HYGenesis and INSIHT: Taking the mystery out of generic exposure assessments

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:148109

Battung, T M

Traditionally, those elements of exposure assessment used by industrial hygienists has always been surrounded by a little mystery often referred to by the health and safety community as ``professional judgment.`` Many trade journal publications over the past 10 years have attempted to sequence the logical steps used by industrial hygienists during the exposure assessment process; however, there has been limited field testing of some of these sequenced steps. With the resurgence of importance for development of a Generic Exposure Monitoring Standard by OSHA, the need for exposure assessment protocols that any health and safety professional can use becomes more important. Texaco Inc. Industrial Hygiene has been implementing an industrial hygiene program development protocol called ``HYGenesis`` for the last two years in primarily exploration and production operations. At the same time, INSIHT, a database which integrates Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Medical, and Training information, has been developed and tested. This document discusses the use of the HYGenesis protocol for Basic Workplace and Job Characterizations and Qualitative Exposure Assessments, and INSIHT for development of sampling strategies for Quantitative Exposure Assessment and Recordkeeping. These are four key elements being proposed to OSHA for a Generic Exposure Assessment Standard.

• OSTI ID: 148109
• Report Number(s): CONF-950152--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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