The December newsletter includes a President's Letter from Lt. Tim Beck - please see snippit below, click the image for entire newsletter or click HERE to download a PDF:

The Executive Committee of the Pittsburgh AIHA will hold the winter local section business meeting via Teams.  All members are welcome and encouraged to join the meeting!
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022 --- 10:00 AM to ~12:00 PM.

Register online:  Dec. 21 Registration - Business Meeting 

by Frank Pokrywka, Ed.D, CIH - Pgh. AIHA Treasurer / Historical Committee

Many Safety and Health professionals are natural born story tellers. Still after almost 50 years in this business one of my favorite things to do at conferences or during training classes is listening to or telling stories about events that happened on the job or in life. To me nothing makes more a lasting impression than hearing or remembering a good story. It may even trigger a response action that helps someone to have a safer day at work. 

With this in mind, our AIHA local section catalyst page, our new Historical Archive or the Pgh. AIHA quarterly newsletter would like to present some of these stories to our members. Perhaps an unexpected IH or safety discovery, a funny happening or a tragic event could be just the story someone need to read to if you are willing to share. 

As we all reflect on the events of this past year or from a working lifetime, please consider sharing one of your “stories” that means a lot to you or is something that you just can’t forget. Just in writing this piece, dozens of my stories have come to mind as I am sure will happen to you. As you write your stories, please keep them “relatively” short and avoid naming names or places that might prove hurtful unless essential to the telling.   My example is below (click the "read more" link).

Mark your calendar for our first event of the New Year 2023!  On Friday, January 13, 2023 MSA will host the Pittsburgh AIHA for a 1/2 day event.  Details are still being finalized, but the day will include:

• Location-MSA Corporate Center in Cranberry Woods, PA
• Presentation titled:  Filtration Performance of Air-Purifying Respirators against Airborne Contaminants -Some Fundamental Principles  by Zane N. Frund, Ph.D., CIH, MBA - Executive Director & Global Leader, Materials/ Chemical Research & Sensor Development
• MSA Facility Tour

Registration will open in the coming weeks.