Exposure Monitoring

TSI Exposure Monitoring Instruments 
Exposure monitoring is conducted to evaluate workplace health and safety conditions as they relate to workers' exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards during the time they are on the job.

RTI International
Information about actual human exposure to toxic chemicals has several important uses, including informing risk assessments, helping predict the potential consequences of exposures, and developing exposure criteria for regulations and other public policy guidance.

Berkeley Lab:Exposure Monitoring and Medical Consultation
Hazard assessments are conducted by EH&S Industrial Hygienists and other EH&S professionals to identify the potential for employee exposure to hazardous materials and to ensure proper control measures are in place.  Hazard assessments are conducted for operations involving the use of particularly hazardous substances, unstable/reactive compounds, chemicals regulated by OSHA substance specific standards and for other chemicals and operations as deemed appropriate by an EH&S Industrial Hygienist.  Operations and materials may also be assessed in response to a Health Services referral, or when a concern is expressed by an employee or supervisor.

Training Material:

As part of these HAZWOPER regulations, there are varying requirements for employee training, depending on the employee's specific level of involvement with hazardous materials. Exposure Monitoring Program This program will help employees to understand various aspects of the HAZWOPER regulations, as well as their rights and responsibilities as someone who works with hazardous materials or waste.