1. Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene 6th Edition
Chapter 1:
Overview of Industrial Hygiene
Compiled by Allen Sullivan,
Assistant Professor, Safety and Health Management Central Washington University

2. The Profession Industrial Hygiene Industrial Hygienist
“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)

3. Code of Ethics
morals v. ethics

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. Environmental Factors and Stresses (cont.)
Ionizing Radiation
ionizing radiation hazards
Non-ionizing Radiation
non-ionizing radiation hazards
Pressure Extremes
Biological Hazards

8. Routes of Entry
Routes of Entry
Inhalation
Dermal Absorption
Ingestion

9. Airborne Contaminants
Types of Airborne Contaminants
particulate matter (PM)
fumes
smoke
aerosols
mists
gases
vapors

10. Respiratory Hazards Oxygen Deficiency Airborne Contaminant
biologically active gases
biologically inert gases
Airborne Contaminant

11. 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)

12. Hazard Control Control Methods engineering controls
administrative controls
personal protection equipment (PPE)