• Application of Infrared Thermography to Identify Areas of Moisture in a Building Envelope  (John Kominsky -- #5)

PO 102. Balance Issues and Upper Extremity Potpourri

• Slips, Trips and Falls in Hospital Workers- Pilot Outcomes  (Ted Courtney -- #7)
• Postural Stability Effects in low Seam Mining Tasks  (Jessica Gordon -- #8)
• Response of the Base of the Palm to Impact  (David Cochran -- #12)

PO 103. Occupational Exposure Assessment and Epidemiology for Chemical Mixtures

• Determining an Appropriate Control Strategy on Environmental Factors Associated With Thermal Stresses Imposed on Dyeing and Finishing Workers  (Chuh-Lun Lo -- #15)
• Characterization of Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in the Atmosphere of Workplaces of a Sinter Plant  (Perng Jy Tsai -- #16)
• Air Monitoring Guidelines for Unplanned/Emergency Events- An Approach for Effectively Collecting Quality air Samples During Unplanned Events (J. Ralph Marshall -- #17)

PO 104. Management & Training Issues: Stewardship & Sustainability, Communication & Training Issues

• Suppression of Aerosol Generation During Spraying and Deposition of Consumer Products   (Jeffrey Hogue -- #19)
• Greener Cleaner Product Selection Process (Lynn Garske -- #20)
• Mopping System Cost/Benefit Analysis  (Carl Solomon -- #21)
• Methods of Assessing Non-English-Speaking Worker Understanding of Safety and Health Warnings and Interventions  (Thomas Anderson -- #24)

PO 105. Advances in Respiratory Protection

• Estimating Service Lives of Respirator Cartridges for Reactive Removal of Gases (Gerry Wood -- #25)
• Anthropometric Survey of Respirator Users (Ziqing Zhuang -- #26)
• A Comparison of two Methods of Respirator Quantitative fit Testing: "Ambient Aerosol" vs. "Controlled Negative Pressure" on Human Subjects (Behzad Samimi -- #28)
• Simulated Workplace Protection Factor Studies of a new Atmosphere-Supplying and Powered Air-Purifying Respirator Hood (Jay Parker -- #30)
• Evaluating CBRN Escape Respirators  (Stephen Mallinger -- #31)

PO 106. Mold Exposure Assessment

• Designing an Effective Mold Sampling Strategy (Richard Kopp -- #32)
• Establishing Reference Levels for Fungi in Outdoor Air for Building Evaluation (R. Christopher Spicer -- #33)
• Using National Allergy Bureau Guidelines as Action Levels for Airborne Mold Exposure Concentrations  (Robert Brounstein -- #35)
• Mold by the Numbers: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Scientific Literature to Provide Mycotoxin-related IAQ Risk Assessment (Michael Lumpkin -- #38)

PO 107. Current Topics in Laboratory Health and Safety

• Review and Assessment of New Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Facilities  (Dina Sassone -- #39)
• Emergency Eyewashes and Safety Showers at a Large Laboratory Research Institution: A Practical Interdisciplinary Approach to Upgrades and New Installations (John Seabury -- #40)
• Materials Testing Laboratories: The Hidden Hazards  (Sally Miller -- #43)
• Assessing the Re-Entry of Laboratory Pollutants Into the Indoor Environment (Ronald Petersen -- #44)
• Ventilated Laboratory Sinks for Glassware Cleaning Design, Implementation, and Validation   (Ken Schmerber -- #45)
• A New Quantitative Method for Testing In-Use Laboratory Fume Hoods (Kwangseog Ahn -- #46)

PO 108. Exposure Assessment Strategies 1

• Hood Capture Efficiencies Measured Using a Unique Tracer Method  (Chris Keil -- #47)
• Using Carbon Dioxide as a Tracer Gas to Measure Air Change Rate in a Single Zone (Catherine Simmons -- #48)
• Risk Assessment Using Microbial Mapping Techniques (Lynn Leger -- #52)
• The Effect of Temperature Differences in a Room on Contaminant Dispersion (Eungyoung Lee -- #53)
• Automating IH Risk Reviews for Medical Surveillance Program Enrollments  (Joe Sherrill -- #54)

PO 109. Risk Assessment and Management

• Hearing Loss Among Classical Music Players  (Esko Toppila -- #56)
• Environmental Sampling and Hazardous Waste Classification Analysis and Industrial Hygiene, Personal Protection and Air Monitoring for a Combined Storm/Sanitary Sewer Construction Site (Jeffrey Olcott -- #57)
• Characterization of Fragrance Exposure Concentrations and Temporal Trends From a Plug-In Air Freshener   (Marilyn Black -- #58)
• Validation of the Ventilation Model and its Usefulness When Applied to Estimating Exposures to Airborne Aerosols (Fred Boelter -- #59)
• Hazard Analysis, Using OSHA's Management System Approach (Paul Esposito -- #60)
• Management of Chemical Reproductive Hazards in the Laboratory Setting, Including Pregnancy and Lactation Evaluations for a Histology lab.   (Karen Capwell -- #61)
• Significant Characteristics of Organizations Operating Safely in Hazardous Environments  (Joseph Cocciardi -- #62)
• Upstream Predictive Indicators - A Crucial Need for Your Behavior-Based Safety Process (Don Groover -- #63)
• Business Crises are not Forest Fires (Theodore Hogan -- #64)

PO 110 Aerosols Technology

• Respirable Concentrations of Welding Fumes at an Electromotive Plant Using Various Exposure Assessment Techniques  (Kimberly Hopp -- #67)
• Limiting Parameters for Alveolar Deposition of Ultra-Fine Aerosols   (Nurtan Esmen -- #68)
• A Comparison of Methods to Measure Aerosol Surface-Area  (Andrew Maynard -- #69)
• David Swift Memorial Award for the best aerosol paper of 2003 published in AIHA Journal or AOEH
  Surface Area of Respirable Beryllium Metal, Oxide, and Copper Alloy Aerosols (Aleksandr B. Stefaniak)
• Aerosol Generation by Blower Motors as a Bias in Assessing Aerosol Penetration Into Cabin Filtration Systems (William Heitbrink -- #72)
• Efficacy of Local Exhaust Ventilation on a Hammer Drill  (Susan Shepherd -- #75)
• Considerations Affecting the Use of HEPA Filters for Biological Safety Applications (Gordon Miller -- #76)

PO 111. Ergonomic Processes

• Ergonomic Program Development (Kelsey McCoskey -- #77)

• The Effects of Stretching and Micro Breaks on Office Workers Musculo-Skeletal Health (Sherrill Tooley -- #80)

• Better, Faster, and Cheaper: Ergonomic Improvements for a Better Construction Business  (Jeffrey Smagacz -- #81)

PO 112. Advances in Occupational Epidemiology and Toxicology: Standards, Guidelines and Classifications

• Application of Revised Airborne Exposure Limits for Chemical Warfare Agents  (John Decker -- #83)

• Updating IDLH Values: A Work in Progress (Alan Weinrich -- #84)

• Practical Risk Assessment for Practicing Industrial Hygienists: Carcinogen Classification (Frank Mirer -- #85)

• Occupational Exposure Limits Adjustment to Unusual Work Schedules: One Corporation's Approach (Eduardo Shaw -- #86)

• Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Program for Estimating Occupational Exposures (Karen Johnston -- #87)

• Occupational Risks of Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures to Body Piercers and Tattooists (Susan Viet -- #88)

PO 113. Bioaerosol Sampling 1 ― Traditional Approaches

• Power Bioaerosol Sampling (John Neville -- #89)

• Aid to Understanding Results From Mold in Carpet Dust Tests  (Gary Crawford -- #95)

PO 114. Occupational Toxicology, Medicine and Epidemiology Approaches to IH Policy and Practice

• Chronic Disease Surveillance Programs in the Construction Industry: Survey and Assessment   (Mark Goldberg -- #96)

• Statistical Process Control Chart for Monitoring of Lung Function in Occupational Asthma (Fazel Hayati -- #98)

• Natural Rubber Latex Allergy ― Current Considerations and Future Directions (Angela Presson -- #99)

• The Effect of Allergies and Treatment on Safety, Health and Productivity  (Thomas Slavin -- #100)

• A new Approach to Skin Health Assessment (Helen Packham -- #101)

• Permeation of Diethyl Phthalate Through Hairless Guinea Pig Skin  (Fred Frasch -- #102)

• Assessing Risk of Bloodborne Pathogen Infection: A Residual Blood Contamination Survey (Ron Hill -- #104)

PO 115. Physical Agents: Noise and Hearing Conservation

• Update on NRRs, the EPA Labeling Regulation, and Other Attenuation Ratings for HPDs  (Elliott Berger -- #105)

• Measuring vs. Predicting Real World Attenuation of Ear Muffs (Edward Stevenson -- #106)

• Evaluating Hearing Conservation Programs (Janet Smith -- #107)

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

• A Method for Characterization of Long Term Noise Exposure (Steven Henry -- #108)

• Non-Occupational Noise in Construction Workers (Richard Nietzel -- #109)

• Chemical Exposure as a Risk Factor for Hearing Loss: Implications for Occupational Health (Thais Morata -- #110)

• A Pilot Survey of the Availability of Noise Emission Data for Equipment and Machinery Sold in Canada (Bhawani Pathak -- #111)

• Noise Levels in a Skateboard Park With Metallic Ramps ― An Industrial Hygiene Approach to Quantify an Emerging Community Noise  (Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh -- #112)

• Sampling Rate Effect on Welder Noise Exposure (Jonathan Thomas -- #113)

• Field Testing Hearing Protector Performance (Neil Barone -- #114)

PO 116. Industrial Hygiene General Practice 1

• Addressing EHS Concerns Related to Discovery of Unknown Asbestos Containing Materials (Craig Torres -- #116)

• Solvent Exposure In Small Offset Plants (Juhani Kangas -- #117)

• DDT Evaluation of a Department of Army Administrative Building ― The Problem and the Solution  (Victoria Belfit -- #118)

• Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure During Welding (Lorraine Conroy -- #119)

• Trace Substances: The Rodney Dangerfield of Contaminants? (Tom Morris -- #124)

• Removing Weld Splatter Eliminates Source of Beryllium Contamination  (Jeffrey Hollander -- #125)

• Research on Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Small and Medium Enterprises (Adam Poscik -- #126)

PO 117. Lifting and Manual Material Handling

• A Method for Evaluating Multi-Lift Tasks in Manual Material Handling Jobs  (Barbara Faville -- #129)
• Self Reported Musculoskeletal Symptoms Among Operators of Farming Equipment  (Kumar Kittusamy -- #132)

PO 118. Lead

• The Successful Use of Sandblasting to Remove Lead Based Paint in the Interior of a Historical Building (Sharon Sperber -- #133)
• Handwipe Disclosing Method for the Presence of Lead (Kevin Ashley -- #134)
• Measuring Contamination of Surface Metals in a Radiation Oncology Fabrication Lab  (Michael Tortora -- #136)

PO 119. Bioaerosol Sampling 2 ― Novel Approaches

• Extraction and Quantification of Viable Fungal Particles From HVAC Filters as Indicators of Relative Airborne Levels in Building Air.  (Hernando Perez -- #139)
• Side-By-Side Comparison of Two Air Sampling Media for Mycotoxins  (Judson Bird -- #142)
• Rapid Detection of Airborne Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins Produced by Stachybotrys chartarum in the Indoor Environment Using High Volume Liquid Impaction  (Trevor Brasel -- #143)
• Use of Particle Counters to Predict Airborne Spore Concentrations Following Fungal Remediation in a Large Hotel (Ben Kollmeyer -- #144)

PO 120. Understanding Respirator Performance

• Overbreathing a Tight-Fitting PAPR  (Arthur Johnson -- #145)
• Overbreathing a Loose-Fitting PAPR  (Arthur Johnson -- #146)
• Peak Flow Rates While Wearing Respirators  (Arthur Johnson -- #147)
• Evaluation of a New Method for Assessing the Efficiency of Respirators Against Fungal Spores in Agricultural Environments (Tiina Reponen -- #149)
• Performance of Air-Purifying Respirators Against Weapons of Mass Destruction  (Zane Frund -- #150)

PO 121. Management / Leadership

• Best Practices in EHS Leadership (Don Groover -- #151)
• Is There a Difference Between a Management System and Safety Culture (Paul Esposito -- #152)
• A Learning Model for Acquiring Systems Thinking Skills During the Transformation to EH&S Management Systems  (Craig Mellinger -- #153)
• Fundamentals of Six Sigma for Industrial Hygiene (Jonathan Haas -- #156)
• Are Process and Leading Metrics the Same Thing? (Paul Esposito -- #157)
• Hazard Assessment in EHS Management Systems: Meeting the ISO 14001 Requirements (Thea Dunmire -- #158)

PO 122. International Occupational Hygiene Issues

• In Pursuit of Best Practice: Benchmarking Tools and Processes for the Management of Hazardous Substances in the Workplace (Barry Chesson -- #160)

• Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Substances in Selected Branches of Rubber Industry in Poland (Jan Gromiec -- #161)
• European and International Standards on Health and Safety in Welding  (Alan Howe -- #162)
• Occupational Dust Exposure in Ukrainian Coal Miners (Kathleen Kennedy -- #163)
• Implementing an E-Learning EHS Training Program  (Phillip Jones -- #167)
• Management Strategy for Response to Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Information Requests (Robert Rottersman -- #168)

PO 123. Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment

• The Multilayer System of Materials for Smart Clothing Protecting Against Cold.  (Agnieszka Kurczewska  -- #170)
• Predicting Compensable Versus Uncompensable Heat Stress From Physiological State (Thomas Bernard -- #171)
• Total Evaporative Resistance for Different Clothing Ensembles at Three Levels of Metabolic Demands (Victor Caravello -- #172)
• Comparing Thermal Manikin and Physiological Testing Results to Assess the Performance of Liquid Cooling Garments (Kevin M. Semeniuk -- #173)
• Are All Gloves Created Equal? :Through the Eyes of Surface Infrared Reflectance  (Robert Phalen -- #174)
• NIOSH Approved End-of-Service-Life Indicator for Toluene Diisocyanate (Kimberly Chapman -- #176)
• A  New Strategy for Assigning Splash Ratings to Gloves  (Arleigh Hartkopf)  combined from:
  • A New Strategy for Assigning Splash Ratings to Gloves (#177)
  • New Chemical Resistance Tests With a Modified ASTM F-739 Cell (#178)

PO 124. Community / Youth Exposures to Environmental Hazards

• An Evaluation of Issues Related to the Performance of Exhaust Stacks to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisonings on Houseboats (Duane Hammond -- #179)

• Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs)―A New Exposure Guideline for Emergency Planning (Edward Bishop -- #180)

• Citizen Protection From Chemical Weapon Stockpile Accidents/Incidents (John Reutter -- #181)
• Recommended Prohibited and Restricted Work Activities for New Jersey Minors (Barry Schlegel -- #182)

• Technical Expertise for Community Health Projects (Dianna Bryant -- #183)

• A Model for Communicating Environmental Health Issues to the General Public (Charles Keil -- #184)

• Role of Allergen Testing in Food Processing  (Robert Soule -- #186)

• A Case Study ― Mitigating Methane Gas Vapor Intrusion in New Residential Construction (Michael Geyer -- #187)
• Developing a Health and Safety Newsletter for Small Manufacturing Businesses (Lisa Brosseau -- #188)

PO 125. Industrial Hygiene General Practice 2

• Employers' Safety-Related Medical Qualifications and the Americans With Disability Act  (George Dwiggins -- #189)

• Enhancing Supervisors' Ability to Reduce Risk Taking  (Don Groover -- #191)

• The Consultant as Mentor for the Non-Traditional Industrial Hygienist (Betsy Monsalve -- #192)

• Dealing With Hurricane Isabel From an Environmental, Safety, and Health Perspective (Carter Ficklen, III -- #193

• A Novel Fluorometric Method for the Verification of Bioterrorist Threats (Darby McLean -- #194)

• Management of Peroxide-Forming/Shock Sensitive (PFSS) Chemicals at Ames Laboratory (James Withers -- #198)

• Supply Air Quality: A Case for Improved Filtration?  (Dennis O’Brien -- #196)

PO 126. General IEQ Issues

• Trends in IEQ Data: A Review of Common Indoor Pollutants (Bradley Fleckner -- #199)

• Indoor air Quality Sampling at Specific Areas Within Fitness Facilities  (Amber Ames -- #200)

• Are the OSHA Standards Appropriate for Assessing the to Vapor Intrusion Pathway in Occupational Settings? (Fred Boelter -- #202)

• Microscopic Characterization of Particles and Fibers in Air, Tape, Bulk and Microvac Samples  (Donald Bissing -- #203)

• Building Mechanical Systems: What the IH Should Know When Performing IEQ Assessments (Charles Jenkins -- #204)

• Thermal Complaints and IAQ (Richard Cussen -- #206)

• Evaluation of a Method for Determining Air Exchange Rates in Occupied Buildings  (Deborah Salzberg -- #207)
• Modeling Contaminant Transport and Fate on Passenger Aircraft (Kevin Good -- #208)
• Assessment of Concentration and Velocity Field Using Coarse Grid (Sanjida  Tamanna -- #209)

PO 127. Detection, Sampling, and Analysis for Gases, Vapors and Aerosols

• A Validation Scheme for Diffusion Dosimeters Using Gradient Analysis (John Cross -- #211)

• Going Fishing? ... OSHA has a new Fully Validated Diffusive Sampling Method for Sixteen of our top Volatile Organic Chemical Substances (Warren Hendricks -- #212)

• Solid-Sorbent Sampling and Thermal Desorption for Chemical Agent Detection and Identification (William Fowler -- #214)

• Comparing the Adsorption of Toluene and Ethanol Vapors on Granular Activated Carbon (Claudiu Lungu -- #215)

• Field Monitoring of Organic Vapors in Process Streams Using an Extractive-Cell FTIR System (Samuel Paik -- #216)

• Potential Workplace Exposures From Metal Casting Process Emissions (Clifford Glowacki -- #218)

• Investigation of a Volatile Pre-Impregnate for use in a Self-Validating Diffusive Sampler (Michael J. Reed -- #219)

• Problematic Efficiency of MDI Sampling  (Lauri Saarinen -- #220)

PO 128. Physical Agents: Ionizing/Nonionizing Radiation/Heat Stress

• Denver Radium Streets Project  (Timothy Mustard -- #223)

• Occupational Exposure to Scattered Ultraviolet Radiation During Lasik Treatment (James Franks -- #226)

• Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Onboard Marine Vessels (Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh -- #227)
• Improved Assessment of Cell Phone Exposure for Epidemiologic Studies (Mona Shum -- #228)
• Use of Swallowable Core Body Temperature Sensors and Other Measures to Evaluate Heat Stress and Strain Among U.S. Air Force Fuel Systems Maintenance Employees (Ann Krake -- #229)
• Heat Wave: A Web-Based Heat Stress Management Tool  (Robert Anderson -- #230)

PO 129. Topics in Safety

• Coal Handling Operations and Maintenance Safety Review (Kim Froats -- #231)

• Developing a Safety Culture in the U.S. Army (John Pentikis -- #232)

• Applying Behavior-Based Safety in Non-Traditional Work Settings (Pat Killimet -- #233)

• Reducing Dermal Exposures to Epoxies in the Trowel Trades  (Mark Goldberg -- #235)

• A Framework for Hazmat Compliance Information Analysis and Fulfillment (Jess Kraus -- #236)

PO 130. Computer Applications

• Communicating Public Health and Safety Risks Following a Terrorist Attack or Natural Disaster via the Internet and Targeted CD-ROMs (Glenn Lamson -- #237)
• Data Capture, Transfer, Storage: The Essential Elements of a Successful ESOH Surveillance System (Richard Hartman -- #239)
• The Role of Technology in Safety Management (Surinder Sehdev -- #240)

• Computer-Assisted Safety, Health and Environmental Management Assessment Tracking and Reporting System (Greg Wolfe -- #242)

• Lessons Learned Developing Safety, Health and Environmental Assessment Systems With In-House IT Resources  (Greg Wolfe -- #243)

PO 131. Mold Remediation

• A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace (Ira Wainless -- #244)

• An Update on the Progress and Direction of ASSE/ANSI Z690:Guidelines for Mold and Fungi Control and Remediation for Worker Protection in Indoor Work Environments  (Mary Ann Latko -- #245)

• Challenges of Investigating and Remediating Mold Growth in a Large Medical Facility (Ben Kollmeyer -- #247)
• Evaluation and Cleaning Microbial Contamination From the Surface of Air Ducts With Internal Insulation (Robert Rottersman -- #248)
• Remediation of Mold Contaminated Fiberglass Lined Ductwork (Roger Morse -- #249)
• Dissecting the Practice of Using Bioaerosol Samples for Evaluating Mold Remediation Efficacy (J. David Krause -- #250)

PO 132. Biological Monitoring and Skin Exposure Assessment

• Effects of Alterations of Blood Lipids by Diet on Solvent Air:Blood Partition Coefficients in vitro (Brent Edwards -- #254)
• Repeated Biomonitoring of Gasoline Truck Drivers (Lauri Saarinen -- #255)
• A Literature Review of Reported Serum/ Blood Levels of Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) PFOA (Perfluorooctanoate), PFOS (Perfluorooctanatesulfonate) and Related Compounds to Assess Occupational and Non-Occupational Exposure (Ayman Ibrahim -- #256)
• Surface and Skin Decontamination of Aliphatic Isocyanates in an Experimental Study  (Dhimiter Bello -- #258)
• Cleanser-Induced Effects on Skin Barrier Function (Jean DeHaven -- #259)
• Application of Data From Animal Toxicity Testing and Alternative Methods in Assignment of Skin Notations (Chen-Peng Chen -- #262)

PO 133. Health Care Industries

• Use of Portable Forced Air Machines With HEPA Filtration to Create a Mass Casualty Respiratory Isolation Area (Jeffrey Benyo -- #266)

• A Comprehensive Occupational Surveillance System for Health Care Workers (John Dement -- #268)

• Critical Success Factors of Lift Team Interventions in a Hospital Work Environment (Nitasha Lal -- #269)

• Hospital Surgery Suite Ventilation: Evaluation of a Three Stage HEPA Filtration System (Gary Ganson -- #270)

• Determining the Effect of Operating Room Case Variability on Waste Anesthetic Gas Exposures to Operating Room Staff (Mike Tortora -- #271)

• Indoor Particulate Loading During Healthcare Facility Construction (Gary Crawford -- #272)
• Incident Command Emergency Management (Linda Lee -- #273)
• Academic Preparation for ISO 14001 (Linda Lee -- #274)

PO 134. Agricultural Health and Safety

• Heat Stress and Strain Surveillance for Young Agricultural Workers (Pierre Dessureault-- #282)

PO 135. Exposure Assessment Strategies 2

• The Relationship Between Several Variables and Benzene Exposures in the Maritime Industry (Frank Parker -- #283)

• Exposure Assessment Prioritization Within the Department of Defense (Kevin  Wisniewski -- #288

• Personal PM_2.5 Exposures for Fire Fighters Doing Prescribed Forest Burns in the Southeastern United States  (Carlton Cameron -- #290)

PO 136. Management of IEQ Problems

• Preventing Mold During the Design, Construction and Maintenance of Buildings (Daniel Hartwig -- #291)

• IEQ Clearance Testing of Newly Constructed Buildings (Barbara Epstien -- #292)

• Measures to Maintain Indoor Environmental Quality During Renovation and Construction Projects (Timothy Havel -- #293)

• Juggling The Issues ― IAQ Screening of Residential/Small Commercial Sites (John Keeling -- #294)

• Evaluation of Administrative Controls in Reducing Mould Spore Exposures (Christopher DePasquale -- #295)

• Indoor Air Quality Management During Toxic Membrane Application (Bruce Fraser -- #296)

• Management of a Mold Crisis in an Elementary School  (Michael Anderson -- #297)

• Asbestos Fiber Release at HQ: Emergency Decision Making to Re-Occupancy (Brian Kasher -- #298)

PO 137. Topics in Construction

• Construction Injury Events Leading to Disabling Fractures   (Ted Courtney -- #299)

• Silica Exposures in Construction: A Compilation Data Set (Mary Ellen Flanagan -- #301)

• Control Measures for Mortar Removal (Scott Collingwood -- #302)

• Blueprint Guides: Day-To-Day Management of Health Hazard Control Programs for Lead and Silica at Construction Sites (Mark Goldberg -- #303)

• Worker Exposures to Silica and Metals Using Specular Hematite for Abrasive Blasting on a Footbridge Renovation Project (John Meeker -- #304)

• Manganese Exposures During Shielded Metal Arc Welding in a Confined Space (Michael Harris -- #306)

• Establishing a Baseline IH Program for the Construction & Start-Up of a new Petrochemical Complex in Singapore (Patra Sriwattanatamma -- #307)

• Using IH Expertise to Resolve Building Code Issues (Diane Grote Adams -- #308)

Roundtable Sessions

RT 201. OSHA Program Updates

• An OSHA Update on Cooperative Programs ― OSHA’s Four Prong Approach to Ergonomics (Paula White)

RT 202. Asbestos Survey & Design Approaches: Tools for Industrial Hygienists

• The Fort Worth Method for Asbestos Demolition: A Practical Approach (Kathryn Hansen)
• Overview of AHERA Building Survey Approach: Current Status and Future Needs  (Kenneth Fischer)
• ASTM Standard for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys: A New Tool for Industrial Hygienists (Andrew Oberta)

RT 203. Cradle to Grave TLC for Your Industrial Ventilation System

• Opening Remarks  (Gyan Rajhans, Moderator)
• Exposure Assessment (Gerry Knutson)
• Industrial Ventilation (Gerry Lanham)
• IV System Testing & Measurement (Steven Guffey)

RT 204. A Comparison of Calibration Methods for Hazardous Gas Detection Equipment

• Permeation Tube Type Calibration Gas Generators  (Jim McKinley)
• Calibration Gas Cylinders and Gas Handling Equipment (Ken Parekh)
• Electrochemical Calibration Gas Generators  (David Rohrbacker)

RT 206. How Research-Industry-Government Alliances Can Make a Positive Difference Through Ergonomics

• Moving Forward in Washington State: Government-Industry Partnerships (Diane Lee)
• Ergonomics in the Electric Power Industry: How Did We Get There? (Patricia Seeley)

RT 207. Sharing Excellence: Practical Industrial Hygiene Experiences Among Spanish Speaking Professionals (In Spanish)

• Higiene Ocupacional en la Industria del petróleo en América latina ― éxitos y fracasos (Patrick Dunn)
• IH in the petroleum industry in latin america ― successes and failures (Patrick Dunn)
• Estudio De un Trabajo De Remediación De Desechos Peligrosos en Las Montañas Rocosas   (Fernando Hernandez)
• Hazardous Waste Remediation Case Study  (Fernando Hernandez)
• Implementación de un Programa de Seguridad Biológica  (David Rodriguez Marin)
• Implementing Bio-Safety Programs  (David Rodriguez Marin)

RT 208. Industrial Hygiene Lessons Learned from SARS in Asia

• Evaluation of "Dedicated" SARS Hospitals in Taiwan  (Max Kiefer)

RT 209. OSHA's Hexavalent Chromium Standard Rulemaking ― Status and Issues