NIOSH Resources
- Apps and Digital Tools from NIOSH The following NIOSH apps and software tools provide the practicing industrial hygienist with quick and easy access to the information necessary to evaluate exposure profiles and determine if the exposures are acceptable, not acceptable or if more data is needed to determine acceptability.
- New NIOSH Report Outlines Its Occupational Exposure Banding Process A new technical report published by NIOSH describes the agency’s voluntary occupational exposure banding process for chemical risk management.
Education
- Conference
- AIHA University Occupational Exposure Banding Virtual Conference Recordings Learn how to apply occupational exposure banding strategies and tools for chemical exposures in the workplace.
- Certificate Program
- Certificate Program: Occupational Assessment Prove your competency in assessing workplace exposures and hazards. Based on the Occupational Exposure Assessment Body of Knowledge Technical Framework, this certificate program provides education on the competencies listed in Technical Level IH
- OEB Instructional Videos
- Occupational Exposure Banding: What You Need to Know Occupational exposure banding provides a framework to help protect worker health from potential chemical exposures even when certain information on the chemical is lacking. Although an OEB is not a substitute for an OEL, creating an OEB is a step towards safeguarding workers from the chemical’s effects and may also help occupational health bodies prioritize the chemical in question for OEL development. (View the first video in the series.)
- How OEB Can Help You Keep Workers Safe This video explains the three tiers of OEBs and how they are used by industrial hygienists (IH) and occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals to better identify hazardous materials for employees and workers at the workplace. (View the second video in the series).
- Survey
- AIHA/NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding Evaluation Survey Results showcase the findings from the AIHA/NIOSH collaboration aimed at understanding how the NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding process and electronic tool (e-Tool) are utilized by industrial hygienists, toxicologists, risk managers, and other health and safety professionals.
Frameworks
Frameworks are written by appointed members and volunteers that worked collaboratively to develop guides, which outline the knowledge and skills a competent person should possess and be able to demonstrate in a specific topic or specialty.
- Technical Framework: Occupational Exposure Banding Process is a one-of-a-kind resource for industrial hygienists involved in occupational exposure banding. This body of knowledge outlines the skills a competent professional should possess and demonstrates after completing the NIOSH process.
- Competency Framework: Understanding How ARECC Works Within Occupational Exposure Assessment provides an organized summary of the collective knowledge and skills necessary for conducting occupational exposure assessments.
The Synergist
- Synergist Webinars are presentations by sponsoring companies on important topics to occupational and environmental health and safety professionals.
- Synergist Archives, access to The Synergist archives is a benefit of AIHA membership and will require a login.
- Banding Together: Making the Case for Occupational Exposure Bands (May 2022 issue) in a world of work where the number of chemical substances in use vastly exceeds the number of chemicals with OELs, the search for additional strategies for chemical risk assessment and management began. One such strategy gaining stronger acceptance and increasing utility is occupational exposure banding and the use of occupational exposure bands (OEBs).
- Occupational Exposure Banding: No More Excuses (February 2022 issue) details the importance of occupational exposure banding to the OEHS profession and the usage of the NIOSH e-tool, a validated process for generating an occupational exposure band.
- Synergist Blogs