SPACE IS LIMITED TO 30 - DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 10!!
Details are on the meeting announcement page.
The Pittsburgh Section is part of the national American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) founded in 1939. The AIHA is an international organization made up of more than 10,000 members from every industry worldwide who are dedicated to health and safety in the workplace, community, and environment.
Registration is OPEN for this event on April 24, 2024 that includes a presentation on New Technologies in Ergonomics AND a site visit / tour of the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works - Irvin Plant! The event will be held at the Irvin Plant located in West Mifflin, PA. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 30 - DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 10!! Details are on the meeting announcement page.
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The Pittsburgh AIHA President's Luncheon was held on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the LeMont Restaurant on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh. Thank you to National AIHA President, Dina M. Siegel, CIH, CSP, CBSP, FAIHA, who provided an update on National AIHA activities as well as a technical presentation on time sensitive chemicals. Thank you to all who attended!
See Dina's National AIHA State of the Association presentation HERE: pittsburgh_local_section_-_aiha_update_march_2024.pdf Join Pittsburgh AIHA members attending the 2024 conference within driving distance from Pittsburgh!!
View the program HERE: https://aiha-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIHA/aihaconnect/Documents/AIHA-Connect-2024_AdvanceProgram_FINAL.pdf Our local section depends on its members to volunteer for positions on the executive committee. Serving on the committee is a great way to become more involved in the local section, and you can claim certification maintenance (CM) credit toward your CIH. We are currently asking for nominations for the committee serving July 2024 -June 2026:
NOTE: The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) allows you to claim certification maintenance (CM) credit annually for local section office: local section President – 1 point; local section Officer or Director – 0.5 points. If you would like to volunteer for elections or nominate someone, please email the Executive Committee at info@pittsburghaiha.org. A short biography and statement of intent along with a photo are needed for any election candidates. NEW this year, we would like to thank Stantec for their 2024 Pittsburgh AIHA Corporate Sponsorship! Pittsburgh AIHA members from Stantec include Laura Allen, MS, CIH Senior Health Scientist and Paige Wells, Associate Health Scientist. For more information on corporate sponsorship, please visit the Corporate Sponsorship page. All ACTIVE Pittsburgh AIHA Members as of 2/13 2024 should have received notice from National AIHA eLearning regarding the 2024 Pittsburgh Section eLearning Subscription. There are two courses available in the online classroom:
Click the link in your email to login to the online classroom to view these courses at your convenience. Remember that this is a benefit for PAID Pgh. AIHA members only - if you did not receive an email, please confirm that your 2024 dues are paid. To renew your Pittsburgh AIHA local section membership, see the details in the sidebar at the right on this page, or you can subscribe on the membership page. Please reach out to Christy at info@pittsburghaiha.org with any questions. 2024 course selections expire on 12/31/2024. Are you interested in joining a small company with a unique mission to communicate safety and environmental information to a wide variety of employers in the tri-state area? Professional Training Associates, Inc. seeks a full-time training professional to organize and conduct health and safety training courses for our clients in the industrial, construction, healthcare, and government sectors. Prior training experience is preferred. An understanding of government safety and environmental regulations is essential, but we will provide additional in-house training as necessary. Some overnight travel is required. OSHA construction /general industry outreach authorization is a plus.
Primary responsibilities would include preparing, organizing and conducting the following training courses:
Ideal candidates will possess:
Thank you to the attendees of the February 15, 2024 event -- both AIHA and Western PA ASSP members attended, over 40 in all! Thanks to Dr. Caporali-Fihlo for his time and efforts to present to the group! The 4-hour session included a combination of presentation and hands-on learning. Thank you to the SRU Safety Department and Dr. Rona Smeak for hosting the event and assisting with planning and coordination!
NEW this year, we would like to thank CNX Resources for their 2024 Pittsburgh AIHA Corporate Sponsorship! CNX Resources members include Shawn Sunderlin, MS, CSP, Director-QHSE and Timothy Huffman, Director of Operational Excellence, who is also a new member of the Pittsburgh AIHA. For more information on corporate sponsorship, please visit the Corporate Sponsorship page. SKC is a well-known and respected leader in industrial hygiene that offers innovative technologies as well as advanced scientific knowledge and expertise to both customers and the marketplace in general. SKC has a high level of integrity, a focus on continuous improvement, and a sincere dedication to the safety and well-being of people. SKC is about the power of science in the service of people—that people, their safety, their quality of life and their productivity, is the real driving force behind every decision and action SKC makes. SKC is seeking an exceptional communicator with both broad and deep technical and scientific knowledge to serve our customers as the Corporate Industrial Hygienist/Technical Services Manager. This role works cross functionally with the domestic and international sales, marketing, and product teams. Additionally, this individual will lead SKC's technical service team which is based out of our global headquarters in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area. This role requires a moderate amount (25-50%) of travel, including international. For additional information and to apply online, see the entire job posting HERE: Corporate Industrial Hygienist/Technical Services Manager
The Winter 2023 Newsletter is posted -- click the image below to see recent updates and message from our President, Dane Mitcheson!
We are sad to share news of the recent passing of long-time Pittsburgh AIHA member and friend, Raj Dharmarajan on December 16, 2023. Many of you may know Raj who worked as an Industrial Hygienist with Bayer MaterialScience for over 30 years and more recently as a part-time consultant for AM Health & Safety. Raj always enjoyed participating in our Pittsburgh AIHA events and was a regular at our winter and summer business meetings. We will certainly miss him! Please take a moment to read the obituary posted here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/venkatram-dharmarajan-obituary?id=53882952
THANK YOU to returning 2024 corporate sponsors, we greatly appreciate your continued support!
Support the Pittsburgh AIHA as a Corporate Sponsor! The benefits of a Corporate Sponsorship contribution of $250 include:
Corporate Sponsorship is renewable on an annual basis. Visit the Corporate Sponsors Page for current sponsors and application information - You can sign up online, or print the form to complete and mail. They say you never forget your first time and that must be true for many important things in life. As I write this almost 43 years later I still remember getting that phone call early one Sunday morning from a guard at the blast furnace where I worked for less than a year. I had the weekend call for the EH&S Department and the guard was asking me if being exposed to methanol vapors for a brief time posed any hazard. I told him that as long as the workers were not experiencing any dizziness or nausea, they would be fine after getting some fresh air. As I hung up the phone something in my gut didn’t seem right and I decided to go to the plant. Walking into the mill from the parking lot, I ran into the Plant’s Assistant General Manager who asked what I was doing there. I told him I got a call from the guard about workers being exposed to methanol vapors and decided to investigate further. I soon learned that phone call was a big-time understatement. Actually, a lab worker from the water quality lab was on his way to the nearby hospital’s burn unit. The workers reportedly exposed to the vapors were other lab personnel who were able to catch the worker (a burning torch) running down the hall and douse the flames with their coats. They were mostly uninjured, suffering only minor burns to the hands. Please join us for our 1st event of the New Year 2024! SPACE IS LIMITED TO 25, so register early! Title: The Shocking, Sordid, and Sometimes Tawdry History of Exposure Sampling Strategies" Speaker: Paul Hewett Ph.D. CIH FIOH - Exposure Assessment Solutions, Inc. Date / Time: Thursday - January 11, 2024, 9:00 - 11:30 AM Location: AM Health & Safety, Inc., 5177 Campbells Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (412) 429-0560 Register online before January 8, 2024 - details are found HERE: 2024-01-11 Paul Hewett The students welcomed Mr. Barry Momyer, President of AM Health and Safety and President-Elect of the Pittsburgh AIHA to speak about IH Sampling on November 9, 2023. The Meeting was opened by the SRU AIHA Student Section President Shayla Wilkinson who updated the attendees on current events and planned tours. She then introduced the SRU AIHA Student Section Executive Committee members:
Sophia spoke about the I AM IH project they have going on. The program encourages the SRU Safety Management Students to take selfies or videos of them using or near the IH Lab or equipment to promote IH and to hold up I AM IH stickers. A very fun way to engage the students with the focus on IH. They then post onto the SRU AIHA Instagram and Facebook pages. The SRU ASSP group and SRU Safety Instagram reposts this for maximum distribution and followers. The Spring plans for the SRU AIHA Student Section is to attend the Annual Meeting for the Pittsburgh Section and numerous tours at Berry Global and, hopefully, NIOSH. Thank you to the SRU AIHA Student Section and Dr. Rona Smeak for providing this update! The Pittsburgh AIHA is proud to support this amazing group of rising safety/IH professionals! Please consider following the SRU AIHA Student Chapter on Instagram at sru_aiha. |
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