2024 33rd Annual CIHC Professional Development Seminar

The Westin San Jose
302 South Market Street,
San Jose, CA 95113

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PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

• Welcome — Megan Canright Racicot, MPH, CIH, Director of Scientific Operations, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. (FACS); Conference Co-Chair and Vice President, CIHC
• CIHC Update — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President, President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Chris Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, FAIHA, FAIC, former CIHC President, President, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC
• National AIHA Update — Larry Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, National American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• Update from Cal/OSHA — Debra Lee, Chief, Cal/OSHA, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, California Department of Industrial Relations, Eric Berg, MPH, Deputy Chief of Health, Cal/OSHA, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, California Department of Industrial Relations
• CIHC Annual Legislative Update — Catherine Barankin, Executive Director, Sacramento Advocacy
• Update From CDPH — Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH, Chief, Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Ken Cox, Product Manager, LarsonDavis
• Introduction to Hand/Arm Vibration and Whole Body Vibration — Ken Cox, Product Manager, LarsonDavis
• Demystifying Noise Exposure Assessment: Top 7 Myths — Robert Vannice, MS, CIH, CSP, Senior Industrial Hygiene Manager - Amazon
• Introduction to EMF Exposure Assessments — Robert Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, EME Safety
• Laser Safety: Incidents, Trends, and Emerging Issues — Eric Lawson, MS, Environmental, Safety & Health Laser Safety Officer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Evening Social – The Westin in CIHC exhibitor area

 Wednesday, December 04, 2024

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Jim Kapin, MPH, CIH, CSP, Principal Industrial Hygiene Scientist, Tetra Tech, Inc.
• Introduction to Exposure Decision Analysis Strategies — John Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, Former Director of Safety and Industrial Hygiene, 3M, Previous American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) President
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Introduction to Exposure Decision Analysis Strategies continued— John Mulhausen, PhD, CIH, Former Director of Safety and Industrial Hygiene, 3M, Previous American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) President
• KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: From OSHA PELs to EPA ECELS: Industrial Hygiene History with a Perspective on the Future of OEHS — Carter Ficklen, CIH, CSP, Program Manager, Mission Technologies, Inc., NASA Langley Research Center
• Afternoon Session Theme – “Wildland Fire: Updates on Research and Guidelines”
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Michelle Rosales, MPH, CIH, Director of Environmental Health Services, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. (FACS)
• Overview of the Draft NIOSH Hazard Review: Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure Among Farmworkers and Other Outdoor Workers — Lilia Chen, MS, CIH, Deputy Branch Chief, Emerging Technologies Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/NIOSH (virtual)
• A History of the Assessment of Wildfire Impacts in the Indoor Environment — Michael Posson, MPH, CIH, Scientist, Exponent
• Exhibitor Demonstration and Exhibits
• Working in Smoke: Protecting Wildland Firefighters in an Extreme Environment — Kathleen Navarro, Environmental and Occupational Health Director, Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior/U.S. Forest Service
• Innovations in Cal/OSHA Rulemaking: Protecting Firefighters in the Wildland Urban Interface — Michael Wilson, PhD, MPH, CIH, Senior Safety Engineer for Research and Standards, Cal/OSHA

Thursday, December 05, 2024

• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Danie Tan, MBA, CIH, CSP, Senior Consultant/Manager, BSI Consulting
• Industrial Hygiene Expert Witness Data vs. the Sanchez Hearsay Ruling — Dave Gold, CIH, CSP, President, Gold Health and Safety Consulting
• Health and Safety in the Cannabis Industry — Sylvia Fontes, MS, CIH, Director of Environmental Health Services, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. (FACS)
• Incident Investigation Techniques and FACE Case Studies — Robert Kleinerman, MPH, CIH, Principal, Kleinerman & Associates Environmental Health & Safety, LLC
• The Culture Metric: Assessing the Maturity of Workplace Well-Being Programs — Xavier Alcaraz, CIH, CSP, Managing Principal, BSI Consulting
• Afternoon Session Theme – “Ethics in Industrial Hygiene”
• Session Chair Welcome and Introductions — Pamela Murcell, MS, CIH, CIHC Board President, President, KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc.
• Ethics in Industrial Hygiene — Nancy McClellan, MPH, CIH, CHMM Principal Industrial Hygiene Expert, Chief Executive Officer, Occupational Health Management PLLC, Vice President American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Board of Directors
• Closing Remarks — Megan Canright Racicot, MPH, CIH, Director of Scientific Operations, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. (FACS); Conference Co-Chair and Vice President, CIHC