Description
Assess, anticipate, and control workplace exposures to chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic hazards. Plan and manage industrial hygiene programs, conduct exposure monitoring, and recommend engineering controls, work practices, and PPE to prevent occupational illness and ensure regulatory compliance. May conduct inspections and advise on adherence to health and safety laws in public or private settings.
- • Deliver training on hazard communication, respirator use, hearing conservation, and chemical hygiene.
- • Provide new-hire industrial hygiene orientations and develop supporting materials.
- • Collect air, noise, bulk, and surface samples and perform direct-reading measurements.
- • Respond to employee health complaints and conduct IAQ, exposure, or ergonomic assessments.
- • Coordinate Hazard Communication/Right-to-Know programs and manage SDS documentation.
- • Maintain and update exposure monitoring strategies and chemical emergency response procedures.
- • Develop and oversee medical surveillance requirements with physicians (e.g., audiometry, lead, asbestos, respirator clearance).
- • Inspect areas for appropriate PPE, respirators, eyewash/showers, and spill response supplies.
- • Conduct audits at industrial and hazardous waste operations and support HAZWOPER compliance.
- • Arrange chain-of-custody and laboratory submittals for regulated material samples.
- • Maintain inventories of chemicals and hazardous wastes and ensure proper labeling, storage, and tracking.
- • Package and label samples for shipment in accordance with DOT/IATA and laboratory requirements.
- • Perform field screening or basic laboratory analyses and calibrate IH instruments and pumps.
- • Analyze exposure and incident data to identify trends and prioritize risk controls.
- • Write technical reports, exposure assessment summaries, and regulatory documentation.
- • Order suspension of tasks that present imminent exposure hazards.
- • Recommend engineering controls, administrative practices, substitution, or PPE to reduce exposures.
- • Investigate exposure incidents, overexposures, or occupational illnesses to determine root causes and prevention.
- • Evaluate local exhaust ventilation, general ventilation, and indoor air quality performance.
- • Develop and maintain industrial hygiene programs (hearing conservation, respiratory protection, heat stress, silica/asbestos/lead).
- • Inspect workplaces, processes, and equipment for compliance with OSHA and other applicable standards.
- • Collaborate with engineers, operations, and occupational health providers to implement controls and medical surveillance.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
