Potomac Local Section AIHA

04/22/2023

12/25/2021

You are invited to the January technical meeting for the AIHA Potomac Local Section.

When: 11 Jan 2022 6:00 PM, EST
Registration link: http://www.potomacaiha.org/event-4614224
Where: Virtual - the Zoom link will be sent in the confirmation email.
Cost: FREE.

Topic: Habits of Highly Effective Safety and Health Professionals

According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for 40 percent of our behaviors. Understanding how to build new habits (and refine your current ones) is essential for making progress in your health, relationships, levels of overall fulfillment, and life in general. As an emerging, established, or executive safety and health professional, the quality of your habits are in direct proportion to the quality of your leadership and the quality of your life. Our research shows the highest performing safety and health professionals have intentionally established habits that support their ability to lead, learn and grow, and create loyalty with the people around them. They have instilled and installed habits that enhance their leadership and their life.

Join us for this engaging, informative session as we work to hand-deliver to your desktop or device, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Safety and Health Professionals; following more than 160 interviews with some of the top-performing professionals and practitioners in our space. As we vault forward out of the pandemic, consider that it takes just 66 days to create a habit. You’ve had 20 months. What habits have you created during this time that will serve you and the people you lead? If not refined, which habits will prove detrimental?

Our speaker for this presentation is Jason Kunz, CIH, CSP. With over a decade of experience with the 3M company in a variety of technical and leadership roles, Jason Kunz demonstrates his passion for the safety and health profession across multiple platforms. A forward-thinker, with the objective to elevate the health and well-being of all workers, Jason uses his voice to amplify the profession and the professional. His life journey, blessings, and struggles have inspired a commitment to building professional communities that ensure an empowerment of their people. Jason is a husband, co-founder, speaker, coach, and community advocate. He is a CIH and CSP, but mostly grateful to have a J-O-B and work with some of the most passionate and compassionate people on the planet. Married since 2019, Jason and his wife Malia call Minneapolis home.

Best regards,

AIHA Potomac Local Section

Our speaker for this presentation is Jason Kunz, CIH, CSP. With over a decade of experience with the 3M company in a variety of technical and leadership roles, Jason Kunz demonstrates his passion for the safety and health profession across multiple platforms. A forward-thinker, with the objective t...

12/17/2021

The CDC is looking for participants to provide feedback in their survey of Direct Reading Instruments. Please see the link below.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies (NCDRST) was established in 2014 to coordinate research and to develop recommendations on the use of 21st century technologies in occupational safety and health (OSH).

05/11/2019

We must think of workplace injuries and fatalities as a systemic failure across multiple organizational levels, or we will miss the opportunity to prevent them.

04/16/2019

New Infographic Cancer @ Work "Workers Memorial Day"

04/08/2019

American Industrial Hygiene Association
Potomac Section
May 2019 Meeting Announcement

Ariel O’Connor, Objects Conservator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Charles Fry, Industrial Hygienist, Smithsonian Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management

Present

Crime Scene Cleanup: Preserving the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Time: Sign-in and Networking: 5:30-6:00 pm
Dinner 6:00-6:30 pm
Speaker Presentation 6:30-7:15 pm
Questions and Closing Remarks: 7:15 pm

Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), aka “the mother of forensic science,” constructed miniature replicas of crime scenes, known as the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death,” to train homicide detectives during the 1930’s to 1960’s. Lee was a criminologist, the first female police captain in the U.S., and a skilled artist who combined science and art to help detectives scientifically approach their crime scenes and search for truth.

This presentation highlights the collaboration between industrial hygienists and objects conservators that culminated in a successful conservation project involving the identification of hazardous materials, exposure assessment, and the development and implementation of a treatment plan that would stabilize the models and allow for a major rewiring and lighting campaign. This effort resulted in the preservation of the Nutshells and their continued use in training detectives.

Location: 3M Innovation Center
1425 K Street Northwest, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
This is 3 blocks from the McPherson Sq. Metro (Orange, Blue Silver lines) and 5 blocks from Farragut North (Red line). On street parking is available. Parking in the building garage is not advised due to restrictive operating hours.

NOTE: In order to comply with security requirements, attendees must provide country of origin upon registration and must be onsite no later than 6:15 pm. No Walk-in Registrations for this event.

Cost: Members $25, Non-Members $30 until 4/30/2019 and $30/$35 after 4/30/2019
Students with ID $20

Register at www.potomacaiha.org (log-in or create a profile first)

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04/01/2019

Summer Internship
Madrid, Spain

This internship will primarily focus on conducting baseline industrial hygiene surveys and performing industrial hygiene sampling as outlined by the Regional Industrial Hygiene Manager. The internship could also include the following industrial hygiene/safety activities: Completio...

03/29/2019

Early Bird Extended till 4/5/19

Dear Colleagues:

Registration is now open for the 2019 Mid Atlantic Construction Safety Conference (MACSC 2019) being held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. Please go to https://www.macsc.net/ for more details, or click here to complete your registration.

The keynote speaker for MACSC 2019 is Chief Richard Picciotto, FDNY Chief and Highest Ranking Firefighter to Survive the World Trade Center Collapse, with a presentation entitled Last Man Down: A Fireman’s Story. Chief Picciotto delivers a gripping, firsthand account of the day that altered history, underscoring the significance of courage, preparation and effective leadership when confronted with enormous adversity. Drawing from his own experiences, Chief Picciotto also teaches audiences the skills a leader needs to not only make life and death decisions, but also daily decisions that benefit your organization.

Breakout Tracks and Sessions
An exciting and interactive program of speakers and companies has been lined up to update and enhance safety and performance in the field.

Emergency Preparedness: Participate in emergency preparedness discussions with an emphasis in construction, including active threats, planning, and crisis management.

Technical Updates: Join our exhibitors and safety leaders in discussions and practical demonstrations in the areas of fall protection, confined space, and respiratory protection.

Leadership Development: Learn best practices for improving performance in sessions on ethics and multigenerational communications.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available to highlight your company’s products and services. Please visit the sponsorship page on the MACSC 2019 website for more details on options and benefits of sponsorship.

We look forward to seeing you on April 23 at MACSC 2019.

03/27/2019

Calling out to candidates currently pursuing a PhD in the exposure sciences field. ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences is looking for a motivated student looking to enhance their technical chops and work as an intern this summer.

Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.

https://jobs.exxonmobil.com/ExxonMobil/job/Clinton-Exposure-Sciences-Summer-Intern-NJ-08809/542431400/