Contaminant Mapping

Foreword After a summer hiatus, I am looking to continue to put into words many of my experiences and the lessons learned in my industrial hygiene career to date. This article covers the challenges in correcting real-time respirable dust measurements to real-time...

The time is almost here.  On June 23, 2018, OSHA will begin enforcing its silica rule (1910.1053 – Respirable crystalline silica).  Crystalline silica is a very abundant material found throughout the earth’s crust.  According to OSHA, there are approximately 2.3...

Foreword This is the second part of a series I hope to continue that deals with some interesting experiences I’ve had in my industrial hygiene journey.  The first article covered the “Misnomer of Total Dust”.  As with that post, I’d like to summarize...