Sandra Green
Jarrettsville
Summary
Experienced industrial hygiene professional skilled in identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards. Thrives on collaborative teamwork and achieving tangible results to ensure safety and compliance in fast-paced environments. Proficient in risk assessment, hazardous material handling, and implementing health and safety protocols. Recognized for reliability and adaptability, consistently meeting organizational needs and making valuable contributions to overall workplace health and safety.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Industrial Hygiene Technician
DHA – Kirk Army Health Clinic
02.2010 - Current
- Serves as an Industrial Hygiene Technician for the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) for assigned tenant activities engaged in a range of industrial, laboratory and administrative processes that support research, development and testing of chemical materials supporting the chemical surety missions on the installation
- Work encompasses the full range of practicing anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling chemical hazards including some for which the nature and risk of the hazard is not completely understood
- Conduct literature searches to determine nature/severity of known/unknown hazards
- Responsible for conducting comprehensive workplace evaluations of industrial/laboratory work sites to characterize work processes, identify chemical and physical health hazards present, characterize worker exposures, and to assess the adequacy/effectiveness of existing engineering controls measures
- Performs baseline and periodic surveys of new buildings, shops and processes to include the establishment of hazard inventory, controls in use, shop personnel and the processes that they perform, conduct/review hazard assessments and assist in updating workplace monitoring plans
- Surveys include chemical exposure monitoring, noise surveys, ventilation assessments, certifying chemical fume hoods/ducted trunk systems/ductless hoods, occupational noise exposure, airborne contaminants, ergonomic evaluations, indoor air quality assessments, complaint investigations and medical consults
- Recommend and provide information on the selection/use of personal protective equipment, respiratory protection and appropriate control measures
- Determine compliance with established Permissible Exposure limits, Threshold Limit Values, and Occupational Exposure Limits to comply with established health requirements and to provide information for evaluation purposes
- Coordinate with Lab/Safety/Facility Managers to schedule surveys, discuss findings, provide recommendations and corrective actions needed
- Update and fully documents workplace, exposure monitoring and survey data in the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System, Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) database to include creating/updating and using the DOEHRS-IH Master Task Schedule to determine type of survey, nature of survey, resources needed and scheduling
- Prepares technical survey reports containing health hazard identification, data interpretation, exposure data, corrective actions and recommendations for inclusion in the medical surveillance programs
- Provide technical assessments to Lab/Safety/Facility Managers and supervisors regarding suspected unsafe or unhealthful working conditions
- Assists in identifying appropriate engineering, administrative or personal protective equipment controls to include refining ventilations systems, enclosures and automated systems
- Determine measurements to be made and methods to be used, calibrate and adapt various kinds of monitoring equipment, various air sampling equipment, sound level metering equipment, and other industrial hygiene equipment used to detect physical and chemical hazards
Bioenvironmental Engineering Craftsman, Industrial Hygiene Program Manager, Environmental Compliance Program Manager, Career Field Training Manager, Supervisor
U.S Air Force
03.1997 - 03.2007
- Performing, evaluating and managing activities in the fields of industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health and environment protection to ensure healthful working conditions are maintained and that the environment is not adversely affected by industrial operation
- Ensured practices and procedures in place meet all state, federal and local requirements
- Managed Industrial Hygiene program encompassing 2200 personnel and 46 workshops
- Ensured safety and well-being of base workers by performing comprehensive industrial hygiene baseline, periodic and special surveillance surveys to include site visits, writing technical reports and quality/maintenance of shop casefiles
- Determine and assign shop priority codes for shops
- Consulted with supervisors, commanders and other agencies on corrective steps to be taken where health violations or deficiency exist, ensure programs are carried out and control measures are adequate
- Create, review and modify workplace monitoring plans, SOPS and inspections checklists
- Member of the Hazardous Material Management Program Team and the Occupational Health Working Group
- Occupational Health and Illness Report Monitor, conducted and coordinated investigations
- Provided guidance and supervision in selecting protective equipment and monitored its use in industrial environments, surveyed workplaces, collected employee data, determined workplace monitoring requirements, collected data on hazardous noise, radiation, ventilation, air quality, chemical exposures, ergonomics, and thermal stress to assess degree of hazards and worker exposures
- Coordinates, conducts, and schedules indoor air quality and health hazard assessments dealing with mold growth in homes and military facilities
- Performed and directed surveys to detect and identify NBC contaminates, provided technical assistance and guidance to base disaster preparedness personnel in detecting warfare agents, advised on health hazards and protective measures for exposed populations and emergency response personnel, advised on decontamination procedures for personnel, patients, equipment, and medical facilities, provided training for medical personnel, advice and guidance for training of non-medical personnel in aspects of defense against NBC agents
- Office Computer System Administrator
- Meticulously entered critical data such as health exposures, air samplings, chemical sampling results, respiratory protection fit-testing results, gas mask quantification fit-testing results, employee demographics and exposure classifications into Command Core (oracle-bases system)
- Maintained and updated accuracy of information
- Imported/exported supporting data when required
- Reviewed plans, work orders, contract, assessments, statements and budgets in compliance with EPA
- Review supply issue documents for hazardous and toxic substances and monitor the issue, use and disposal of such materials
- Assigned and enter issue exception codes in the Air Force Environmental Information System (AF-EMIS)
- Updated and maintained AF-EMIS database with correct hazardous material information, characteristics of chemicals and personal protective equipment needed while being used
- Coordinated, scheduled and conducted training in areas of industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, and environmental compliance
- Ensured personnel are fully qualified and maintained adequate skills to perform duties
- Updated and maintained training database to ensure accuracy of training requirements
Education
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Safety and Health
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL11-2011
Associate of Applied Science - Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Maxwell AFB, AL01-2003
Skills
- PPE Compliance Knowledge
- Workplace Ergonomic Analysis
- Gas detection equipment
- Indoor air quality monitoring
- Noise level measurement
- Data interpretation collection and analysis
- Workplace ventilation systems
- Site analysis and hazard identification
- Air sampling techniques
- Chemical analysis and exposure assessment
- Respiratory protection
- OSHA compliance and regulations, Industrial hygiene standards
Timeline
Industrial Hygiene Technician
DHA – Kirk Army Health Clinic
02.2010 - Current
Bioenvironmental Engineering Craftsman, Industrial Hygiene Program Manager, Environmental Compliance Program Manager, Career Field Training Manager, Supervisor
U.S Air Force
03.1997 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Safety and Health
Columbia Southern University
Associate of Applied Science - Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology
Community College of The Air Force
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