Good occupational health & safety practice is an important aspect of company management today. Assessing and controlling risks from hazardous substances and work practices is more than just another obligation for employers. Indeed, focusing on a safer workplace can have a positive effect on productivity, workforce retention and competitiveness.

 

Industrial Hygiene Services

While occupational exposure prevention is usually our focus, services are delivered to meet client needs. Services can vary from general identification and evaluations to in-depth assessments of a facility, department or operation. Assessments may concentrate on a review of controls, programs, procedures and offer recommendations for improvement to better protect employee health and meet applicable government regulations and industry standards.

 

 

•  Indoor Air Quality Inspection and Testing

• OSHA Support and Compliance

• Personnel Monitoring

• Hazard Communication

• Industrial Hygiene Assessments

• Program Development Audit or Evaluation

• Respiratory Protection Programs (including FIT testing)

• Ergonomics

• Noise Assessment & Control for hearing conservation programs

• Health & Safety Audit/VPP

• Odor Investigations

• Design and implement occupational exposure sampling and analysis program

• Develop mitigation programs to reduce or eliminate occupational risk for certain jobs or tasks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What is Occupational Hygiene?

Occupational Hygiene is about recognizing, evaluating and controlling physical and chemical hazards in the workplace that arise in a diverse range of work environments. With a full range of industrial hygiene related services, Riebdon International is a reliable partner in achieving compliance with statutory regulations. The occupational hygiene team focuses on monitoring for many types of hazards, on compliance testing, offering reassurance and remedial action advice when necessary.

 

What are the key benefits?

Riebdon develops long-term strategies to assure continuous compliance, improve processes, and support of best management practices. With industry experience ranging from foundries to aerospace manufacturers and from small businesses to corporate giants, we can quickly pinpoint and deliver practical, client-specific solutions for a healthier workplace.  By developing relationships with our clients that are based on trust, responsibility, technical expertise, and efficiency, we provide effective solutions to emerging, immediate and long-term Industrial Hygiene issues.

• Identify all your statutory obligations

• Comply with the numerous aspects of occupational health & safety regulations

• Have your health hazards measured and controlled by recognized professionals

• Benefit from the expert opinions of dedicated auditors, consultants and technicians in risk assessment

 

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Our Approach
Every client’s needs are unique.  Our approach recognizes that fact and provides for client-specific implementation of:

• Evaluation of Hazards

Industrial hygiene hazards are identified and assessed to determine the best approach to protecting the worker by controlling the hazards and meeting the applicable regulatory requirements.  Based on the information developed, a client-specific strategy is devised and put into motion from our menu of services. 

 

• Implementation

Riebdons’ expertise in regulatory requirements and professional guidelines is applied to implement Industrial Hygiene exposures assessment strategies, programs, procedures and policies that achieve a safe and healthy workplace with minimal cost and time investments. Long-term strategies are put into place to ensure compliance and a safe work environment into the future.

 

• Reporting

Reporting is customized based on the strategies implemented, and client characteristics, such as number of facilities, duration of project, and long-term goals.  Written reports compare the assessment results with regulatory requirements and professional guidelines to provide a frame of reference, and in cases of large projects, reports can be provided in a searchable database to allow viewing of exposure results by facility type, location, job classifications, etc.

 

• Data Management

Our field staff and Industrial Hygiene laboratory can manage your sampling and sampling results; delivering them seamlessly to an Industrial Hygiene database and help you manage the data once it’s entered. Whether or not you are using a database to manage your data we have the process that will allow you to improve regulatory compliance and minimize potential liability and risk.