2018 Pittsburgh AIHA E-Learning Subscription

The Pittsburgh AIHA purchased a National AIHA E-Learning Subscription for 2018 as an added benefit for our local section members.   An email link allowing access was sent to all Pittsburgh AIHA Members who are current / have paid their dues.  Remember, if you are NOT a National AIHA Member, you MUST pay your dues directly to the Local Section -- please refer to the post HERE: www.pittsburghaiha.org/home/2019-membership-dues-collection-renew-now
 
Submission Deadline:  THE 2018 E-LEARNING SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES ON JANUARY 31, 2019.  ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THAT DATE TO RECEIVE CREDIT!

THE FOLLOWING WEBINARS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2018 SUBSCRIPTION -- click the link for the recording / evaluation to access each webinar.

If you have any questions, please email ckirsch@pittsburghaiha.org.  You can also contact the National AIHA e-Learning Program Director, Colleen Manning at cmanning@aiha.org or by phone at 703-846-0750.

That Stinks! Investigating Odor Complaints

This webinar presents information for industrial hygienists on the process of evaluating spaces for odors.  On occasion, the industrial hygienist is asked to find the source of a localized, transitory or wide-spread odor in a facility. Most industrial hygienists have their go-to list of how to evaluate for the odors. While many odors fit typical categories that industrial hygienist​s evaluate for, other odors are outside the typical – and the industrial hygienist is left with a space with an odor and uncertainty of how to proceed. This webinar outlines a systematic process of how to evaluate the odors from collecting subjective and objective information, evaluating site conditions for potential sources, determining whether sampling is appropriate (and what to sample), appropriate controls, and interpreting results. As part of the investigation process presentation, a discussion of odor thresholds is included.

That Stinks! Investigating Odor Complaints

Enhancing Worker Protection thru Job Safety Analysis

Job hazard analysis is an effective systematic technique for mitigating risk to workers. The most effective job hazard analyses capture the insight of workers who perform the work and the expertise of those skilled in hazard identification and control. Webinar participants will learn methods and considerations for mitigating risk to workers through job hazard analyses that accurately defines essential job steps for completing the work; identifies and describes hazards associated with each job step; and defines effective hazard controls.

​Enhancing Worker Protection Through Job Hazard Analysis

Graphene and Safe Nano handling

​Graphene, consisting of a single layer of carbon arranged in a plane, is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing nanomaterials. It is becoming increasingly popular in a wide range of applications, especially in composites and plastics.  

If you work with nanomaterials, chances are that sooner or later you will come across graphene in one of its many forms. 

This webinar will explain what graphene is, the forms it takes and how it is incorporated into composite materials. Good practices to mitigate exposure to nanomaterials and how to improve workplace safety practices will also be presented​. 

Graphene and Safe Nano handling
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Developing Respirator Cartridge Change Schedules

A respirator cartridge change schedule outlines how often cartridges should be replaced and what information was relied upon to make this judgment. A cartridge's useful service life varies based on many factors, and once exceeded, no longer provides adequate protection. Despite regulatory requirements to develop a respirator cartridge change schedule, some users may rely on taste, smell, or irritation of gases or vapors coming through the cartridge.
The webinar explains how gas/vapor cartridges work and different methods of estimating cartridge service life and will help you develop a respirator cartridge change schedule so you can prevent potential exposures and meet regulatory requirements.

​Developing Respirator Cartridge Change Schedules

Worst Plant – A Virtual H&S Audit

Thousands of companies around the world currently utilize internal, external, or a combination of technical and management resources to conduct regulatory compliance audits, inspections, and assessments of their operations with the results being used as one of the company’s many health and safety performance metrics. This highly audience-participative webinar will take participants through a photographic tour of ‘the worst plant in the world’ through an assemblage of photographs of various regulatory compliance issues. As photos are shown, the instructors will quiz participants on the various issues noted and where they might be found in the OSHA regulations. ​

​The Worst Plant: A Virtual H&S Audit