Protecting Worker Health AIHA Update for Rio Grande Local Section December, 2014 Stephen Hemperly, MS, CIH, CSP, CLSO AIHA Pacific Region Representative

Protecting Worker Health

AIHA Update for Rio Grande Local Section

December, 2014Stephen Hemperly, MS, CIH, CSP, CLSO

AIHA Pacific Region Representative


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


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)


Members by Age and Generation

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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


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)


Student Local Sections (23 total)

• UCLA Industrial Hygiene Student Association– Orange County Section– Southern California Section

• University of Arizona– Arizona Section


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)


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


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


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


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)


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


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


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


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)


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


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.


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


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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Protecting Worker Health AIHA Update for Rio Grande Local Section December, 2014 Stephen Hemperly, MS, CIH, CSP, CLSO AIHA Pacific Region Representative