Program Sessions
Monday, October 5
| Breakfast Discussion tickets are limited. Advance registration is strongly advised. Note special dietary requirements on the registration form. Tickets are $40 before August 24 / $45 after August 24. |
7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
BD1: Exposure Assessment for
Nanoparticles
Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD, CIH, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN
Nanoparticles pose a unique challenge in terms of exposure assessment. Conventional metrics of exposure based on mass may not be applicable and thus our standard methods of creating similarly exposed groups as well as monitoring may not necessarily be accurate. How can we meet the needs of accurate exposure assessment? Join us for a discussion of methods that have shown promise. Help us explore ways of conducting better exposure assessment for nanoparticles.
BD2: Industrial Hygiene in the
Courtroom
William L. Dyson, PhD, CIH, Workplace Environments, LLC,
Hillsborough, NC
Opportunities abound for involvement of industrial hygienists in litigation. Discussion will center on issues that arise in toxic tort litigation, industrial hygiene involvement in addressing these issues, and limitations to such involvement. Two types of involvement will be considered – consulting and testifying – from the perspective of an industrial hygienist, not an attorney. Factors enhancing the effectiveness of industrial hygienists involved in litigation will be emphasized and challenges to industrial hygiene testimony will be addressed. This discussion will be open-ended and sharing of personal experience is encouraged.
BD3: International Certification
David O’Malley, FFOH, Registrar, Faculty of Occupational Hygiene,
Derby, UK
At various Occupational Hygiene conferences over the last three years (AIOH Gold Coast 2006, Melbourne 2007, BOHS Glasgow 2007, Bristol 2008, AIHce Philadelphia 2007, Minneapolis 2008, Toronto 2009, IOHA Taiwan 2008), there have been a number of meetings and workshops on global industrial / occupational hygiene training. A modular international scheme for training at the Technician level using peer-reviewed student manuals has been developed and piloted in numerous countries. The scheme incorporates student assessment as an integral part of each course. Discussions took place during AIHce in Toronto between the UK’s examining body – the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene – and the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) about the possibility of working towards having a single unified assessment system for these international modules. This discussion will aim to further those ideas and will explore what steps would be needed to make such a unified certification system a reality, and consider how such a system could be operated in practice.
8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Opening Session: Insights on the
Best Way Forward: The Future of Occupational Safety and Health
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, NIOSH/CDC, Washington, DC
Dr. Howard will discuss changes to the workforce, employment relationships, the nature of work, and the management of governmental safety and health agencies in the 21st century.
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Henry F. Smyth Jr. Award Lecture
| Luncheon Discussion tickets are limited. Advance registration is strongly advised. Note special dietary requirements on the registration form. Tickets are $50 before August 24 / $55 after August 24. |
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
LD1: OELs – The Challenge Ahead
Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, REA, The Environmental Quality
Organization, Lafayette, CA and Jimmy Perkins, PhD, CIH, University
of Texas-San Antonio, School of Public Health, San Antonio, TX
This discussion is the companion segment to the Tuesday presentation on the same subject. It explores the continuing need for traditional Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) to compare with exposures, perform risk assessments and identify control approaches. The facilitators explore whether traditional OELs have simply run their course of usefulness, explore potential paths forward, and engage the attendees in crafting options not yet explored.
LD2: Global Governance of Occupational Risk
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, NIOSH/CDC, Washington, DC
Increasingly, multinational companies have to comply with rules to prevent occupational risk that are made by the countries in which they operate, by their national origin country like the U.S., and a myriad of consensus standards from international organizations. Dr. Howard will discuss the trends in international risk prevention and how an occupational safety and health practitioner should advise their client.
Solutions Workshops, Thinkshops and Technical Tours
Registration is included in the conference fee. However, capacities
are limited; a ticket is required for admittance. Seats are filled
first-come, first-served. The workshops, thinkshops and technical
tours run concurrently; it is not possible to attend more than one.
1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Workshops, Thinkshops and Technical Tours
| Workshops emphasize free discussion, exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles. The workshops, thinkshops and the tours run concurrently; it is only possible to attend one session. |
Workshop 1: The Value Strategy: The Process Promoting
Investment in Industrial Hygiene Interventions
Instructors: Donna S. Heidel, CIH, CDC/NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH,
David E. Downs, CIH, CSP, EHS Management Partners, LLC, Shorewood,
MN, Bernard D. Silverstein, CIH, Bernard D. Silverstein, Inc.,
Yardley, PA, and Georgi Popov, QEP, University of Central Missouri,
Olathe, KS
On completion the participants will be able to:
- Align IH programs and projects (interventions) with key business objectives
- Evaluate risk reduction options and prioritize interventions
- Define full cost/benefit accounting
- Perform financial analysis and develop the business case study
- Develop the value proposition using classical business practices
Competing for limited resources in the current economic situation requires the Industrial Hygienist to demonstrate the value of health and safety interventions. Developing a Value Proposition, the sum total of the costs and benefits of interventions, allows the Industrial Hygienist to advance employee health and safety using classical business methods. The AIHA Value Strategy is a comprehensive process where the Industrial Hygienist aligns risk management with business objectives, promoting stakeholder values. Participants will support the development of a business case study, identifying and promoting interventions, using IH risk management and business tools and methods, and demonstrating the value of Industrial Hygiene by presenting the value proposition.
| Workshop 2: Ethical Fitness: Choosing Between Right vs. Right |
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Moderators: Glenn J. Barbi, CIH, and Nancy Orr, CIH, CSP, Becton Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ
On completion, the participant will be able to:
- Develop increased awareness of ethical issues and how they arise.
- Apply tools and skills to analyze ethical dilemmas and make higher quality ethical decisions concerning consultant/client relationships.
- Identify and resolve potential conflict of interest situations.
- Comprehend the nature of personal values and their role in guiding conduct.
- Participants will acquire the essential skills necessary to make higher quality ethical decisions.
This process begins by developing an awareness of ethical issues and how they arise. The role of personal values and their application to decision-making is examined. Participants will use analytical techniques to explore right vs. wrong situations as distinct from right vs. right dilemmas where values conflict. Explore how to resolve situations where truth conflicts with loyalty; justice with mercy; short-term goals with long-term goals; and self-interest with community interest. Finally, case studies allow participants to apply several resolution approaches to their own dilemmas in search of “the higher right.”
Workshop 3: Cool New Free Tools! EASC Modeling Tool
Moderators: Tom Armstrong, PhD, CIH, TWA8HR Occupational
Hygiene Consulting, LLC, Branchburg, NJ and Perry Logan, CIH, 3M
Safety and Industrial Hygiene, St. Paul, MN
Learning Aid: Participants are strongly encouraged to bring a PC laptop computer with MS Windows (2000, XP or Vista) and Excel (2000, 2003 or 2007). Users must have sufficient administrative rights on their machine to enable macros in Excel and to install new applications. [We have encountered restrictions on enabling macros and installing files with participants using notebook computers from certain government agencies and from computer security intense corporations.] Apple notebook machines even with Excel will not handle the Visual Basic code in two of the applications.
On completion, the participant will be able to:
- Use the “Cool New Free Tools” to perform exposure assessments for several real exposure scenarios.
- Review the applications of each tool for their own workplace.
This workshop will give participants a test drive on several new tools from the AIHA Exposure Assessment Strategies Committee. The tools include the newest versions of EASC-IHSTAT, IHDA-lite, and IH-Mod. All of the tools are somewhat beyond “basic” industrial hygiene and will require additional study/training for the vast majority of participants. These tools have been designed to enable effective and efficient data driven decisions by EHS professionals of various skill levels.
| Thinkshops are instructor led, where teaching or lecturing is used primarily to impart new knowledge and information on a particular topic. While less emphasis is placed on actual or theoretical problem-solving, critical thinking and interactive discussions are encouraged. |
| Thinkshop 4: Identifying, Measuring and Assessing Exposures of the Skin to Hazardous Chemicals | |
Moderators: G. Scott Dotson, CDC/NIOSH, Education and Information Division, Cincinnati, OH, Gregory A. Day, PhD, and Aleksandr Stefaniak, PhD, CIH, CDC/NIOSH, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Morgantown, WV
On completion, the participant will be able to:
- Apply available tools and resources to identify chemicals that represent an occupational hazard following contact with the skin.
- Understand the reasons for conducting exposure assessments, employ a process for collecting and organizing the relevant information, and utilize a suggested framework for conducting occupational dermal exposure assessments.
- Comprehend the application of the different sampling techniques (i.e. removal, interception, and in situ) used to estimate skin exposures.
- Evaluate the advantages and limitations of existing skin sampling techniques to make science-based decisions regarding exposure assessment, including relationships between sampling media and human skin characteristics of contaminant binding and retention, and analysis of samples to characterize biologically relevant forms of contaminant.
- Combine the presented information to identify, measure, and assess chemical exposures of the skin.
Chemical exposures are a common occurrence in modern workplace settings. Health professionals responsible for the evaluation and control of such exposures have traditionally focused on the hazards of inhalation exposures. Alternative exposure pathways, such as dermal contact, have received comparatively less attention, leaving workers susceptible to a wide spectrum of adverse health effects including dermatoses, systemic toxicity, and immune-mediated responses. An increased awareness and understanding of the hazards of skin contamination is crucial for protecting workers from exposures to chemicals.
This course will present a detailed overview of the key elements and challenges associated with identifying, measuring, and assessing exposure of the skin to hazardous substances. Information presented in this course will focus on: application of the new NIOSH skin notations and other information resources for the identification of potential hazards in the workplace; approaches to conducting dermal exposure assessments; a review of the techniques used to measure skin exposures; and a discussion of state-of-the-art considerations for sampling skin contamination.
Thinkshop 5: Diacetyl and Food Flavorings: Exploring the
Latest Science and Policy
Moderator: Kathleen Kreiss, MD, CDC/NIOSH, Morgantown, WV,
Lauralynn Taylor McKernan ScD CIH, CDC/NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH, Daniel
Morgan, PhD DABT, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, Durham, NC
On completion, the participant will be able to:
- Understand potential adverse health effects related to exposure to diacetyl and flavoring chemicals.
- Review the range of sampling and analytical methods for measurement of diacetyl and flavoring chemicals in the workplace.
- Understand advancements in toxicology and animal models for exposure to diacetyl and other relevant flavoring agents.
- Describe current diacetyl policy and U.S. rulemaking efforts.
Diacetyl, a common ingredient in butter and other flavorings continues to receive significant attention. It occurs naturally in butter, yogurt, beer, wine, coffee, and other foods and is added to foods, such as popcorn, butter substitutes, vanilla, and snack foods to enhance taste and texture. Occupational exposures to diacetyl in the flavoring and food production industry have been associated with flavorings related lung disease including bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare lung disease characterized by fixed airways obstruction. Employees within the flavoring and food production industry have complex exposures in terms of the physical form and the number of different chemicals used. Although there are thousands of flavoring compounds in use, only a small number have occupational exposure limits and there is scant data documenting occupational exposures in these industries. Federal OSHA has announced that they are initiating rulemaking efforts for diacetyl under section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Meanwhile, NIOSH is creating a diacetyl criteria document including a recommended exposure limit.
Research continues to evolve in respiratory disease, medical screening techniques, sampling and analysis methodologies, inhalation toxicology and policy recommendations. In addition, diacteyl substitutes are beginning to gain wider use as companies seek to reduce worker exposure. This course will focus on key developments in health effects, toxicology, exposure assessment and policy and promote an open dialog among participants.
Thinkshop 6: Green Building Practices: Canada and the
U.S.
Moderators: Dave Dahlstrom, CIH, Exponent, Bellevue, WA and
Thomas Mueller, Canada Green Building Council, Ottawa, Ontario
On completion, the participant will be able to:
- Describe what is meant by “Green Building”.
- Understand the relationship between “Green Building” and the practice of industrial hygiene.
This course is designed to inform and refresh our knowledge of what is meant by the term “Green Building” in the 21st century and what it means to the practice of industrial hygiene. There is not a day that goes by, a product that is advertised, a publication we pick up that in some way or another proclaims “Green” as the cause du jour and the solution to what ails our global health. But, what is it really and how do we, as experts in the practice of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling health hazards play a significant role?
This session focuses on answers to these questions and more. The industrial hygiene science and engineering practices common to our profession are emphasized and shown to be crucial to the success in the design, construction, and operation of buildings and structures certified as “Green” today and into the future.
Mr. Dahlstrom will discuss Green History- The Third Wave; Why Build Green?; Green/Sustainable Building Rating Systems and Standards in the U. S.; and Green Building Team Skills-The Role of the IH.
Mr. Mueller will discuss an Overview of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC); CaGBC's relationship to the U.S. Green Building Council; Similarities and differences in the U.S. and Canadian Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating systems; green rating categories (e.g., ventilation, lighting, construction materials, etc.); the current state of green building in Canada including health, safety, and environmental issues and challenges; case studies on the impact of green buildings on occupant health and productivity; and the outlook for Green building in and beyond Canada.
The Museum of Anthropology is one of Canada’s foremost museums,
renowned for its Northwest Coast collections and collaborative
approach to working with the First Nations and other cultural
communities. A world-famous cultural facility, the MOA is enormously
popular with tourists and residents alike. The MOA houses some
35,000 ethnographic objects as well as 535,000 archaeological
objects. Collections of artifacts come from all over the world. Join
us for an exciting and informative tour with the occupational health
and safety professionals involved with keeping the museum a safe and
healthy environment. 
In business since 1902, and located on a 35 acre site on the North
Shore of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver Harbour, Vancouver Shipyards
have built a reputation for quality craftsmanship and customer
satisfaction in all services, ranging from technical design to
construction, maintenance and repair for all types of vessels
including cruise ship conversions, work for the Canadian Navy,
repair and maintenance work on deep sea vessels and containerships,
as well as new construction and repair work on ferries, tugs,
fishing vessels, Arctic Class and research vessels, barges and
yachts of all sizes and types.5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Join us in the expo. Meet this year's exhibitors, network
with colleagues and enjoy a drink.
Tuesday, October 6
| Breakfast Discussion tickets are limited. Advance registration is strongly advised. Note special dietary requirements on the registration form. Tickets are $40 before August 24 / $45 after August 24. |
7:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
BD 4: Combustible Dust
Moderator: Edward Chessor, CIH, PE, Vancouver, BC
Combustible dusts are fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspended in air in certain conditions. A dust explosion can be catastrophic and cause employee deaths, injuries, and destruction of entire buildings. “In 2008, media reports indicated 200+ combustible dust related fires and explosions in the grain, manufacturing, utility, and non-manufacturing sectors in the United States.” (http://www.combustibledust.com by John Astad, Director, Combustible Dust Policy Institute).
Mr. Chessor will discuss the concepts of deflagration and the "Dust Explosion Pentagon" as well as Dust Control and Ignition Control strategies for various industries.
BD 5: Minimizing Decision Errors: Improving the
Performance of Your EAS Strategy
Moderators: John Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, 3M Company, St. Paul,
MN and Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH, Exposure Assessment Solutions, Inc,
Morgantown, WV
We all want to be correct as we make decisions about employee exposures. Not only are accurate exposure decisions a source of professional pride, they are critical to increasing both the effectiveness and efficiency of our exposure assessment strategies. Join us for a discussion about the “accuracy limiting” steps in our exposure assessment processes. Help us explore aspects that might have a potential impact on decision accuracy and identify actions that could be taken to minimize errors.
BD 6: Vapour Intrusion: Concepts, Tools and Solutions for
a Complex Issue?
Moderator: Ian Hers, Golder Associates, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Vapour intrusion has emerged as an important but complex environmental issue and is a pathway of potential concern at many brownfields or contaminated sites, with significant impacts observed at several high profile sites. Nevertheless, vapour intrusion remains a mysterious subject to many people, although the understanding of the issue and the effectiveness of the tools to manage the issue has increased in recent years.
Mr. Hers will present the fundamental science surrounding vapour intrusion as well as some of the common sources of contaminants that can impact the built environment. He will showcase some of the tools for analyzing and dealing with the issue including site conceptual models and computer based models, soil vapour characterization methods and low cost sampling and analytical methods including time integrated passive sampling methods. He will also present mitigation strategies, such as vapour barriers, venting systems and other mechanical solutions, to prevent potentially harmful vapours from entering a building. Finally, the impact of ASTM E2600 – Standard for Assessment of Potential for Vapor Intrusion into Structures, will be discussed.
8:45 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
General Session: Reactive to Proactive: Changing the Focus on Occupational Disease in British Columbia
Diane Miles, BA, CHRP, WorkSafeBC, Vancouver, BC
The traditional approach to managing occupational diseases has been to react and prevent, once the diseases have been identified in a workplace or associated with a particular occupation. We must take a more proactive approach by studying emerging trends and new industries in order to anticipate these diseases or conditions before they arise and become established.
10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
General Session: Demonstrating the
Value of Industrial Hygiene
Michael T. Brandt, DrPH, CIH, PMP, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Bernard D. Silverstein, CIH, Bernard
D. Silverstein, Inc., Yardley, PA
AIHA conducted a study, The Value of The Profession, presented at the AIHce 2008. The “Value Strategy” developed from this study, promotes Industrial Hygiene programs and procedures (interventions) through alignment with business objectives and stakeholder values. Recognition of the contributions to the business bottom line is essential to empower the Industrial Hygienist to advocate employee health and safety. The next step in developing the strategy was to assemble appropriate methodologies, tools and other instruments to facilitate the identification, evaluation and promotion of interventions. The strategy was also expanded to promote interventions in government and non-profit organization where the key to success is the cost-effective use of project funding. The new Value Strategy, developed from the original concepts has been prepared and will be showcased.
| Luncheon Discussion tickets are limited. Advance registration is strongly advised. Note special dietary requirements on the registration form. Tickets are $50 before August 24 / $55 after August 24. |
Noon–1:30 p.m.
LD3: Core Competencies
Moderator: Gayla McCluskey, CIH, CSP, ROH, QEP, Global
Environmental Health Services Inc., Radnor, PA
Core Competencies for the global practice of industrial hygiene have been defined. The barriers to providing these skills and one option to meet the need will be discussed. Diplomates are encouraged to attend and provide guidance on what role the North American profession should or could play in this complex situation.
LD4: Confined Space Entry: Best Practices, Best
Standards, Best Performance
Moderator: Marshall Denhoff, CIH, ROH, CSP, University of
Calgary, Calgary, AB
Multiple fatalities continue to occur with disturbing regularity during confined space work in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Denhoff has investigated a number of such fatalities in Canada and the United Kingdom, for government, industry and labor. He is a recognized expert witness and has testified at inquests and trials in the U.S. and Canada. He will discuss several of his investigations into confined space fatalities, leading to a discussion on current challenges and solutions.
LD5: Preventing Hearing Loss in the Construction Industry
Moderator: Rick Neitzel, CIH, University of Washington,
Dept of Environmental Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA
Research indicates that construction workers are at increased risk of noise induced hearing loss. However, in settings like construction where exposures are variable and highly dynamic, evaluation of noise exposures and risk of hearing loss is challenging. Identifying individuals in these settings who need to be included in health surveillance programs can be highly problematic and even contentious. This session will provide an overview of noise exposure and hearing loss research done over the past ten years on construction workers in Washington state. Participants will address a number of issues related to construction noise and hearing loss, including: methods to assess noise exposure; evaluating the effectiveness of hearing protection; approaches to measurement of hearing; complying with hearing conservation regulations; and use of exposure indicators to warn workers during overexposure situations.
Through discussion of these and other issues that arise, session attendees will develop a better understanding of how to protect construction workers from noise-induced hearing loss.
Concurrent SessionsTrack 1: Technical – sessions provide practical,
scientific tools and information relevant to daily applications.
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1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Best Practices. Technical Track
Control Measures for Nanoparticles
Peter C. Raynor, PhD, University of Minnesota, School of Public
Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Minneapolis, MN
Measures to reduce workplace exposures include engineering controls, work practice and administrative controls, and personal protective equipment. Approaches in each of these broad categories have a role in reducing exposures to nanoparticles for those who work with these materials. Frequently, different control techniques are used in concert to manage nanoparticle exposures.
This presentation will review existing literature and the speaker's observations on the efficacy of control measures for nanoparticles. Topics include process enclosure, local exhaust ventilation, filtration, material packaging, cleaning and hygiene practices, clothing, gloves, and respiratory protection. These are areas in which further research is needed to understand how effective various measures are at reducing nanoparticle exposures. Recommendations for priorities within these subjects will be provided to initiate discussion.
Best Practices. Strategic Track
The Benefits of Best Practices, OSHA’s VPP Program and
Results
Alan Traenkner, MSIE, CSP, OSHA, Region IX, San Francisco, CA
OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program includes Management Commitment, Employee Involvement, Hazard Analysis and Control, and Safety and Health Training. As with similar programs which cover the same issues, this program creates far more benefit then immediately meets the eye. We all know the cost of injuries in time and money, but the VPP program also improves labor and management relations, employee morale, management satisfaction etc. This presentation will focus on how the VPP program works and the results obtained by some successful companies.
2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Best Performances. Technical Track
OELs–The Challenge Ahead
Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, REA, The Environmental Quality
Organization, Lafayette, CA and Jimmy Perkins, PhD, CIH, University
of Texas- San Antonio, School of Public Health, San Antonio, TX
This presentation will explore the continuing need for
traditional Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) to compare with
exposures, perform risk assessments and identify control approaches.
The presenters explore whether traditional OELs have run their
course of usefulness.
OELs have been established for airborne workplace chemicals by
various regulatory and authoritative organizations for well over 60
years. With the changing regulatory arena, particularly in Europe,
shifting centers of manufacturing growth, a move towards a more
global perspective on solving health issues, tendencies towards
control banding and the formulation of control assumptions without
the apparent use of exposure data, the time to pause and re-examine
the continued value of OELs is now, particularly since only about
1,000-2,000 of over 100,000 chemicals in worldwide use are presently
either regulated by a government statute or have a guideline OEL
such as a TLV® or WEEL®.
In an effort to suggest one or more future approaches, the presenters highlight the historical evolution of OELs, the known OEL setting processes today, their role in industrial (or occupational) hygiene and risk assessment, and today’s world community challenges. Potential paths forward are presented.
Best Performances. Strategic Track
Lean and Six Sigma Overview and Some EHS Applications
David Lumby, CIH, CSP, Abbott Laboratories, Kenosha, WI
Lean and Six Sigma are being used by many organizations to improve operations and efficiency. This presentation will review the two systems at a very high level and provide some examples that can impact health and safety issues and some opportunities to apply the approaches to EHS systems.
3:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Best Standards. Technical Track
REACH DNELs
Manufacturers and importers are required to calculate the Derived No-Effect Level (DNEL) for any chemical used in quantities of 10 tonnes or more per year under the European Regulation on Registration Evaluation and Control of Chemicals (REACH). These levels must consider likely routes, durations, and frequency of exposure and take into consideration relevant human populations including workers, consumers, and possibly certain vulnerable subpopulations such as children and pregnant women. Risk to humans will be considered controlled if the exposure levels estimated do not exceed the appropriate DNEL.
This session describes the process required to estimate the DNEL implications or these new limits. Will these be based upon a level of acceptable risk? What will we do if an acceptable level cannot be found? And, will these replace or compliment occupational exposure limits?
Best Standards. Strategic Track
International Standards/American Standards
Charles Redinger, PhD, CIH, Redinger & Associates, Inc.,
Harvard, MA
The impact of standards developed by non-governmental organizations, such as ISO and ANSI, continue to play an ever-larger role in EHS/IH management. This session will provide an overview of the different NGOs and conformity assessment structures that EHS/IH professionals need to understand. Information will be given about current and upcoming NGO standards of importance, including ISO 31000 on Risk Management, ISO 26000 on Social Responsibility, ISO efforts on Control Banding, Management Systems, and others. Insights will be given on how EHS/IH professionals can leverage NGO standards to achieve their goals.
The AIHA’s current standards-development strategy will be presented with dialogue about it.
4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Academy Business Meeting
