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Author Alston, Frances

Title Industrial Hygiene : Improving Worker Health through an Operational Risk Approach
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
Series Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health
Sustainable improvements in environment safety and health.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Authors; List of Acronyms; Chapter 1: Occupational Safety and Health in the Workplace; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Multiple Facets of the Safety and Health Professional; 1.3 Industrial Hygiene Program Tenets; 1.4 Application and Implementation of Industrial Hygiene Program Elements; 1.4.1 Program Management and Administration; 1.4.2 Hazard Identification and Control Process; 1.4.3 Occupational Health Management; 1.4.4 Instrumentation and Calibration; 1.4.5 Data Management, Records, and Reporting
1.4.6 Training and Qualification1.4.7 Continuous Improvement; 1.5 Industrial Hygiene Key Focus Area and Risk Reduction; Questions To Ponder For Learning; Chapter 2: Art and Science of Industrial Hygiene; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Art of Industrial Hygiene; 2.2.1 Art of Hazard Recognition and Control; 2.2.2 Art of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Strategy; 2.2.3 Art of the Occupational Health Program; 2.2.4 Art of People Management; 2.2.4.1 Solicit Feedback from the Workforce; 2.2.4.2 Team with the Workforce in Preventing Hazards; 2.2.4.3 Provide Positive Feedback
2.2.4.4 Be Respectful and Trusting2.3 Science of Industrial Hygiene; 2.3.1 Science of Hazard Recognition and Control; 2.3.2 Science of an Occupational Exposure Monitoring Strategy; 2.3.3 Science of the Occupational Health Program; 2.3.4 Science of People Management; Questions to Ponder for Learning; Chapter 3: Industrial Hygiene Professional; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Role of the Industrial Hygiene Professional; 3.3 Corporate Programmatic Support Role; 3.4 Educating the Industrial Hygiene Professional; 3.4.1 College and University Curricula; 3.5 Retention of the Industrial Hygiene Professional
3.6 Industrial Hygiene Certification3.7 Continuing Education and Professional Development; 3.8 Job Rotation; 3.9 Organizational Structure; 3.9.1 Flat Organizational Structure; 3.9.2 Hierarchical Organizational Structure; 3.10 Industrial Hygienist as a Generalist; 3.11 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Industrial Hygiene; 3.11.1 Professionalism; 3.11.2 Accountability; 3.11.3 Humility; 3.11.4 Reliability; 3.11.5 Trustworthiness; 3.12 Regulatory Requirements and Enforceability; 3.13 Industrial Hygienist as an Expert Witness; Questions to Ponder for Learning
Chapter 4: Strategies for Exposure Monitoring and Instrumentation4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Regulatory Aspects of Industrial Hygiene Monitoring; 4.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Exposure and Risk Assessment; 4.3.1 Quantitative Exposure and Risk Assessment; 4.3.2 Qualitative Exposure and Risk Assessment; 4.4 Process Flow of Exposure Assessment; 4.4.1 Defining the Scope of Work; 4.4.2 Developing a Monitoring Plan; 4.4.3 Implementing the Characterization and Monitoring Plan; 4.4.4 Similar Exposure Groups; 4.4.5 Evaluating Data and Characterizing Exposures
Notes 4.4.5.1 Application of Linear No-Threshold versus Linear Threshold Models
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Industrial hygiene.
Industrial hygienists.
Occupational Health
Industrial hygiene
Industrial hygienists
Form Electronic book
Author Millikin, Emily J
Piispanen, Willie
ISBN 9781351131698
1351131699