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