OSHA 521 - OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene (OSX 921)

Course Description
This course is intended to increase your knowledge of OSHA regulations related to industrial hygiene as well as relevant industrial hygiene practices and procedures. Specific topics such as permissible exposure limits, respiratory protection, engineering controls, hazard communication, sampling instrumentation, hearing conservation, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and other industrial hygiene issues will be addressed.   In addition, this course was recently revised to include class exercises so that students receive hands on experience with different sampling equipment such as detector tube pumps, personal air sampling pumps, sound level meters and noise dosimeters. 

Note: Travel plans must accommodate the 5:00 p.m. end time.

Learning Outcomes:
Define terms relating to OSHA health requirements  
Recognize potential health hazards in the workplace  
Perform basic health hazard evaluations using OSHA sampling procedures
Recommend suitable strategies for controlling hazardous conditions
Learn how to operate sampling equipment (detector tube pumps, air sampling pumps, sound level meters and noise dosimeters)
Learn how to calculate airborne concentrations and 8-hour time-weighted averages
Topics covered Include:
Introduction to toxicology  
Compliance with air contaminant standards
      Calculating airborne concentrations and 8-hour time-weighted averages
Compliance with hazard communication
Compliance with the asbestos standard  
Compliance with the bloodborne pathogens standard
Compliance with the noise standard
Compliance with the respirator standard
Compliance with personal protective equipment requirements
Compliance with ventilation standards
Review of particulates, organic solvents and vapors
Review of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Review of silica and lead hazards
Review of Occupational Exposure Assessments (statistics)
Health hazard recognition
OSHA ergonomic guidelines
      Industrial Hygiene sampling techniques
Class exercises on the use of the following sampling equipment:
Detector tube pumps
Air sampling pumps
Noise dosimeters and sound level meters

Materials:
     29 CFR 1910 General Industry Safety Standard (provided to student)
     Scientific Calculator

Instructor: Mike H. Tianen, MSPH, CIH