![]() So, I mean, thirty nine years you were doing this. You look for things that can cause risk for the employee.ĭonovan: I gotcha, I gotcha. It’s kind of like being a risk assessment detective. I might do some research about that material or concern, and then go to their facility, do air contaminant or noise monitoring, review ventilation systems to see if they were working as they were supposed to. I was able to talk to them beforehand and determine what their concern was. I was in consultation so I went out at the request of the facility. So you started out meeting these guys, and then you said, “I think I’ll do that.” What is a day in a person who is an industrial hygienist? Is it a lot of visiting factories? How does it go about, If I was going to shadow you for the day?īob: Most of my days would be going to an industry somewhere. Then there was a big learning curve.ĭonovan: Oh, I can imagine, I can imagine. I saw what they were doing and I thought, ‘Boy, this looks like a lot more fun than what I am doing.’ So I applied and eventually got into MyOSHA. I was just out of college with a degree in biology and chemistry working as a chemist in a chemical manufacturing facility, and it became my job to escort the MyOSHA guys through the plant when they came to visit us. What would you say? Would this be something someone would go to college for? How did you actually find your way into it and what does it actually mean from day to day?īob: I found my way into it by luck, actually. So we kind of talked about what an industrial hygienist is, but we kind of gave a broad definition. Things are starting to get safer.īob: Exciting is now always a good thing.ĭonovan: Yeah, so it’s still very interesting and intriguing, but there’s no one probably getting as sick as they used to, or as injured as they used to.īob: It makes the days fun when you constantly get the chance to learn new things and to see new things.ĭonovan: Yeah, I can imagine. It’s not quite as exciting when you go into the industries because some of the bad things that were there no longer exist.ĭonovan: So it’s not as exciting in a good way. They lower exposure limits, and when they lower exposure limits, the industry tends to move away from those issues, and the workplace gets a little safer. They find out things are worse for you than they originally thought. I have said that industrial hygiene isn’t quite as exciting now as it used to be because standards move along. I imagine you saw innovations and regulations and a lot of stuff change, huh?īob: Quite a lot of change, yes, over those years. It’s a fairly rigorous test.ĭonovan: So I’m sure over the time that you were doing that, man, probably the industry changed so much during that time frame. So those are some initials that give you a little bit of credibility.īob: Yeah, the American Board of Industrial Hygiene sponsors a two part test that you take to become certified. It’s the professional way of saying that you know what you’re doing.ĭonovan: Gotcha. I was a CIH for thirty some years.ĭonovan: Now, what’s a CIH? I’m not familiar with that term.īob: A CIH is certified industrial hygienist. I was with MyOSHA for thirty nine and half. So he has been a senior industrial hygienist for, oh man, how many years did you have in the industry Bob?īob: Uh, thirty nine and a half years. Did I say your last name right, Bob?ĭonovan: Alright. Today we have joining us Bob Dayringer, retired MyOSHA. Industry knowledge to make your job easier and safer.ĭonovan: Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Dusty Jobs Podcast. Narrator: Welcome to the Dusty Jobs Podcast from Imperial Systems.
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