High Safety Consulting Services' Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) can provide expert services for your organization by monitoring air quality for chemical exposures.  By using various sampling methodologies we will determine the level of chemical exposure in your workplace.  We will also develop control methods to help reduce exposure when appropriate to do so. 

When should you sample for chemical exposure in the workplace? 

1. When employees have complaints about chemical exposures or effects.
2. When the employer is concerned about the well-being and long-term health of his or her employees.
3. When required by an OSHA standard.  OSHA regulates 13 substances, most of which require baseline air monitoring and depending on the results, need some type of periodic monitoring.  OSHA also requires exposures to be below the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for many more substances that are regulated.
4. OSHA mandates that companies who require their employees to wear respirators must know the levels of chemical contaminant present.
5. To determine if control measures are effective.
6. When work processes change or work hours increase to determine if over-exposures are occurring as a result of new changes.
7. When specialized or complex exposure assessments need to be completed.