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Introduction To Industrial Hygiene: CENE 440/540 April 6, 2015
Introduction To Industrial Hygiene: CENE 440/540 April 6, 2015
Introduction To Industrial Hygiene: CENE 440/540 April 6, 2015
Industrial Hygiene
CENE 440/540
April 6, 2015
WHAT IS
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE (IH)?
HISTORY OF IH
Hippocrates in ~ 400 BC
slave labor & lead (Pb) work
Pliny the Elder ~ 45 AD
Workers used bladder
respirators; asbestosis
appears in slave workers
HISTORY OF IH
Paracelsus: 1493-1541
1st toxicologist
HISTORY OF IH
HISTORY OF IH
Recognized as Father of
Industrial Medicine
Described silicosis, hearing loss,
and deafness and suggested
preventive measures to reduce
exposures
HISTORY OF IH
HISTORY OF IH
1900 - 1910: State Compensation Plans
1918 - 1st IH degree awarded
1920 - 42 State Workers Compensation
1970 - OSHAct
WHATS AN IH?
Definition in 1971:
Industrial Hygiene is that science (or art)
devoted to the recognition, evaluation, and
control of those environmental factors or
stresses - chemical, physical, biological,
and ergonomic - that may cause sickness,
impaired health, or significant discomfort to
employees or residents of the community.
WHATS AN IH?
Definition in 1999:
Industrial Hygiene is the science and
practice devoted to the anticipation,
recognition, evaluation, and control of those
environmental factors or stresses arising in
or from the workplace that may cause
sickness, impaired health and well-being, or
significant discomfort among workers and
may also impact the general community.
I.H. FUNCTIONS
Anticipation
Expecting an exposure hazard to occur
Recognition
Knowing what the hazards might be
Evaluation
Measuring the amount of existing hazard
Control
Protecting the worker from the hazard
HAZARD
TYPE
_ PHYSICAL
__________
_ CHEMICAL
___________
_ _ _ Noise
_________
Gases/Vapors
____________
_ _ _ Insects
_________
_ Radiation
___________
____________
Solids/Pastes
_ _ _ Plants
_________
_ _ Thermal
__________
_ Particulates
___________
_ _ _Animals
_________
_ Ergonomics
___________
_ _ BIOLOGICAL
______________
WORKER PROTECTION
Source
Pathway
Receiver
HISTORY OF IH
QUESTIONS?