2009 Past NEAIHA Meetings

AIHA New England Section June Technical Meeting

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The New England Section’s June meeting was held at Anthony’s Pier 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, and the technical topic was on ergonomics.  Dr. Ian Noy, Director of Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, presented “A Historical Perspective of Ergonomics”, discussing ergonomics from Hippocrates to present day lean manufacturing.  Bob Manning from Humanscale, presented “Ergonomics and the Office Environment” and spoke about redesigning work stations and training employees on ergonomics.  Brian B. Bethel from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation presented “Managing Ergonomic Risks” and discussed utilizing ergonomics teams for evaluating and solving ergonomics issues.  The meeting was graciously sponsored by Office Environments of New England (http://www.oene.com). 

 Dr. Ian Noy from Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety is shown above on the right receiving

a speaker appreciation gift from Andy, Kalil, NEAIHA President.

Bob Manning from Humanscale is shown above on the left with Paul Webb, NEAIHA President Elect.

Paul Webb, NEAIHA President Elect, pictured above with Brian Bethel from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
  

John Dembrowsky (right), Director, pictured above with Chuck Marshall from Office Environments of New England, who sponsored the meeting.

 AIHA New England Section March Evening Meeting

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The New England Section’s March technical meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Select in Woburn, Massachusetts.  The topic was “Sustainability: Industrial Hygiene’s Role in the Fast-growing areas of Energy Efficiency and Green Building Maintenance.”  Stephen Nicholas, President of Air Industries, Incorporated, reviewed the new ASHRAE Standard 180 on inspection and maintenance of commercial building HVAC systems in his presentation “Approaches to Effective Maintenance of HVAC Systems.”  Fran Boucher, Senior Energy Engineer at National Grid, discussed indoor environmental quality and ventilation issues as they relate to renewable energy and sustainability.  After the presentations, Nicholas and Boucher led a roundtable discussion on the role of industrial hygiene in commercial ventilation systems, renewable energy, and sustainability.  The meeting was graciously sponsored by GZA GeoEnvironmental, Incorporated (www.gza.com).  Copies of the presentations will be available on the presentation tab of the NEAIHA website.

Stephen Nicholas from Air Industries, Inc. is shown above receiving a speaker appreciation gift from Paul Webb, CIH, CSP and NEAIHA President Elect.

Fran Boucher from National Grid is shown above receiving a speaker appreciation gift from Paul Webb, CIH, CSP and NEAIHA President Elect.

From left to right: Stephen Nicholas from Air Industries, Fran Boucher from National Grid, and Paul Webb, NEAIHA President Elect leading a roundtable discussion on how industrial hygienists play a role in the growing area of energy efficiency.

Paul Webb, NEAIHA President Elect and Andy Kalil, NEAIHA President are shown above with Mark Malchik (center) of GZA GeoEnvironmental, who sponsored the meeting.

NEAIHA-Greater Boston ASSE Joint Industrial Hygiene Technical Meeting

Thursday, January 22, 2009

NEAIHA held a joint evening meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter (GBC) of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. in Cambridge, MA on January 22, 2009.  Tolle Graham, Senior Occupational Health Educator/Organizer at MassCOSH, reviewed programs and outreach activity the organization provides to workers, particularly non-English speaking workers.  Bob Selwyn, V.P. Sales at Casella USA, presented on recent developments in noise monitoring and compared U.S. and European noise standards.  The meeting was graciously sponsored by Occupational & Environmental Health Network (OEHN).  Copies of the presentations will be available on the presentation tab of the NEAIHA website.

 Toll Graham from MassCOSH pointing to where meeting attendees feel pain on a body map at the beginning of her presentation on “Changing the Workplace, Engaging the Worker."

Tolle Graham from MassCOSH is shown above receiving a speaker appreciation gift from Andy Kalil, CIH and NEAIHA President.

Adam Sotirakopoulos, President of the Greater Boston Chapter of ASSE, thanking Bob Selwyn from Casella USA for his presentation on occupational noise.  Bob Selwyn presented differences in noise measurements between the U.S. and Europe in “Noise Dosimetry and the Great Divide.”

 Tanya Robinson and Joe Flynn from the Occupational and Environmental Health Network (OEHN) presenting the meeting sponsor check to Andy Kalil, NEAIHA President and Adam Sotirakopoulos, President of the Greater Boston Chapter of ASSE.