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Appleton, WI 54911

19716 Firesteel Rd

Ontonagon, MI 49953

920-944-9143

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Be sure your sampling meets OSHA’s requirements

Sampling is more than just slapping a pump on an employee to see if their exposures exceed legal limits.  The expectations of sampling strategy and recordkeeping are best exemplified in OSHA’s expanded standards.  First, we’ll discuss general best sampling strategies and then we will use the Methylene Chloride standard, 1910.1052, to demonstrate OSHA’s expectations for […]

Reproductive Hazards

How many people do you know that waited to have kids until after they got more financially secure?  So, they work and put money away, buy the house, and then find they have trouble conceiving or bringing a child to term. Data from the 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth studies of women under the […]

When do you need to bring in a Certified Industrial Hygienist, CIH?

OSHA has required air or noise sampling, they only accept sampling data from a CIH. Your concerns are related to employee exposures to chemicals on site, especially when chemical exposures include: Adverse health effects that are not immediately apparent, such as cancer or reproductive hazards. You are planning a process and need to identify hazards […]

Reusable Vs Disposable Personal Protective Equipment

Reusable versus disposable PPE.  Both have their assets and defects. Disposable Must be kept in stock and a system to identify and respond when the stock runs low or exceeds the expiration date. The distributor must be relied upon not to run out of the gloves you need. The manufacturer must be relied upon not […]

Protein Based Vs Gene Based Vaccines

By Susen Trail, CIH A viral invader triggers an immune response that creates an antibody specific to the viral antigen.  The antibodies attack the antigens by binding to them to prevent them from binding to healthy body cells.  Antibodies remain in your system for several months after you recover, during this time you are immune […]