Syllabus

Principles of Industrial Hygiene 11:375:434

Course Description

Principles of Industrial Hygiene provide an introduction to the field of industrial hygiene and to occupational health in general. It also will offer concepts and hands-on methods to safely manage and respond to emergency chemical spill incidents. The instructor focuses on introducing concepts, terminology, and methodology in the practice of industrial hygiene and introduces resource materials to evaluate and control hazardous conditions. This course will offer students a necessary educational tool and valuable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 40-hour certificate for those who choose any multitude of Environmental, Safety or Industrial Hygiene professional careers in the consulting, public or private work sectors.

Course Objectives/General Topic Agenda

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Obtain a certificate for successfully fulfilling the requirements for the 40-hour OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 regulation known as Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
• Review of the OSHA 1910.120 and other applicable standards including but not limited to hazard Communications, Permit Required Confined Space Entry, Fall Protection, Respiratory Protection and Personal Protective Equipment.
• Understand basic Toxicology, Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology.
• Recognize chemical, physical (heat stress, noise stress non-ionizing radiation, etc), biological and mechanical (ergonomic) hazards.
• Evaluate chemical, physical, biological and mechanical (ergonomic) hazards.
• Use methods and hands-on techniques to evaluation hazards used through air sampling and exposure monitoring.
• Use various occupational exposure standards and guidelines including the ACGIH TLVs, OSHA PELS, Emergency Guidebook and Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Recommend basic hazard controls including safe work practices, training, local/general ventilation and dust suppression.
• Recommend control of hazards by personal protective equipment.
• Understand decontamination practices for chemical, biological exposures.
• Learn hands-on techniques for safe container handling, spill containment, absorption and disposal.
• Learn hands-on incident command and management of release incidents.
• Use of a Health and Safety Plan.

Textbook Resources

Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (5th edition), National Safety Council Chicago, IL,5^th edition or most current available and the 2009 edition of TLVs and BEIs, American Conference of Industrial Hygienists, Signature Publications.