Industrial Hygiene
Show that workers are not over-exposed to airborne chemicals, dust or noise, and trend the results over time.
Consultant reports prove exposure once and are rarely trended. This module groups workers who share similar exposure into Similar Exposure Groups, records personal and area samples against each agent's limit, rates every result automatically, and schedules the next sample based on the rating. A worker's exposure history is kept on file even after they leave.
What it does
What Industrial Hygiene covers
Similar Exposure Groups
Workers with similar exposure are grouped together, with the chemical, dust, noise, heat or other agents that group is exposed to listed against it.
Exposure limits
The public-domain US OSHA limits are built in. Any other limit a company works to is entered by the company itself.
Sample entry and automatic rating
Personal or area samples, over a full shift (TWA) or a short period (STEL), are logged against the agent's limit and rated automatically.
Automatic re-testing schedule
A higher exposure rating shortens the date the next sample is due.
Worker exposure history
A worker's full exposure record across every group they have belonged to, kept on file even after they leave the company.
How it works
From first entry to closed record
The steps below follow the module from start to finish, in the order most companies use it.
- 1
Form the groups
Group the workers with similar exposure into a Similar Exposure Group, for example a solvent decanting crew.
- 2
List the agents
For each group, list the chemical, dust, noise or heat agents its members are exposed to.
- 3
Set the limits
Use the built-in OSHA limits, or enter the limits your company works to.
- 4
Log the samples
Record each personal or area sample. The result is rated against the limit automatically.
- 5
Follow the schedule
Re-sample on the date the rating sets, and review the trend over time.
Who uses it
What each role does with it
Company Admin
Creates exposure limits. Only a Company Admin can create or review a limit. Also records groups and samples.
Supervisor
Records groups, agents and samples, and follows the re-sampling schedule.
HSE Manager
Reviews exposure ratings, schedules and worker histories, read-only.
Role access is enforced on the server. HSE Managers are read-only everywhere on the dashboard, and a role only sees what it is allowed to.
Safeguards
Built-in limits and safeguards
- Exposure ratings are worked out from the result and its limit on every view, so they are never stored as a status that can go stale.
- Each sample is pinned to the limit that applied when it was taken. Changing a limit creates a new version and does not silently change past ratings.
- Respirator or other PPE protection is never subtracted from a result. Every comparison is made against the limit as measured.
- A below-detection result is rated as a low exposure and printed as below detection, never as zero.
- Personal exposure records are kept as part of a worker's permanent record.
- The ACGIH limits that many consultants use are copyrighted and are not bundled. A company that works to them enters them itself.
Scope
What it does not do
Stated plainly, so nothing is bought on a misunderstanding. Items marked as coming soon are on the roadmap, not in the product today.
- LIMS and laboratory integration is not included. Data from dosimeters or gas detectors is imported by CSV only.
- Medical and health surveillance data, such as audiometry or spirometry, is not included.
- Statistical similar-exposure-group assessment and Bayesian decision analysis are not included.
- Licensed occupational exposure limit lists are not bundled.
- There is no field-worker app part to this module. It is dashboard-only.
Related
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