AIHA Update for
Rio Grande Local Section
December, 2014
Stephen Hemperly, MS, CIH, CSP, CLSO
AIHA Pacific Region Representative
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AIHA Organizational Structure
AIHA
Consolidated
501(c)6
AIHA
LLCs
Accreditation
Registry
501(c)3
Proficiency
Testing
JOEH
AIH
Foundation
AIH Guideline
Foundation
2014 is the 75th Anniversary for AIHA and the AIHce
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AIHA Members (~10,000 strong)
Field of Employment
7%
12%
Academic (8)
8%
Consulting Firm (24)
24%
Consulting - Indep (3)
Government/Military (11)
33%
Hospital/Healthcare (2)
11%
3%
Industry (33)
Other (7)
Unknown (12)
2%
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Members by Age and Generation
2012 Members by Age Group
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
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AIHA Members
67 Local Sections
in 8 Regions
2 Foundations
(501c3)
Executive
Director
AIHA Board
4 LLCs
Staff
Academy
Regional Representatives
-- Liaisons to the
Sections
Volunteer Groups
SIGs
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Pacific Region Section – 9 Sections
(month new officer terms begin)
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Arizona (August)
Hawaii (January)
Northern California (July)
Orange County (January)
Rio Grande (January)
Sacramento Valley (January)
San Diego (January)
Southern California (March)
Yuma Pacific – Southwest (January)
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Student Local Sections (23 total)
• UCLA Industrial Hygiene Student Association
– Orange County Section
– Southern California Section
• University of Arizona
– Arizona Section
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Regional Representative Role
• Fifth anniversary of inception – March 2015
• Facilitate more communication amongst local
sections within a geographic area
• Provide coaching to local section officers on effective
leadership
• Track metrics of each local section with respect to
size, number of meetings, officers, etc.
• Provide local sections with subject matter speaker
information (Speakers Bureau  DL program)
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Regional Representative Goals
• Visit each section in his / her region during three-year
term (May 2013 - May 2016) – need to go beyond
Northern California, Sacramento Valley, and Yuma PacificSW sections (e.g., visits to Rio Grande and Orange County)
• Arrange conference calls (quarterly) within region to
exchange information about:
– Planned section activities / events
– Best practices for conducting section business
– How to address “hot topics” & other challenges
• Participate in Leadership Workshop (Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2015 )
• Attend meeting of Local Sections Council at the AIHce
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Arizona Section - John Lemanski, CIH (P), Michael
Breu , CIH (P-E >> P - Aug 2015)
• Total Worker Health & Sun Safety webinar & talk – Aug.
• Arizona Local Section LinkedIn group
• Scholarship(s) for up to four recipients – papers/posters
of selected candidates presented at Spring 2014
meeting
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Hawaii Section – Hans O. Nielsen, CFPS (P), Celena
Freitas (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)
• The Bus Kalihi Facility Tour – August
• Joint Technical Meeting with ASSE: Hawaii’s Hazard
Evaluation and Emergency Response program – October
• Board of Water Supply Waihe’s Tunnel Tour -- December
• Collaboration with University of California – San Diego
Extension & OSHA Institute’s Pacific Education Center to
publicize IH-related educational opportunities
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Northern California – Robert Kleinerman, CIH (P), Jyoti
Kumar, CIH (P-E >> P - Jul 2015)
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Joint dinner meeting with ASHRAE & ASSE – Ultrafine particle instruments January
IH Forums in Collaboration with Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health (COEH):
– Silica: Playing Catch-up
– Professional Ethics – Setting Up for Success
Technical Symposium (Industrial Hygiene and Health & Safety Challenges in R&D
Environments) -- April
Occupational Health Risk from Infectious Diseases and Emerging Pathogens -September
Sustainability Accounting Standards – November
New ISO OHS Management System Standard Under Development – January 2015
Einert, Tebbens and Legge awards in recognition of service to the IH profession or
academic excellence (the latter two awarded to students)
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Orange County – Willie Gruenwald, CIH (P), Bob Higley,
CIH, CSP (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)
• Established new website in 2013
• Creating a Safety Culture To Drive Safety As a Value -- August
• Joint dinner meeting with Southern California LS – Noise
Engineering Controls for Indoor/Outdoor Shooting Ranges
and Manufacturing -- December
• Joint breakfast meeting with ASSE chapter – to cover IHrelated technical topic – planned for Feb 2015
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Rio Grande – Greg Lower, CIH (P), Ryann Washburn, CIH (PE >> P – Jan 2015)
• All-day annual Fall Technical Symposium on toxicology,
health effects of explosive safety; nanoparticles, and other
topics of current interest – December 2013
• All-day annual Fall Technical Conference on IH & Safety in
Indian Health Service, Product Stewardship Society,
Insomnia and Work Performance Loss, Engineered Safety
Work Planning and Controls, Water Tank Rehabilitation, NIR,
EH&S Professiona’s in Ebola and
• International Laser Safety Conference (LIA-sponsored event)
to be held in Albuquerque in March 2015
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Sacramento Valley – Rick Beall, CIH (P), Anthony
Belcher (P-E >> P - Jan 2015)
• Risk Assessment – Application Following Thermolito
Power Plant Fire and It’s Cleanup – March
• Hydraulic Fracturing & Geologists Perspective on
Naturally-Occurring Asbestos Soil/Rock Sampling – July
• Tour of SF 49ers Stadium in Santa Clara, CA – August
• Technologies Shillings Robotics Tour at FMC –
September
• Health & Safety Summit with ASSE Sacramento Chapter
– multiple tracks of concurrent sessions covering IH and
safety topics – October
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Pacific Region Section Activities
San Diego – John Burton (P), Dallas Cowan, CIH (P-E >>
P – Jan 2015)
• Full-Day Technical Symposium (Exposure Assessment –
Current Approaches and Working with Cytotoxic &
Pharmaceutically Potent Compounds) – August
• Ebola and Response Plans – December
• California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC) Conference
being held in San Diego (Dec 3-5, 2014)
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Southern California – Sam Celly, CSP, REA (P), P-E
vacancy?? >> P in Mar 2015)
• Dinner meeting on a technical topic (not specified) March
• Full-Day Annual Environmental Occupational Health
(EOH) Technical Symposium on Energy Alternatives for
California's Future: Environmental Health Aspects
(Collaboration with California State UniversityNorthridge)
• Joint Technical Symposium with AIHA Orange County
Section and ASSE chapters – 10 speakers on various IH
and safety-related topics -- October
• Supports scholarships for IH students
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Pacific Region Section Activities
Yuma Pacific - Southwest – Del Malzahn, CIH (P),
Stephen Davis, CIH, CSP, CAC (P-E >> P Jan 2015)
• Annual Meeting Program (2+ days) Healthy Work
Environments Through Engineering --- January 2014 (three
former OSHA Assistant Secretaries attended this meeting)
• Annual Meeting Program (2+ days) Tools, Technology and Big
Data–– January 21-23, 2015
• Clayton Award given annually to an individual over 60 years
of age who has been exceptionally effective in promoting
the field of industrial hygiene.
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What AIHA Can Offer to Its Sections
• Host section’s website
• Link local section website to
AIHA’s for greater exposure
• Officer Operations manual
• List of AIHA members for
recruitment
• Public relations materials
• Inclusion in AIHA’s group tax
exemption
• Directors and Officers Insurance
• General liability insurance
• LS dues collection on AIHA
renewal form
• Online meeting
center/collaborative
workspaces/communities
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Summary
• Pacific Region section activities continue to help sustain the IH
profession by:
– Contributing to a sustainable stream of educational (cost
effective local events) and other resources in support of
members’ current roles and future goals
– Providing opportunities for volunteers engaged by:
• Who they will meet (e.g., formal / informal mentors)
• What they will learn
• How they can help
– Supporting students thru: AIHF & other scholarships,
monetary awards, student LS sponsorship, reduced dues,
etc.
– Supporting AIHA organizational priorities through
collaboration with national AIHA & other organizations
(ASHRAE, ASSE, HPS, etc.)
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Thank you for listening!
Questions?
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