For most construction Safety Professionals like myself, the only hygiene issues we have to worry about is the hand washing station, right? Well, not exactly. After taking the Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene class with the National Safety Council, I learned there is a lot more than I thought. This includes respiratory, hearing, ergonomics, and so much more. It was not an easy class to take.
Fortunately for me, I have a back ground in emergency medicine, so the anatomy, physiology and pathology portion wasn't to difficult. This class taught different ways for sampling methods and what PEL's and TWA's really meant. For most people, when you see the NRR (Noise Reduction Rate) on a box of ear plugs, you think that this reduces the decibels by that much. Not so fast my friend, that number only plays into a calculation.
Below is a link to a safety and hygiene website that will introduce you to some of these items, but I strongly encourage all Safety Professionals to take the FIH class with the NSC.
https://www.ohiobwc.com/employer/programs/safety/SandHCourseManualsMaterials.asp#aa
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