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Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
6th Edition
Chapter 1:Overview of Industrial Hygiene
Compiled by Allen Sullivan,
Assistant Professor, Safety and Health ManagementCentral Washington University
The Profession
• Industrial Hygiene“The science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of those environmental factors that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among workers or among citizens of the community.”
• Industrial Hygienist• Occupational health professionals concerned primarily with the control of environmental stresses or occupational health hazards that arise as a result of or during the course of work.
• American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)
Code of Ethics
• morals v. ethics
Federal Regulations
• Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 (OSHAct)• purpose• general duty clause• Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Mine Safety & Health Amendments Act of 1977 (MSHA)• Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA)• Resource Recovery & Conservation Act of 1976 (RCRA)
Federal Regulations (cont.)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)• Superfund Amendment & Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act of 1972 (FIFRA)
• Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992
Environmental Factors and Stresses
• Chemical Hazards• Types of chemical hazards• Hazard determination• Safety Data Sheets (SDS) (formerly MSDS)• Toxicity v. Hazard
• Physical Hazards• Noise
• threshold limit value (TLV)• permissible exposure level (PEL)
• Extremes of Temperature
Environmental Factors and Stresses(cont.)
• Ionizing Radiation• ionizing radiation hazards
• Non-ionizing Radiation• non-ionizing radiation hazards
• Pressure Extremes
• Biological Hazards
Routes of Entry
• Routes of Entry• Inhalation• Dermal Absorption• Ingestion
Airborne Contaminants
• Types of Airborne Contaminants• particulate matter (PM)• fumes• smoke• aerosols• mists• gases• vapors
Respiratory Hazards
• Oxygen Deficiency• biologically active gases• biologically inert gases
• Airborne Contaminant
Threshold Limit Values (TLV)
• © American Conference on Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)• not mandatory
• Categories of TLVs• time-weighted averages (TWA)• short-term exposure limit (TLV-STEL)• ceiling (TLV-C)
Hazard Control
• Control Methods• engineering controls• administrative controls• personal protection equipment (PPE)