Future of Industrial Hygiene
Future of Industrial HygieneGoals
• Remain Visible
• Increased Recognition
• Acceptance
• Re-evaluate
• Redesign
Future of Industrial HygienePast…
• 1977 Preventive Medicine
• Environmental Health
• Occupational Health
• Bioengineering (All Combined)
• Industrial Hygiene
• Tomorrow?
Future of Industrial Hygiene
• AIHA – American Industrial Hygiene Association
• ACGIH – American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist
• ABIH – American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Future of Industrial HygieneRemain Visible
• Developing Leadership Skills– AIHA Leadership Conference
Future of Industrial HygieneRemain Visible
• Have goals/objectives
• Make a difference
• Improvements in Safety & Health
• Stay current on IH/Safety Trends
• Stay current on regulations
Future of Industrial HygieneIncreased Recognition
• Benefit of Industrial Hygiene & Safety
• Why are we here?
Future of Industrial HygieneToday…
• IH may fill multiple roles– All aspects of Safety & health
Future of Industrial HygieneJob Security
55%38%
4% 3%
Very Stable
Relative
Slight
Lose Job
Future of Industrial HygieneAcceptance
• Who knows what an IH is?
Future of Industrial HygieneRe-Evaluate
• What direction is the field going?
• How can we stay current?
– Nanotechnology– Biosafety– Environmental Sciences
Future of Industrial HygieneOther Tasks?
Future of Industrial HygieneAvoiding?
• Safety shouldn’t be seen as an area to avoid.
Future of Industrial HygieneStaffing Levels?
• Increase?
• Decrease?
• Stay Same?
Future of Industrial HygieneWorking together…
• Learning and cross-training– Essential Skills
Future of Industrial HygieneCommunication
• Essential to the field
• Essential to any field
• Negotiation
• Coordination
Future of Industrial HygieneDemonstrate their Services
• Preventing Environment, Safety and Health Problems
• Positive Contribution:– Worker– Management
Future of Industrial HygieneSafety –
• Not in the way of Production
• Not in the way of Mission
• Not mutually exclusive
Future of Industrial HygieneRedesign
• Show the commonality
• Show the benefit
Future of Industrial HygieneTomorrow?
• One Branch of Support.– Safety/Industrial Hygiene/Environment/QA– Adaptability as key– Leaner and compact – Reliance on technology– Watch marketplace– Well-rounded.
Future of Industrial Hygiene
Future of Industrial HygieneOSHA Changes
• Teen Workers
• Volunteers 29 CFR 1975.4