Protecting Worker Health What is Industrial Hygiene? American
Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Students and Early Career
Professionals Committee
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Protecting Worker Health Who are industrial hygienists?
Industrial hygienists wear many different hats in their day-to-day
jobs He or she could be a: Scientist Investigator Trainer/Educator
and more!
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Protecting Worker Health What do industrial hygienists do?
Industrial hygienists figure out the safest way for people to do
their jobs and live their lives. They do this by anticipating,
recognizing, evaluating and controlling hazards in peoples lives.
What does this mean to you?
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Protecting Worker Health
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Meet Herbert the Hamster Herbert lives in a cage. The cage is
in a classroom where the students are in charge of caring for
him.
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Protecting Worker Health Helping Herbert the Hamster Herbert
needs a healthy place to live. What does Herbert need to be healthy
(identify)? How can we tell if Herbert is healthy (measure)? How
can we make Herberts home healthier (fix)?
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Protecting Worker Health Anticipation (Pre-Identify) Like all
living things, Herbert needs clean food, water and a healthy place
to live so he can continue to grow strong. Can you pre-identify
things that Herbert may need? food water shelter
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Protecting Worker Health Recognition (Identify) Like all living
things, Herbert also produces waste and may live with other
creatures. Can you identify potential problems that may change
Herberts healthy home? waste overcrowding
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Protecting Worker Health Evaluation (Measure) How can we
measure if Herbert is happy? Amount of waste in cage? Number of
animals in cage? Strength of odor in cage? Amount of clean food and
water in cage? Herberts general appearance? What tools/equipment
would you use to measure these?
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Protecting Worker Health Control (Fix) How can we fix Herberts
home? Reduce waste in cage. Limit number of animals in cage. Clean
and air out cage. Provide right amount of clean food and water.
Make sure Herbert is healthy and disease-free. What would be the
right amount of fix?
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Protecting Worker Health Meet Herberts Friends They take care
of Herbert but they also need healthy places to live and work. How
would you help them?
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Protecting Worker Health Would you want to be an industrial
hygienist when you grow up? Industrial hygienists figure out the
safest way for people to do their jobs and live their lives. They
do this by pre- identifying, identifying, evaluating and fixing
hazards in peoples lives.
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Protecting Worker Health Perform Exercise Ideas for showing IH
measuring tools Use Indoor Air Quality monitors Use Colorimetric
tubes & Bellows pumps Etc.
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Protecting Worker Health How would you like to help us keep
people safe and healthy? As industrial hygienists, youll And
Because
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