Asbestos exposure from the World Trade Center disaster

Assume that you work for Acme Industrial Hygiene Consultants and you are at an event conducting air samples. In your paper, you will discuss:

€¢ What was going on during sampling?
€¢ What was your sampling method?
€¢ What are your results?

You are expected to use the AIHA Statistical Spreadsheet to assist you in analyzing the data. Click here to access the AIHA Statistical Spreadsheet. Click here to

access instructions for using the AIHA spreadsheet. You will also need to discuss:

€¢ The descriptive statistics for the dataset
€¢ The number of samples above the OEL (if any)
€¢ What the 95th percentile exposure level would be?
€¢ What exposure category you would put the workers’ exposure into (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4)?

*****Additional instructions and the necessary websites are in the attachment

MOS 6301,
Advanced Industrial Hygiene
1
Course Description
Examination of advanced practical theory as it applies to the classical industrial hygiene field. Review an array of
investigative, scientific, engineering, organizational,
and social skills that are necessary to effectively control occupational
and environmental health hazards.
Prerequisites
CHM 1030 & MA 1150
Course Textbook
Plog, B. A., & Quinlan, P. (2012).
Fundamentals of industrial hygiene
(6th ed
.
). Itasca, IL:
National Safety Council.
Occupational Saf
ety and Health Administration.
(1998).
Industrial
h
ygiene
(
OSHA Pu
blication 3143). Retrieved from

brary/industrial_hygiene/industrial_hygiene.pdf
Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1.
Describe the history and philosophy of industrial hygiene and
the
code of ethics in the pr
actice of occupational
hygiene.
2.
Generalize the role of the industrial hygienist as an investigator
in both
the traditional industrial setting and in
the
less traditional public a
nd environmental health fields.
3.
Explain the role of OSHA, NIOSH, and
the
other agencies and organizat
ions
that influence workplace procedures.
4.
Describe the important aspects of toxicology from an
industrial hygiene standpoint.
5.
Explain
the
different routes of exposure (inhalation, ingestion, absorption, injection) and their effects on potential
exposure.
6.
D
iscuss
the different occupational exposure limits, how they are established, and how they are used to prevent
workplace injury and illness.
7.
Distinguish between
the
different types of hazards (chemical
, physical, and biological),
their effects
,
and dose
–
res
ponse relationships.
8.
Describe the elements of an exposure assessment program and explain the process for determining if an
exposure is acceptable or unacceptable.
9.
Assess the basic exposure situations, including calculating time weighted averages and compar
ing them with the
OSHA defined permissible exposure limits (PEL’s), ACGIH threshold limit values (TLV’s)
,
and NIOSH
recom
mended exposure levels (REL’s).
10.
Discuss
the various industrial hygiene control methods used to prevent worker exposure to workplace haz
ards.
Credits
Upon completion of this course, the students will earn three (3) hours of college credit.
MOS 6301, Advanced Industrial
Hygiene
Course Syllabus
MOS 6301,
Advanced Industrial Hygiene
2
Course Structure
1.
Unit Learning Objectives:
Each unit contains
Unit
Learning Objectives that specify the measurable skills and
knowledge students should gain
upon
completion of the unit.
2.
Written Lectures:
Each unit contains a Written Lecture, which discusses lesson material.
3.
Reading Assignments:
Each unit contains Reading
Assignments from one or more chapters from the textbook
or website
.
Supplemental Readings are provided in the unit study guides to aid students in their course of study.
4.
Key Terms:
Key Terms are intended to guide students in their course of study. Student
s should pay particular
attention to Key Terms as they represent important concepts within the unit material and reading.
5.
Discussion Boards:
Discussion Boards are a part of all CSU term courses. Information and specifications
regarding these assignments ar
e provided in the Academic Policies listed in the Course Menu bar.
6.
Unit
Assessments:
This course contains six
Unit Assessments
, one to be completed at the end of Units I
–
I
II
,
and
V
–
VII.
Assessments are composed of multiple
–
choice questions and
written
response
questions
.
7.
Unit Assignments:
Students are required to submit for grading
Unit Assignments in Units I, IV, and VIII
. Specific
information and instructi
ons regarding these assignments are
provided below
.
8.
Ask the Professor:
This communication forum p
rovides you with an opportunity to ask your professor general or
course content related questions.
9.
Student Break Room:
This communication forum allows for casual conversation with your classmates.
Unit Assignments
Unit I PowerPoint Presentation
Create
a 10
–
to 15
–
slide PowerPoint Presentation (not counting title and reference slides) that provides an overview of
industrial hygiene. You may use the textbook, the OSHA pamphlet on Industrial Hygiene, the AIHA website, and other
sources as you see fit. Be
sure to create a reference slide that cites all sources using APA format. Include the following
information in your presentation:
?
Definition/ex
planation of industrial hygiene
?
Major U.S. i
ndustrial hygiene organizations
?
Code of ethics
?
Impact of federal
regulations
?
Types of hazards add
ressed by industrial hygienists
?
Types of control methods used by industrial hygienists
?
Role industrial hygiene plays in an injury and illness prevention program
Use the notes section within PowerPoint to create the dialog o
r script that you would use when speaking
to
the audience
about the information presented on your slide.
Your PowerPoint presentation should be constructed using a serif type
font.
A serif type font is,
in principle (for high
–
resolution media), easier
to r
ead
than a non
–
serif type font because the
individual characters differ more from each other. The standard is Times New Roman.
Do not use a sans serif font such
as Arial.
Also, it is recommended that PowerPoint presentation slides should not contain a font
smaller than thirty points;
twenty eight points should be the absolute minimum.
Unit IV Article Critique
Damiano, J. (1995).
Quantitative exposure assessment strategies and data in the Aluminum Company of America.
Applied Occupational and Environmental
Hygiene,
10
(4) 289
–
298. doi 10.1080/1047322X.1995.10389038
Click
here
to access a PDF of this article.
Using APA format, criti
que
this
article according to the outline specified below. Your response is expected to be
two to
three
pages, double spaced (excluding the title page) in APA format
,
and should include at least the
following
components:
?
Introduction
?
Discus
sion of Article
(scope/content)
?
Evaluation of Research Methods
?
Conclusion