2022 eLearning Subscription

Thursday, February 3, 2022

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET

Earn 1.5 Contact Hours

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine accelerated the trend toward performing office work remotely from home or across the country. As many companies are re-evaluating what their workspace could look like and some companies are starting to call employees back to the office, these shifting environments pose challenges to industrial hygienists, such as:

• How to conduct an ergonomic assessment when the individuals no longer have assigned desks, whether at the office, home, or another remote location;
• What types of equipment are available in a non-traditional office setting that can be adapted for a workstation;
• What kind of changes in training is needed?
• Overall, how will the IH manage these environments' safety and employees' health?

This webinar will be a combination of presentations on current trends and strategies for managing a hybrid workplace environment.

Presenters:

• Penney Stanch
• Marjorie Werrell
  

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET

Earn 1.5 Contact Hours

ASSP (the American Society of Safety Professionals) supports consensus standards activities and processes as an alternative to government regulation of occupational safety and health whenever conditions permit. Compared to government regulation, consensus standard activities allow for greater participation by OSH professionals in developing safety and health practices. Also, since consensus standards do not address every possible situation, OSH professionals have greater influence in the application and interpretation of consensus standards than with federal regulations.

The ASSP supports a complementary relationship between OSHA regulations and consensus standards related to occupational safety and health, which uses valid consensus standards enforcement, mindful that consensus standards are not written to address every foreseeable circumstance. ASSP points out that actions of this nature may empower and enhance the professional stature of both ASSE members and OSHA compliance officers. Most importantly, such action will allow for more efficient and responsive use of occupational safety and health resources thereby improving working conditions.

This session will focus on these standards, how they are used, the context in how they are used, and the implication for OSH Professionals. ASSP receives many inquiries from AIHA members about ANSI/ASSP Standards, and AIHA has representation on many of our committees.

Presenters:

• Tim Fisher, CSP, CHMM, CPEA, CAE, ARM, STS, FASSP
  Director, Standards Development and Technical Services
  ASSP (American Society of Safety Professionals)
• Lauren Bauerschmidt, CSP, STS
  Manager, Standards Development
  ASSP (American Society of Safety Professionals)

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET

Earn 1.5 Contact Hours

This webinar includes a facilitated review of the brand-new 2nd edition of AIHA's Assessment, Remediation, and Post-Remediation Verification of Mold in Buildings, led by one of the authors.

This comprehensive guide describes the range of hazard evaluation and re-occupancy post-remediation verification assessment methodologies and techniques currently accepted and available for use by competent professionals to conduct investigations of mold growth in residential and commercial buildings.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the appropriate actions required to properly inspect and sample for mold in buildings known or suspected of having water damage and associated mold growth.
• Understand different mold sampling methods that can be utilized, various advantages and disadvantages, and how to interpret the results.
• Identify prudent actions required to properly develop remediation protocols or specifications to address building mold growth and contamination.
• Identify prudent actions required to conduct a post-remediation verification after final cleaning and prior to re-occupancy.

Presenters:

• John “Jack” Springston, CIH

Special Offer:

2022 Full eLearning Subscribers can receive $10 off the PDF of AIHA's Assessment, Remediation, and Post-Remediation Verification of Mold in Buildings, 2nd edition. Use promo code ESUB2022 at checkout through December 31, 2022.

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

NOTE: There were issues with the presenter audio on this webinar that could not be addressed in post-production. The existing recording is available, but we are working with the presenter on the possibility of re-recording the session.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Earn 2 Contact Hours

Learn how to get the most from your smart device and improve overall efficiency as an environmental health and safety (EH&S) professional!

Over the last several years, we have witnessed the breakneck evolution of the hand-held computer, from basic PDA to smartphone to smart device. A smart device is a small mobile computer combining copious amounts of data storage with a camera, telephone, GPS, and other technologies.

Many professionals would like to use their smart devices for more advanced tasks based on these enhanced functionalities. This webinar will provide an overview on using a smart device for the EH&S professional, including:

• Document and e-text creation
• Communication technologies
• Data collection
• Apps useful to the EH&S profession

You will also participate in an open discussion based on over 25 years of experience with PDAs and smart devices.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Communicate more effectively
• Manage workflow, documents, projects, and travel
• Develop and utilize data collection and database applications
• Utilize intermediate and advanced features
• Manage your complete EH&S regimen from the palm of your hand
  

Please note that this is not a course on smart device programming or database development but a detailed overview of the topics and techniques related to smart device usage.

Presenters:

• Mark Rollins

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET

Earn 2 Contact Hours

Develop skills for recognizing and evaluating ventilation within the context of a pandemic.

Adequate ventilation is a key mitigation factor in the fight against aerosol transmissible diseases. Drawing from 2 years of field experience, this webinar will review the basics of assessing ventilation at the occupant level and help participants establish a framework to identify ventilation vulnerabilities.

During this webinar, participants will:

• Review examples of real-world ventilation scenarios.
• Discuss alignment with ASHRAE, CDC, California Department of Public Health Interim Guidance for Ventilation, Filtration, and Air Quality in Indoor Environments, and the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard.
• Practice analyzing data to determine comprehension.
• Learn strategies for communicating risk to empower workplaces.
• Learn how to improve psychological and physical safety.
• Review lessons learned from guiding organizations as they returned to in-person work.
• Enhance their knowledge of Indoor Air Quality and ventilation assessment equipment, such as balometers, CO2 monitors, rotating vane anemometers, etc.
  

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Create and utilize a framework for assessing risk for building, office, and school ventilation.
• Better communicate safety protocols to workplaces.
• Improve psychological and physical safety in the workplace.
• Calculate air exchange data to compare to ASHRAE guidelines and other industry best practice guidelines.

Presenter

David Moore, MPH, CIH, is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and a graduate of UC Berkeley's School of Public Health Masters program. He is one dissertation away from a doctorate in public health. He and his life partner began Intrinsic Environment, Health & Safety in 2017, providing scientifically grounded solutions for local businesses, universities, governmental entities, and non-profits, addressing some of the societies pressing occupational, and environmental health challenges. Most recently, David has been assisting local schools and businesses in return to school and work safety.

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Learn practical approaches to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and injuries by guiding company policies and individual behavior changes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our daily lives, from increased stress and anxiety to working from home, to limited social engagements.

All of these behaviors correlate with increased sedentary behaviors, the effects of which will not be evident until years later. During this time, occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals must be aware of these lifestyle changes.

Using the Total Worker Health® Hierarchy of Controls, this webinar will discuss how to implement changes in the work environment to reduce risk of injury and guide workers to a healthier lifestyle.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the hazards associated with a sedentary lifestyle

• Prepare OEHS professionals for the probability of increased musculoskeletal injuries as workers return to job sites
• Using the TWH® model, discuss policies and programs to prevent injury and enhance worker health and safety
  

Presenter

Laura Carpino is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at the HPMC Occupational Medical Services clinic in Richland, Washington. She serves as the Subject Matter Expert for Ergonomics, Biomechanics, and Injury Prevention at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Department of Energy-operated nuclear cleanup site. She is passionate about linking occupational safety with employee health and wellness. She holds a Clinical Exercise Physiology certification from the American College of Sports Medicine. She has completed Total Worker Health training from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, and the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance.

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Health damage associated with volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure has been evaluated by different health and environmental protection agencies such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR).

Some compounds, including benzene, naphthalene, ethylene oxide, and 1-3 Butadiene are considered human carcinogens and can lead to life-threatening illnesses. Potential exposure to chemical airborne particulates is significantly high in a chemical laboratory.

This webinar will provide a practical guide for OEHS professionals and laboratory personnel on effective exposure control programs for different hazardous routine activities.

You’ll be guided through a study where laboratory employees have been exposed to various hydrocarbons. The primary objective is to eliminate hydrocarbon exposure by implementing the best engineering control methods and practices within an oil and gas chemical laboratory.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify hazardous activities and exposure control programs.

• Evaluate carcinogenic compounds' toxic chemical health effects, accessing and evaluate exposure and monitoring methods.
• Identify the risks associated with potential hazards of chemical substances and then select the appropriate level of laboratory engineering controls to prevent exposures in the breathing zone.
  

Presenter

Amit Raiyani is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with 14+ years of dynamic experience in industrial hygiene & safety. He is presently associated with Qatar Energy as Occupational Health & Hygiene Lead, joined on June 1, 2022. Before Qatar Energy, Amit worked for Reliance Industries Ltd. as Lead Industrial Hygienist in Oil & Gas Sector for nine years. Before Reliance, Amit worked for Bureau Veritas India as an HSE engineer for three years and managed multiple sites as a consultant. Before that, Amit spent two and a half years as a safety engineer in the cement industry.

He has worked with most progressive organizations and conducted qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments, developed comprehensive occupational hygiene and respiratory management programs, developed health performance indicators, and assisted in selecting controls and technical solutions.

Amit was a board member of the Central Industrial Hygiene Association (CIHA), a non-profit organization creating awareness of industrial hygiene in India, and organizes industrial conferences and technical webinars every year.

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Are you an OEHS professional collecting data but not sure if you're using it to its fullest capability? Does the term “big data” seem too vague or subject to interpretation?

You're not alone. A 2020 survey of OEHS/IH Professionals found the following:

• 89% of respondents indicate that their organization stores or maintains IH data
• 75% store or maintain IH data as computer files of individual exposure monitoring reports
• 32% use specialized computer software or data systems to store or maintain IH data
• 59% use spreadsheet software as their analytical software
• 41% indicate that the term “big data” means nothing to them
• 73% indicate that their organization doesn’t analyze big data or they don’t know if their organization does

Join this webinar to learn how to take your data analysis to the next level - whether you are just starting to clean out your data sets, focusing on creating metrics and goals for monthly safety meetings, or turning your attention to aggregating data sets for better project planning.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Analyze your data – what can be done with what you've collected through tools like IHSTATs and EXPOstats.
• Identify the data cleanup and the tools you can use to combine data files into a standardized format for analysis.
• Describe some tools that can supplement your data sets (NoiseJEM and OSHA CEHD).
• Discuss the value and the risks of data aggregation.
• List the rules for data aggregation.
• Provide metrics high-performing organizations can use to set goals, plan, and monitor progress in the continuous improvement of their health protection program.
  
  

Presenters

John Baker, CIH, FAIHA, has worked in the environmental and occupational health field since 1971. He became a CIH in 1978 and has held officer positions in the Western New York Local Section and the Nano and Advanced Materials Working Group of AIHA. He has a bachelor's degree in physics, a master's degree in environmental engineering and an MBA. He was Deputy Director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice University. His work experience includes air pollution control enforcement and technical and managerial positions in the steel industry, manufacturing, and consulting. He retired from BSI EHS Services and Solutions in 2021. His interests include risk management and hazard communication about manufactured nanomaterials and incidental ultrafine particulate matter.

Dr. Benjamin Roberts is a Senior Health Scientist with Cardno ChemRisk. He completed his PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His training and research focused on improving exposure assessment techniques for occupational noise, emphasizing new technology and rigorous statistical methods. Dr. Roberts also holds an MPH in industrial hygiene from the University of Michigan and has helped train other industrial hygiene graduate students in using air sampling equipment, direct reading instruments, and noise dosimeters. Dr. Roberts is an American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) member and a past chair of the AIHA Noise Committee.

Paul F. Wambach, CIH (retired), worked for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters since 1980 on assignments ranging from policy development and oversight to health studies. One of his projects at the DOE was the Beryllium-Associated Worker Registry, which collects, analyzes, and reports health and exposure data created through Department of Energy chronic beryllium disease (CBD) prevention programs. Mr. Wambach has over 30 years of experience in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene.

Eric Adams manages a scientific programming group at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, overseeing the ORISE DOE Data Center, a collection of federal worker health protection programs, and managing the IT infrastructure for the ORISE Beryllium Laboratory, which performs thousands of medical blood tests annually. He triple-majored at the University of South Florida in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Computer Engineering and is pursuing a graduate degree in analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Eric’s passion for data science, health informatics, and data translation into knowledge is exemplified daily in the work he and his team perform.

Access to the event is provided in the online classroom under the subscription group or My Events. Please look out for an email from AIHA announcing the webinar and providing an invite that can be added to your calendar.

Thursday, September 15, 2022

1:00-3:00 PM ET

Earn 2 Contact Hours

By exploring sound judgment and situational factors, you will better understand the drivers influencing ethical decision-making and the theoretical frameworks supporting the use of such drivers.

Real case studies will be provided to analyze how the specifics of each situation influence the ethical and unethical behaviors of industrial hygienists. The webinar will also outline the four major ethical theories that can be used to reasonably justify ethical decision-making and discuss some common ethical dilemmas industrial hygienists face.

This webinar satisfies the 2-hour ethics requirement for CIH certification maintenance and provides skills for industrial hygienists faced with the burden of ethical decision-making.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Explain how reason and context influence ethical decision-making.
• Outline the four major ethical theories that can be used to justify ethical decision-making.
• Discuss some of the common ethical dilemmas that industrial hygienists face.
• Analyze case studies to determine actions and behaviors that would be considered ethical from an AIHA Code of Ethics perspective.

Presenter

Dr. Jan K. Wachter, CIH, CSP, CQE, CRE, CQMgr, is a Professor in the Safety Sciences Department at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and its Ph.D. Program Coordinator. Dr. Wachter received his BS (biology/chemistry), MS (environmental health), MBA, and Sc.D. (hygiene) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds degrees in theology. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Wachter was employed by various Fortune 100 companies and at the U.S. Department of Energy at their national laboratory complexes. His major areas of interest are ethics, EHS management systems, application of quantitative methods in the EHS profession, and human performance approaches for achieving EHS excellence.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

4:00-5:00 PM ET

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is the most common cause of hearing loss and is a common phenomenon in workers across industries. Since 1958, the Noise Manual has been the premier resource for those interested in preventing NIHL in the workplace. The 6th edition of The Noise Manual (2022) is comprised of four sections:

1. Fundamentals of Sound, Vibration, Hearing, and Ototoxicity;
2. Elements of Hearing Loss Prevention;
3. Noise Interference and Communication; and
4. Standards, Regulations, and Workers' Compensation.

The revised text expands our understanding of community noise and the benefits of extending our prevention efforts beyond the workplace. This webinar will highlight The Noise Manual contents in the context of best practices in hearing conservation.

Thirty-five expert authors have contributed 21 new or significantly revised chapters. Individual chapters are dedicated to regulatory mandated hearing conservation program components such as noise measurement, noise control engineering, selection, and fitting of hearing protection devices, audiometric monitoring, education and motivation, and program effectiveness. Other chapters cover more advanced topics in hearing protector fit testing, impulse noise, ototoxicity and otoprotection, and auditory situation awareness and speech communication in noise.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the relevance of The Noise Manual, 6th edition, concerning their professional skills and duties.
• Identify best practices in topic areas relevant to preventing noise-induced hearing loss.
• Recognize the complexity of hearing loss prevention that extends beyond mere regulatory compliance.
• List one aspect of their job where The Noise Manual, 6th edition, would be a valuable resource.

Presenters

Deanna K. Meinke, Ph.D. CCC-A
Dennis P. Driscoll, PE (retired), FAIHA

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

1:00-2:00 PM ET

Earn 1 Contact Hour

AIHA's Welding Health & Safety Guide is in its second edition, full of updated information and resources to stay current on worker health and safety. This guide is essential to understanding welding processes for health and safety professionals to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control welding hazards.

Presenters Mike Harris and Angela Wheeler will review what's new in this edition, including information about local exhaust ventilation (LEV), similar exposure groups (SEGs) in exposure monitoring, and control banding. The presenters will also discuss the impact of the recategorization of welding fumes as an IARC Group 1 carcinogen.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will have an updated understanding of:

• the application of similar exposure groups (SEGs);
• the correct use of local exhaust ventilation (LEV);
• control band strategies for welding.

Participants will have the option to purchase the guide along with a checklist and additional resources for the development of control banding.

Presenters

Mike Harris, PhD, CIH, is President of Hamlin & Harris and the author of "Welding Health and Safety: A Field Guide for the OEHS Professional" with Mike Phibbs. His welding experience includes teaching aircraft welding at the US Army Transportation School and practical experience welding environment test equipment, aircraft drop tanks and pressure vessels for nuclear submarines. Mike is a Fellow of AIHA and the 2014 recipient of the Donald E Cummings award.

Angela Wheeler is a CIH, CRSP, and SDS Registered Author with 20 years of EHS experience in various industries in Canada and the U.S. As the Program Manager for the CHAMP software at Chemscape Safety Technologies, she works with clients to efficiently generate risk assessments according to to hazard and control banding principles.

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Each of us seeks to ensure that we are effective in our efforts to protect workers from harmful exposures. We are also acutely aware of the need to be efficient in our efforts. This one-hour video highlights ten of the most critical success factors that must be incorporated into our exposure risk management processes to be effective at ensuring that workers are protected and efficient in our use of resources.

Presenter:

• John R. Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, CSP, FAIHA

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

The safety and industrial hygiene world have been rapidly transitioning to using performance-leading and lagging indicators to better predict and affect future performance through the data. There is still a significant amount of confusion over what makes an indicator leading or lagging and what to do with leading indicators once they are implemented. This session will clearly define what makes an indicator fall into one category or another and provide strategies for utilizing both leading and lagging data to predict future performance and affect positive change in S&H programs.

Presenter:

• Nik Seely, CIH, MSPH

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

WorkCare, a U.S.-based occupational health company, developed a suite of solutions to help employers prevent and manage COVID-19 in the workplace. Solutions include exposure prevention protocols, onsite daily symptom screening, risk stratification based on symptoms and activity profiles, telehealth triage, diagnostic and antibody testing, concierge medicine, contact tracing, return-to-work clearance, and a COVID-free zone. In a COVID-free zone, employees must comply with specific protective measures, and crossovers from one zone to another are restricted or monitored. A COVID Compliance Officer is assigned to enforce all aspects of COVID-19 surveillance. This session will describe the zone model, and how it integrates with other interventions and related outcomes. Experience with the model may be applied in industrial plants, construction sites, school campuses, retail and food establishments with in-person encounters, and TV and film production companies.

Presenter:

• Dr. Anthony Harris, M.D., M.B.A, M.P.H.

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Each year OSHA's IHs perform thousands of health inspections and discover workplaces with interesting exposures that should be shared with the OHS community. Part 1 will highlight two inspections that found overexposure to metals. 1) The Barrel of Blame Pointed in Many Directions. This presentation will cover an inspection of an indoor gun range. OSHA utilized multiple IHs, sampling methods, blood lead results, and the OSHA's Health Response Team to find serious overexposure to lead. OSHA's general industry lead standard and its application to facilities where employees are exposed to lead will be discussed. 2) Jewelry Can Make You Sick - Overexposures in Jewelry Manufacturing. The second presentation will cover an inspection of a facility that personalizes jewelry. Employees were exposed to silver twenty times the permissible exposure limit without ventilation controls and OSHA intervention.

Presenter:

• Sean Tynes
• Zachariah Dapron

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Each year OSHA's IHs perform thousands of health inspections and discover workplaces with interesting exposures that should be shared with the OHS community. Part 2 will highlight two inspections: a) exposure to pesticides by law enforcement officers; and b) exposure to carbon monoxide by construction workers. 1) Illegal Marijuana Grows and the Exposure to Hazardous Waste in National Forests. The first presentation will review the results of exposures of law enforcement officers to restricted or banned pesticides at sites where illegal drugs were produced. These illegal drug sites can be established as hazardous waste sites. 2) Carbon Monoxide Exposure Reconstruction from Near Fatal Use of a Concrete Saw. The second presentation will discuss how OSHA calculated airborne exposure concentrations of CO from the employee's carboxyhemoglobin levels post exposure. The information from the presentation will inform the audience about how quick CO concentrations can build up, creating an immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) atmosphere.

Presenter:

• Amber Rose, CIH
• Ryan Wolschleger

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

We all love stories! Yet we fail to use them to their fullest in our safety/risk communications. The science of narrative and stories highlights how they work and are especially powerful in affecting risk perceptions. Stories and narratives are more powerful than data and info. We often wonder why people make decisions based on anecdotes. Yet, when we look at the literature on them and their decisions, many strengths come to life when viewed through a scientific lens. We will relate and reveal much of the scientific research in this session. This will help attendees better understand why their people pay more attention to narratives over data and info. Using narratives, we'll learn: 1) how story and identification with a character enhance our connection to risks; 2)emotional content has a strong effect on us and our behaviors; 3) why stories are more memorable than straight info; 4) how to use stories more effectively to communicate risk; 5) what are many of the elements needed for a great story; and 6) much, much more. Come, learn, and have fun!

Presenters:
Angela Dartt, PhD, CIH
Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CSP

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

In confined and enclosed spaces, the spray application of flammable coatings and solvent cleaning are among the most hazardous operations. Few painting contractors understand a) the complex hazards, b) how to control them and protect workers: and c) achieve compliance with OSHA regulatory requirements. This education session will better equip attendees to 1) identify these types of projects; 2) obtain the collaboration of team members; 3) evaluate and select painting contractors and IH consultants; 4) evaluate coatings formulations and cleaning solvents for flammability and toxicity; 5) evaluate space locations and configurations; 6) determine optimal ventilation equipment and placement; 7) eliminate ignition sources; 8) select adequate respiratory protection; 9) select flame/chemical resistant clothing; 10) determine rescue team requirements; 11) select and calibrate equipment; 12) conduct atmospheric testing; and 13) write contract specifications and project health and safety plans.

Presenters:
Arlen Siert, PhD, CIH, CSP

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

This education session will present an overview of NFPA 652 Standard on Combustible Dust requirements and what you need to do to remain compliant. National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 652: Standard on Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts addresses the general requirements for managing combustible dust fire and explosion hazards. The key requirement of this all-important standard is that covered sites complete a Dust Hazard Assessment (DHA) specifically targeting explosible dust issues and preparing written management programs for the safe operation of a facility and equipment. NFPA 652 is now the governing standard where industrial facilities, including agricultural and food processing companies, manufacture, process, blend, convey, generate, and/or handle combustible dust or combustible particulate solids. This standard applies to all facilities and operations that generate, manufacture, process, handle, or repackage combustible dust and particulate solids, except for retail facilities, households, and similar locations. Parts of NFPA 652 apply retroactively to existing facilities. They include management of change, housekeeping, training, maintenance, and documentation requirements.

Presenters:
Vahid Ebadat, Ph.D.

OnDemand

Earn 1 Contact Hour

OSHA has separate regulations for the agriculture and maritime industries due to the unique hazards encountered. This education session will discuss: 1) the confined space-related hazards in these industries and how the hazards are controlled; 2) hazards encountered in storage silos and how they are controlled; and 3) the unique confined spaces encountered in the maritime industry, the role of the Certified Marine Chemist, and sampling and controls utilized to ensure safe entry.

Presenters:
Bonnie Lockhart, CIH
Bayless Kilgore, CIH, CSP
Donald Raffo, CMC

Earn 8 Contact Hours

Accurate exposure risk decisions are critical to risk management programs that protect workers and optimize using limited resources. This video series will teach you a basic understanding of the properties of lognormally distributed exposure profiles and how to use traditional and Bayesian statistical analysis tools to make accurate exposure risk decisions based on monitoring data. The use of several freely available statistical tools will be demonstrated using multiple examples. Upon completion of the webinar video series, you will have the knowledge needed for the successful completion of the exam for the AIHA Exposure Decision Analysis Registry.

Target Audience
This course is relevant for anyone seeking to improve their exposure risk decisions, including students, early-career professionals, and experienced practitioners.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe why using statistical tools for exposure data interpretation is critical to making accurate exposure judgments.
• Describe basic principles of inferential statistics applied to lognormally distributed data
• Describe and apply strategies for improving exposure judgments using the statistical analysis of monitoring data.
• Analyze data using freely available traditional and Bayesian statistical tools.
• Demonstrate competency in analyzing exposure monitoring data by applying to sit for the AIHA Exposure Decision Analysis Registry examination.

Presenters:

• Andrew D. Perkins MS, CIH, CSP, COHC
• Jérôme Lavoué Ph.D., MS
  
• Paul Hewett Ph.D, MS, CIH, FAIHA
• John Mulhausen Ph.D., MS, CIH, CSP, FAIHA

Course access is provided on your group's subscription tab.