Founded in 1980 to provide on-site evaluations of potential safety and health hazards.
Staff - Senior Personnel
Denese A. Deeds, CIH
Industrial Hygiene Consultant with in-depth experience in all areas of industrial hygiene, in both evaluation and implementation of hazard control for a wide variety of industries with a specialization in hazard communication.
Experience
Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, Inc. 1981-Present
Co-Founder-Senior Consultant
Consulting in the areas of Industrial Hygiene and Safety, providing such services as industrial hygiene testing, hazardous materials information services, preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets, OSHA compliance audits, accident prevention programs, safety surveys, training programs including hazard communication and hazardous materials transportation, noise surveys and hearing conservation programs. Clients include universities, health care facilities, manufacturers, chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers and distributors, steel producers, metal working shops, utilities, telecommunications, and artists.
Project Examples Include:
- Toxic material control programs for various industries.
- Computerized recordkeeping and toxic material data retrieval systems for client application.
- Material Safety Data Sheets and hazard label preparation in compliance with Consumer, OSHA, State and international regulations
including the GHS.
- Development of multi-language MSDS systems.
- Exposure assessments for new chemical products.
- Product health and safety review.
- New chemical registrations, domestic and international.
- Management and employee training programs for Hazard Communication, Protective Equipment, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Hygiene, Confined Spaces, General Safety.
- Developed confined space module for AIHA, Practical Aspects Course; Instructor - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene.
- Hazwopper training and remediation services.
- Hazardous Materials Transportation classification, training and support.
- Training Programs in MSDS Preparation, Industrial and Consumer Chemical Labeling, the EU Classification and Labeling of Chemicals and the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY 1979-1981
Senior Industrial Hygienist
Responsible for providing comprehensive industrial hygiene and radiation protection services for various operating components in Schenectady and satellite locations, including large turbine, motors, foundries, resin and chemical production, service shops, and research and development.
- Served as Acting Manager-Industrial Hygiene for 6 months
- Initiated plant-wide exposure identification program
- Developed a computerized recordkeeping and recall program
- Coordinated medical complaint investigation program
- Assisted component personnel in implementation of NY State Right-to-Know law
General Electric Company, Hudson Falls, NY 1977-1979
Industrial Hygiene/Safety Specialist
Responsibilities included providing industrial hygiene services, accident prevention programs, safety surveys, evaluate all new equipment and processes for safety and health hazards, safety and health training, train fire brigade and monitor fire protection services for the capacitor products department.
- Performed facility-wide PCB residual exposure evaluation
- Conducted PCB monitoring at hazardous waste sites
- Updated and expanded plant safety manual
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Buffalo, NY 1973-1978
- Provided industrial hygiene services, safety services, training and managed worker's compensation programs for four divisions.
- Directed plant safety observer program.
- Developed plant accident prevention program.
- Instituted periodic occupational exam program.
Education
B.S. Chemistry, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, August, 1971
Graduate Work Science Education, Buffalo State University College, Buffalo, NY, 1971-1972
Additional Training:
Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, Harvard School of Public Health, 1974; Industrial Health-Evaluation and Control under OSHA, IHF, 1975; Westinghouse Corporate Training- Compliance with OSHA, 1974;
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Programming, 1975, Worker's Compensation, 1976; Rockford Punch Press Safety Course, 1978; Hazardous Chemical Safety, 1978; National Library of Medicine, On-Line Training Course, 1984; Supervisor of Asbestos Abatement Projects, Arch Training Services, 1989, Refreshers 1990, 1991; Principals of Environmental/Industrial Toxicology, Wayne State University, 1989; Hazardous Materials, Chemicals & Waste Management, TSI, 1991; International Hazard Communications: Issues & Approaches, AIHA, 1992; Hazardous Waste Generator Conference, CT DEP, 1993; Regulatory Requirements for Component Disclosure, SCHC, 1994. Ecotoxicology for Hazard Communication, SCHC, 1995, Occupational Safety and Health on the Internet, University of New Haven, 1996, Labeling Workshop - Pesticides and Consumer Labels, SCHC, 1997, Transportation of Dangerous Goods - Multi-Modal, HMAC, 1997, 1998, 2000; 2002, Optimizing the Communication of Hazards, SCHC, 1998, Managing People and Programs, CRV-AIHA, 1999, Other Industrial Labeling Systems, SCHC, 1999, Canadian and Mexican Hazard Communication, SCHC, 1999, Advanced Topics in EHS: Endocrine Disruptors, Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, Clinical and Occupational Toxicology, SCHC, 2000., Hazard Communication for the European Union, SCHC, 2001, Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals 2003, International Chemical Control Laws, SCHC, 2004, Reach, SCHC, 2005; Risk Management and Rick Perception, CRV-AIHA 2006.
Professional Certification
Certified Industrial Hygienist, Comprehensive Practice, May, 1979
Professional Affiliations
AIHA - American Industrial Hygiene Association - Full Member
AIHA - Iroquois Local Section - Past President
AIHA - Western New York Local Section - Past President
AIHA - Connecticut River Valley Section - Member
AAIH - American Academy of Industrial Hygiene - Diplomat
AIHA - Committee on Personal Protective Devices - Past Member
SCHC - Society for Chemical Hazard Communication-Past-President, Former President/Vice President/ Secretary/Treasurer/Director
AIHA - Confined Spaces Committee - Past Member
SCHC - Hazard Communication Resources Committee - Member, Past Chairperson
SCHC - Program Committee, Member
SCHC - OSHA Alliance, Liaison and Committee Member
SCHC - Professional Development Instructor (Hazardous Materials Transportation, Consumer Labeling, Industrial Hygiene Topics)
AIHA - Connecticut River Valley Section - Treasurer, 1996-2006; All-Day Conference Coordinator; 1997-2006
