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Protecting Worker Health
AIHA Update for Rio Grande Local Section
December, 2014Stephen Hemperly, MS, CIH, CSP, CLSO
AIHA Pacific Region Representative
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Protecting Worker Health
AIHA Organizational Structure
AIHAConsolidated
501(c)6
AIHA
LLCs
Accreditation RegistryProficiency
Testing JOEH
501(c)3
AIH Foundation
AIH Guideline Foundation
2014 is the 75th Anniversary for AIHA and the AIHce
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AIHA Members (~10,000 strong)
8%24%
3%11%
2%
33%
7% 12%
Field of Employment
Academic (8)Consulting Firm (24)Consulting - Indep (3)Government/Military (11)Hospital/Healthcare (2)Industry (33)Other (7)Unknown (12)
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Members by Age and Generation
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2012 Members by Age Group
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67 Local Sections in 8 RegionsAIHA Members
AIHA BoardExecutive Director
Regional Representatives-- Liaisons to the
Sections
Volunteer GroupsSIGs
2 Foundations (501c3)
4 LLCs
Staff
Academy
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Pacific Region Section – 9 Sections(month new officer terms begin)
• Arizona (August)• Hawaii (January)• Northern California (July)• Orange County (January)• Rio Grande (January)• Sacramento Valley (January)• San Diego (January)• Southern California (March)• Yuma Pacific – Southwest (January)
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Student Local Sections (23 total)
• UCLA Industrial Hygiene Student Association– Orange County Section– Southern California Section
• University of Arizona– Arizona Section
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Regional Representative Role• Fifth anniversary of inception – March 2015• Facilitate more communication amongst local
sections within a geographic area • Provide coaching to local section officers on effective
leadership • Track metri cs of each local section with respect to
size, number of meetings, officers, etc. • Provide local sections with subject matter speaker
information (Speakers Bureau DL program)
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Regional Representative Goals
• Visit each section in his / her region during three-year term (May 2013 - May 2016) – need to go beyond Northern California, Sacramento Valley, and Yuma Pacific-SW sections (e.g., visits to Rio Grande and Orange County)
• Arrange conference calls (quarterly) within region to exchange information about:– Planned section activities / events– Best practices for conducting section business– How to address “hot topics” & other challenges
• Participate in Leadership Workshop (Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2015 )• Attend meeting of Local Sections Council at the AIHce
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Arizona Section - John Lemanski, CIH (P), Michael Breu , CIH (P-E >> P - Aug 2015)
• Total Worker Health & Sun Safety webinar & talk – Aug.• Arizona Local Section LinkedIn group• Scholarship(s) for up to four recipients – papers/posters
of selected candidates presented at Spring 2014 meeting
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesHawaii Section – Hans O. Nielsen, CFPS (P), Celena
Freitas (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)• The Bus Kalihi Facility Tour – August • Joint Technical Meeting with ASSE: Hawaii’s Hazard
Evaluation and Emergency Response program – October• Board of Water Supply Waihe’s Tunnel Tour -- December• Collaboration with University of California – San Diego
Extension & OSHA Institute’s Pacific Education Center to publicize IH-related educational opportunities
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesNorthern California – Robert Kleinerman, CIH (P), Jyoti
Kumar, CIH (P-E >> P - Jul 2015)• Joint dinner meeting with ASHRAE & ASSE – Ultrafine particle instruments -
January• IH Forums in Collaboration with Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health (COEH):– Silica: Playing Catch-up– Professional Ethics – Setting Up for Success
• Technical Symposium (Industrial Hygiene and Health & Safety Challenges in R&D Environments) -- April
• Occupational Health Risk from Infectious Diseases and Emerging Pathogens -- September
• Sustainability Accounting Standards – November• New ISO OHS Management System Standard Under Development – January 2015• Einert, Tebbens and Legge awards in recognition of service to the IH profession
or academic excellence (the latter two awarded to students)
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Orange County – Willie Gruenwald, CIH (P), Bob Higley, CIH, CSP (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)
• Established new website in 2013• Creating a Safety Culture To Drive Safety As a Value -- August• Joint dinner meeting with Southern California LS – Noise
Engineering Controls for Indoor/Outdoor Shooting Ranges and Manufacturing -- December
• Joint breakfast meeting with ASSE chapter – to cover IH-related technical topic – planned for Feb 2015
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesRio Grande – Greg Lower, CIH (P), Ryann Washburn, CIH (P-E >> P
– Jan 2015)• All-day annual Fall Technical Symposium on toxicology, health
effects of explosive safety; nanoparticles, and other topics of current interest – December 2013
• All-day annual Fall Technical Conference on IH & Safety in Indian Health Service, Product Stewardship Society, Insomnia and Work Performance Loss, Engineered Safety Work Planning and Controls, Water Tank Rehabilitation, NIR, EH&S Professiona’s in Ebola and
• International Laser Safety Conference (LIA-sponsored event) to be held in Albuquerque in March 2015
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesSacramento Valley – Rick Beall, CIH (P), Anthony
Belcher (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)• Risk Assessment – Application Following Thermolito
Power Plant Fire and It’s Cleanup – March• Hydraulic Fracturing & Geologists Perspective on
Naturally-Occurring Asbestos Soil/Rock Sampling – July • Tour of SF 49ers Stadium in Santa Clara, CA – August• Technologies Shillings Robotics Tour at FMC – September• Health & Safety Summit with ASSE Sacramento Chapter
– multiple tracks of concurrent sessions covering IH and safety topics – October
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesSan Diego – John Burton (P), Dallas Cowan, CIH (P-E >>
P – Jan 2015)• Full-Day Technical Symposium (Exposure Assessment –
Current Approaches and Working with Cytotoxic & Pharmaceutically Potent Compounds) – August
• Ebola and Response Plans – December• California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC) Conference
being held in San Diego (Dec 3-5, 2014)
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesSouthern California – Sam Celly, CSP, REA (P), P-E vacancy??
>> P in Mar 2015)• Dinner meeting on a technical topic (not specified) - March• Full-Day Annual Environmental Occupational Health (EOH)
Technical Symposium on Energy Alternatives for California's Future: Environmental Health Aspects (Collaboration with California State University- Northridge)
• Joint Technical Symposium with AIHA Orange County Section and ASSE chapters – 10 speakers on various IH and safety-related topics -- October
• Supports scholarships for IH students
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Pacific Region Section ActivitiesYuma Pacific - Southwest – Del Malzahn, CIH (P),
Stephen Davis, CIH, CSP, CAC (P-E >> P Jan 2015)• Annual Meeting Program (2+ days) Healthy Work
Environments Through Engineering --- January 2014 (three former OSHA Assistant Secretaries attended this meeting)
• Annual Meeting Program (2+ days) Tools, Technology and Big Data–– January 21-23, 2015
• Clayton Award given annually to an individual over 60 years of age who has been exceptionally effective in promoting the field of industrial hygiene.
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What AIHA Can Offer to Its Sections
• Host section’s website• Link local section website to
AIHA’s for greater exposure• Officer Operations manual• List of AIHA members for
recruitment• Public relations materials• Inclusion in AIHA’s group tax
exemption
• Directors and Officers Insurance• General liability insurance• LS dues collection on AIHA
renewal form• Online meeting
center/collaborative workspaces/communities
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Summary• Pacific Region section activities continue to help sustain the IH
profession by:– Contributing to a sustainable stream of educational (cost
effective local events) and other resources in support of members’ current roles and future goals
– Providing opportunities for volunteers engaged by:• Who they will meet (e.g., formal / informal mentors)• What they will learn • How they can help
– Supporting students thru: AIHF & other scholarships, monetary awards, student LS sponsorship, reduced dues, etc.
– Supporting AIHA organizational priorities through collaboration with national AIHA & other organizations (ASHRAE, ASSE, HPS, etc.)
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Thank you for listening!Questions?