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If your company handles chemicals in the normal course of business, it is crucial to understand what your employees are regularly exposed to and how to keep them safe. Chemical exposure testing involves identifying, measuring, and safely controlling harmful substances that occur in industrial environments.
Without understanding how to test for chemical exposure, your workforce could be dangerously predisposed to respiratory infections, skin burns, cancer, neurological disorders, and other chronic illnesses.
Fortunately, Postured Ergonomics offers professional chemical exposure testing and monitoring services to help you protect your employees, reduce liabilities, and maintain OSHA compliance. Our certified chemical exposure test specialists will work with you to identify potential issues and implement actionable solutions based on the results of our report.
What is Chemical Exposure Testing?
Chemical exposure testing is defined as the process of measuring chemical concentrations in a work setting to compare existing levels to safety limits.
Who can monitor potential employee chemical exposures in the workplace? Certified industrial hygienists, like those at Postured Ergonomics, perform biological testing using OSHA-approved equipment and methods. We ensure that your employees are not exposed to chemical levels exceeding OSHA limits and will advise you when corrective action is necessary.
Why Chemical Exposure Monitoring Matters
If your chemical exposure levels go unchecked, employees, contractors, vendors, customers, and ultimately your business will suffer the consequences.
Chemical exposure testing matters because it reduces employee health risks, such as brain damage, reproductive harm, and cancer. Many different industries deal with high-risk chemical substances, including manufacturing companies, healthcare facilities, medical laboratories, construction sites, welding shops, and electronics plants.
No matter what type of workplace you run, we’ll check for OSHA-regulated substances like lead, cadmium, benzene, silica, and formaldehyde to help your business avoid fines, legal action, and a damaged reputation.
How We Monitor for Chemical Exposure
If you’re wondering exactly how to test for chemical exposure, here’s an overview of our process.
Personal Air Sampling
We’ll equip your employees with lightweight pumps to collect air samples throughout their shift and provide a time-weighted average exposure measurement.
Area Sampling
We’ll also conduct air quality sampling in specific work zones to check airborne chemicals in at-risk environments.
Lab Analysis & Reporting
Once we’ve concluded our chemical exposure tests, we’ll send the samples to an accredited lab and compare the results against OSHA PELs and ACGIH TLVs. We ensure that our reports are clear, detailed, and focused on making your business complaint.
Exposure Control Recommendations
From this point, we’ll work with you to customize our recommendations about PPE requirements, engineering controls, and safer chemical alternatives. We’ll also help you make internal policy updates and smoothly roll them out across the business.
OSHA Requirements for Chemical Exposure Testing
According to OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910 standards, employers are required to conduct chemical exposure testing for certain regulated substances. Examples include lead, cadmium, silica, benzene, and formaldehyde.
Not only are employers obligated to monitor chemical exposure, but they must also maintain official documentation of their testing and make corrections when exposures exceed legal limits.
When you partner with Postured Ergonomics, we’ll ensure that your business is compliant with these requirements and help protect you from liability so you don’t face penalties.
Benefits of Chemical Exposure Testing
As we’ve witnessed first-hand while working with businesses of varying types and sizes, chemical exposure testing has numerous benefits, including the following:
- Protect the health of your employees
- Avoid costly fines and violation notices due to a lack of OSHA compliance
- Make safety improvements driven by real-time data
- Gain your employees’ trust and improve their productivity
Why Choose Postured Ergonomics?
We hope that you better understand how to test for chemical exposure and why it’s important in the modern workplace. Postured Ergonomics is an experienced provider of industrial hygiene services and chemical exposure testing. Our certified industrial hygienists possess extensive hands-on expertise in guiding businesses toward safer protocols regarding hazardous chemicals.
Our chemical exposure tests are independent and objective, meaning that they are not tied to any remediation contractors. From chemical exposure testing to corrective action and ongoing monitoring, we’ll provide you with the clarity and peace of mind you need to move beyond chemical-related concerns and focus on running your company.
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Proactive, forward-thinking businesses don't wait until they receive an OSHA violation notice or have employees call in sick due to chemical exposure. Postured Ergonomics' chemical exposure tests are compliance-driven and come with professional testing and monitoring services to protect your workforce and business for the future.
Contact us today to schedule your chemical exposure testing site assessment or learn more about our services. We look forward to helping you build a safer and healthier workplace around the chemicals you need to get the job done right.