IOHA 2015 Presentations
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Monday 27th April 2015
Session 1 – Keynote LectureYou have no idea: the role of automatic processes in explaining and changing human behaviour and happiness |
Session 2 -Keynote Lecture |
Session 3 – IOHA Lifetime Achievement Award |
Session 4a – Occupational Hygiene 1Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Legionella Intervention Programme, Duncan Smith, HSE Improving co-operation between workplaces and occupational health services in managing chemical risks, Milja Koponen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Effectiveness of the NEPSI good practice guide ‘Case studies of some applied good practices within the European industrial minerals sector’ Biological monitoring: evidence for reductions in exposure and risk. John Cocker, HSL |
Session 4b Occupational Health I
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Session 4c – Go Quiet Instead of DeafHow to Recommend Self Financing Noise Control Instead of Ineffective PPE’. Peter Wilson, INVC |
Session 5a – Occupational Hygiene II |
Session 5b – Occupational Toxicology IAcetone and styrene co-exposure in fiberglassreinforced plastic plant. Monica Gherardi INAIL Research Area Bioaccessibility of lead in airborne particulates from car battery repair work. Establishing reference ranges of elements in human lung samples. Jackie Morton HSL |
Session 5c – Occupational Hygiene in Universities – The FutureShaun Lundy University of Greenwich |
Session 6 – OHTA |
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Session 7 – Keynote Lecture |
Session 8a – Risk Communication I3. Building awareness of occupational hygiene. Mike Slater BOHS President |
Session 8b – Nano
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Session 8c – IOHA 7th International Control Banding WorkshopLimits Based on Control Banding.2. On the validation of Control Banding schemes. Theo Scheffers DOHSBase v.o.f. 8c-Geert-Wieling-28-04-2015_9_00-hrs-7th_ICBW_Kick-off-Levels |
Session 9a – Occupational Hygiene III6. Managing Occupational Hygiene in a multinational company. Danny Martland BAE Systems |
Session 9b – Status and needs of occupational exposure assessment for chemicals management3. Proposal for a Tier-1 dermal exposure assessment approach. Andrew Phillips ECHA Applicability of screening (tier-1) exposure assessment tools. Jan Urbanus Shell |
Session 9c – IOHA 7th International Control Banding Workshop3. Between-User Reliability of Tier 1 Exposure Assessment Models used under REACH. Judith Lamb IOM 4. Assessment Models used under REACH. Martie van Tongeren IOM 5. On the international harmonization of exposure assessment tools. Theo Scheffers DOHSBase v.o.f. |
Session 10 – Keynote LectureWhispering Health and Shouting Safety in the Construction Industry Steve Hails Crossrail |
Session 11 – Construction I2. Development of a Health Risk Management Maturity Index for the Construction Industry. J Lunt HSE 3. Occupational Cancer in Construction – Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions, Painters and Decorators. Duncan Smith HSE |
Session 11b – Risk Communication II1. What pupils in vocational schools learn about risk at work. Gunnar Rosén Dalarna University 3. Visual aids to risk management in small businesses and teams. Philip Roberts HSE |
Session 11c – IOHA 7th Control Banding WorkshopCB & Successful Risk Management. 2. EORM – The Banding of EHS. David Zalk Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Session 12a – Construction II1. Worker Health in Construction. Karen Baxter & Melodie Gilbert Park Health and Safety Partnership 2. Working with the industry to improve health risk management – A Supply Chain Project approach. Clare Forshaw HSE 3. Achieving impact on health risk management in house building – putting occupational hygiene into practice. Clare Forshaw HSE 4. Biomarkers of inflammation and coagulation in tunnel construction workers. Dag Gunnar Ellingsen National Institute of Occupational Health |
Session 12b – Exposure Modelling I |
Session 12C – IOHA 7th Control Banding WorkshopRisk Assessment Landscape – Present and Future. Risk Assessment Landscape – Present Practice and Future Visionary Promise. Karen Niven Shell International
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Wednesday 29th April 2015
Warner LectureFriendly ways of Communicating Acute and Chronic Lethal Risk. Dr Alistair Fraser Shell |
Session 14a – Occupational Hygiene III |
Session 14b – Respiratory ProtectionMoving Forward with Respiratory Protection. Mike Clayton HSL, President ISRP Fit of N95 filtering-facepiece and half-mask respirators as determined by qualitative versus quantitative fit tests. Yi-Chun Lin China Medical University |
Session 14c – Product StewardshipProduct Stewardship & Industrial Hygiene “Collaborations.” Allan Fleeger ExxonMobil Chemical Company Product Stewardship: Why Hygienist Are Built For This Job Tom Grumbles Sasol |
Session 15a – Occupational Hygiene IVDoes sex make a difference to exposures in the welding trades? Nicola Cherry University of Alberta |
Session 15b – Models vs MeasurementCurrent and future strategies for monitoringexposure. Noah Seixas University of Washington The art of occupational exposure modelling. The Promise and Limitations of Occupational Exposure Banding. Lauralynn McKernan NIOSH |
Session 15c – Product StewardshipChallenges of compliance in a multinational multi discipline organisation Developing a Framework for the Quantitative Risk Characterization of Dermal Sensitizers in the Workplace Toxicity testing in the 21st century – an introduction and how this impacts on the 3R’s of reducing Animal testing using alternatives that add business value Supply chain HSE – the key role of IH in Downstream user companies to interpret hazard communications and ensure safe use of products SHE trigger model – Integration of SHE into development of pharmaceuticals The role of Product risk assessment in Dow’s EHS Business Risk Review process Multi-disciplinary partnerships to manage product stewardship issues |
Session 16 – Keynote Lecture |
Session 17a – Career Development17a – Kate Cole – Whats the Point |
Session 17b – Retrospective Assessment of Occupational ExposuresPierluigi Cocco University of Cagliari |
Session 17c – Product StewardshipHow Wide is the Pond – Understanding Differences Between EU GHS (CLP) and Hazcom 2012. Chandra Gioiello Industrial Health & Safety |
Session 18a – IGNITECraig Hendry – Tomatoes or Tomatoes |
Session 18b – Exposure Assessment I1. Exposure to particulate matter (pm10) in indoor air and lung function test among dental laboratory technologists and administration workers. 2. Determinants of occupational exposure to MRI-related static magnetic fields. Hans Kromhout Utrecht University 3. Storage of Wood Pellet and Wood Chip Fuel and Carbon Monoxide Generation. Andrew Simpson HSL |
Session 18c – Can occupational Hygiene Benefit from the REACH process? |
Thursday 30th April 2015
Session 19a – Exposure Assessment II3. Inhalation exposure estimates of adhesive remover use in Korea Consumer Product Exposure and Risk Assessment (COPER). Ji Young Park Seoul National University |
Session 19b – Occupational Hygiene V2. Sampling bacteria in Metal working fluids aerosols. Anna Dahlman-Höglund University of Gothenburg |
Session 19c – Dutch Design1. Arbo Catalogue. Ronald Frenken ArboUnie 3. Health and Safety catalogue in the Dutch metal sector. Hilde Bussink 5xbeter 4. Pimex part of many different Arbocatalogues in the Netherlands. Andre Winkes ArboUnie |
Session 20 – Keynote LectureBuilding Leadership Skills to Strengthen Your Career and Our Profession Dr Perry Logan 3M |
Session 21a – Sampling TechniquesNear Real-time monitoring of Diesel Exhaust Particulate (DEP). James Forde HSL A new miniature sampler for in-mask leakage measurement in workplace conditions. Peter Stacey HSL Laboratory measurement of gaseous emissions from wood pellets and wood chips. Michael Hemmingway HSL Practical application of real time monitors. Peter Baldwin HSL |
Session 21b – Asbestos2. Regulators’ Update on Asbestos Guidance. Neil Davey HSE 4. Is there scientific evidence to assess the “safe use” of asbestos? 5. Comparison of asbestos and PM2.5 air area and personal samples in occupational settings: the case of brake mechanichs. María Fernanda Cely-García Universidad de Los Andes
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Session 21c – Quantifying the efficiency of exposure controlsAndy Gillies Gillies Associates Ltd
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Session 22 – The Bedford Prize |
Session 23a – PetrochemicalMonitoring worker exposure to benzene in a bulk liquid storage terminal. Stan de Poot Caesar Consult |
Session 23b – Aerosols4. Transfer of plasticizers from consumer products to indoor dust and air. |
Session 23c – The French Regulation on Painful WorkIOHA Presenters sofhyt 23c FINAL French regulation on Painful work. Frederique Parrot SOFHYT Development of a specific software to trace individual exposure on painful work. Nathalie Berne SOLVAY How to assess painful work in an international implementation context? Technical discussion on professionalism of occupational hygienist to manage the painful work. |
Closing Remarks |


