It’s not the mechanics of buying the media and putting the pumps on the employees that provide accurate employee exposure data. It’s the knowledge required to assess the workplace conditions, select the right media, and know when the data or Exposure Limit requires calculation before comparison.

A few reasons to remain onsite are:

1. It’s industry best practice.
2. Observation of worksite conditions on the sampling day need to be documented in the report for you to comply with 1910.1020, Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records, and to be able to tell if conditions have changed in the future that increase exposures and require resampling.
3. Ensure the pumps operate normally, no tubes get kinked, the sampling media is on the outside of the worker’s garments, the pumps are taken off or at least turned off during lunch breaks longer than 15 minutes. To ensure the pump is not taken off and left, running, on a shelf during breaks or lunches.
4. To protect the sampling equipment from abuse and breakage. This is mostly reduced by paying attention to body language and speech during the pre-sampling training the employee and gauging the temperament of the employee early on in the day. Perhaps a less negative employee could be found for representative sampling?

I’ve worked in OSHA Consultation, OSHA standard enforcement, and in my own consulting practice since 1997 and I’ve seen the same mistakes made in the written Programs that place a lot of stress on the Safety Manager at almost every workplace. I’ve seen what causes a Hazard Communication Program to fail to be implemented.

This book is the first in a series of Tutorials that will help the average Safety Manager understand the requirements of the Standard and create a written Program and Training presentation that they easily implement in their worksite.

Yes, it is in production now and the app should be available by the Fall of 2025.

I had the idea for the app when I saw an employee flipping back and forth through a book put out through the Department of Transportation, DOT. They were filling in their first Hazardous Materials Shipping Paper of the day and it looked like it was both a pain in the neck and had great potential for error. Not to mention the time it took to train the employee plus the ongoing oversight required to catch any errors.

This app narrows employee input to the Chemical Abstract Service # from Section 3 of the Safety Data Sheets and the date and details of the shipment: number of packages, weight and type. The app prints off the Shipping Paper plus an additional page of the packaging requirements, placards, and other useful information.

Not only am I a Certified Industrial Hygienist, I have a strong background in chemistry having been a Chemical Hygiene Officer in molecular research labs prior to going to the University of Michigan for a Masters degree in Industrial Health. I also have a background in physics that is useful when analyzing noise monitoring data.

Also, I spent my first years as an Industrial Hygienist working for OSHA in Consultation and in OSHA standard enforcement for public sector employees in Wisconsin.

• Shift start and end times.
• Contact person who will meet me at the beginning of the day.
• Entry door on the sampling day.
• Number of employees who will be sampled for what kind of exposures.
• The Personal Protective Equipment to be worn in all or some of the employee work areas.

• A location to place the sampling equipment on the employees, and document their information and the start time. This can be done by going to the employee’s work station but that usually results in more time before the sampling starts if there are more than 3 people or if the 3 people are spread out.
• A tour of the facility, and specifically each employee’s work area, who is wearing sampling equipment.
• A location to work on the report, a desk or spot in the lunch room.
• Wi-fi access.