Industrial hygienists and occupational health professionals have been evaluating work environments and providing solutions to business for decades. With the advancement in technology and expansion of the profession into neighboring disciplines, they can provide total work health to more vulnerable populations across the globe.

1. The Future of Work and Re-
imagined Industrial Hygiene
Profession
Presented by:
Bernard L. Fontaine, Jr., CIH, CSP, FAIHA
June 3, 2020 – Georgia World Congress Center

2. 1784– mechanical
production equipment driven by
steam and water power
1870– mass produc-tion
driven by labor and use of
electrical energy
1969– use electronic,
internet, and IT to further
automate production
2020– use of cyber-physical
systems like driverless cars,
robotics, and nanomaterials
The Industrial Revolution
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3. Introduction of new
inventions and
technology – steam
engine and textiles for
mechanized production
to improve social,
geopolitical, and
economic life
First Industrial
Revolution
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4. Period of rapid
industrialization using
electrical power in
manufacture,
transportation,
communication and
production
Second
Industrial
Revolution
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5. Third Industrial
Revolution
Emergence of
renewable energy, use
of electronics and rise
of the internet to drive
biotechnology and
environmental resource
conservation
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6. Fourth Industrial
Revolution
Social, political,
cultural, and economic
entities driven by
artificial intelligence
(AI), Internet of Things
(IoT), sensors, machine
and deep learning
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7. Poll Question
Are you concerned about the future of the industrial hygiene profession?
Never concerned
Next 5 years
Next 10-15 years
Next 15-25 years
Always concerned

8. Political, Social, and Economic Climate
 Economic, social, technical, and political drivers are changing the nature of work
and culture of work environments
 Practitioners are still working under old risk assessment and control strategies
without collaborating with business partners and other stakeholders
 21st century will provide new opportunities for industrial hygienists based on
current and future political, social and economic climate and modifications based
on uncertainty
 Workforce demographics, globalization, labor markets, regulatory oversight will
provide distinctions between work and non-work exposures

9. Set of health policies,
programs and procedures in an
organization to identify, assess,
document, monitor and report
risks, taking into account the
climate of legal, regulatory,
economic, political and social
environment
Risk Governance
Source: World Economic Forum

10. Big Data and Predictive Analytics
 Big data is a large volume and/or high-
variety information that demands
sophisticated computer processing to
enhance insight and decision making
 Predictive analytics encompasses various
statistical techniques from models,
machine learning, and data mining to
analyze current and historical facts to
make future predictions
 AIHA seeks SMEs to develop BoK

11. Big Data and Predictive Analytics
Ergonomics
and Work
Practices
Chemical
Sensors,
Fatigue, Man
Down, etc.
Predict Loss
and Industry
Trend Analysis
Vehicle. Driver
and Road Data
Health and
Biomonitoring,
Psychological
Data

12. Sustainability
Ref: https://www.osha.gov/sustainability/sustainability-connection.html
• Integral part and subset of the
overall global policies, society
environment, and economy
• Sustainability everywhere –
research and development,
production, goods and services
• Affects almost every facet of
business and market sectors

13. STEM Career Exposition
• Meet future scientists, engineers, and
industrial hygienists
• Ask career questions of the experts
• Ask experts about educational paths leading to
specific careers
• Discuss career fields with AIHA local section
representatives
• Attend panel discussions on careers
• Access AIHA career information and resources

14. Career Promotion and Development
• Outreach to middle/high school
students
• Outreach to colleges/universities
• Mentor undergraduate/graduate
students
• Outreach to aligned organizations
• Promote occupational health wellness

15. Industrial hygiene
and occupational
health challenges
in developed and
developing BRICS
countries
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17. Dr. Tom Fuller
AIHA France Ambassador
Dr. Ju Wang
AIHA China Ambassador
Maharshi Mehta, CIH, CSP
AIHA India Ambassador
AIHA Brand Ambassadors

18. Underserved Work Populations
 Sport talent scouts
 Teaching assistants
 Nail salon workers
 Healthcare workers
 Artisanal miners
 Agricultural workers
 Religious workers
 Volunteer workers
 Non-skilled trade workers
 Day laborers
 Media reporters

19. Business Partners

20. Stakeholders
 Risk/financial managers
 Insurers and brokers
 Lenders and shareholders
 Engineers and researchers
 Environmentalists
 Chemists and biologists
 Epidemiologists
 Toxicologists
 Computer scientists
 Government regulators
 Suppliers
 Human resources
 Workforce trades
 Trade associations
 Educators and administrators
 Physicians and healthcare

21. Leveraging the Digital Toolbox
 Along with automation, robotics, IoT and AI,
IHs will rely on digital tools for work and
resources
 Microlearning by training/educating without
disrupting productivity
 Digital footprint will redefine IH work and
connect everyone to everything
 IHs must embrace future work by blending
advanced technology to yield high levels of
productivity and performance

22. Reproductive Health
• Reduced fertility or infertility
• Erectile dysfunction
• Sperm count, shape and motility
• Menstrual cycle and ovulatory disorders
• Women’s hormone imbalance
• Miscarriage
• Stillbirth
• Babies born too soon or small
• Birth defects
• Child developmental disorders
• Endocrine or hormonal imbalance

23. Reproductive Health
Genetic Hazards
• Benzene
• Chemotherapy agents
• PNAH coal tars
• Cyclophosphamide
• Ethylene oxide
• Ionizing radiation
• Nickel compounds
• Styrene
• Vinyl chloride
Developmental Hazards
• Ethylene oxide
• Ethyl nitrosourea
• Triethylene melamine
Sperm Hazards
• Bromine
• Dinitro toluene
• Ethylene dibromide
• EGME
• Lead
• Ionizing Radiation
• Kepone
• Heat
• Perchloroethylene
• 2,4-D
Developmental Hazards
• Antimony
• Alcohol
• Acetyl amino fluorine
• Atrazine
• Benzene
• 2-Bromopropane
• 1,3-Butadiene
• Cadmium
• Carbaryl
• Carbon disulfide
• Chlordecone
• Cycloheximide
• Arsenic
• Anesthetic gases

24. Occupational Carcinogens
• IARC classified 150 chemical or biological
agents and ionizing radiation as known or
probable human carcinogens
• Workers exposed by inhalation, skin
contact, and/or ingestion
• Safety data sheets (SDSs) should contain
carcinogenic potential
• Cancer accounts for 27% of the 2.4 million
deaths globally due to work-related
diseases

25. Occupational Carcinogens

26. • Online platform to deliver interactive touchpoint solutions for members regarding
occupational health and safety
• Provide industrial hygiene and occupational health information and training to
membership for compliance and best practices
• Use unmanned drones and remote sensors to evaluate exposure to
environmental and occupational risks
• Program can be a cost-effective alternative to traditional face-to-face onsite
visits, training and educational presentations and posting
questions/answers
TeleHealth and Industrial Hygiene®

27.  Air pollution from natural disasters and controlled land burns can
be monitored using drones with sensors and sampling equipment
 Leachate from climate change and stormwater surge affecting
national priority polluted sites are threats from climate change
 Residential fire emissions from construction building materials
and contents can affect firefighters and other EMS personnel –
World Trade Center
 Legacy pollutants from fire retardant chemicals, PCBs, per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), dioxins and furans can
impact workers, public and the environment
Environment and Climate Change

28.  Heat stress in players, coaches, and officials during summertime
outdoor sports like baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and
cricket
 Training and education athletes, coaches, officials, and
associations regarding heat and cold stress symptoms
 Noise from auto racing affects spectators, pit crews, drivers, and
other venue personnel as well as noise from rock concerts, night
clubs, and other recreational events
 Selection of personal protective clothing during summertime and
wintertime sport and recreational activities
Sports, Hobbies, and Recreation

29. Sports, Hobbies, and Recreation
Heat Map for Plate and Field Baseball Umpires

30.  Men and women suffer from a variety of mental health issues and
psychosocial disorders – genetics and environmental causes
 Most companies fail to provide a policy, written program,
standard operating procedures, and train staff
 Indirectly and directly costing companies billions of dollars from
absenteeism and presenteeism to healthcare costs
 IHs can collaborate with psychologists, psychiatrists, mental
health councilors to identify the hazards and evaluate the risks
 Use of CBD for medicinal/recreational use and
prescription drugs
Mental Health and Psychosocial Disorders

31. Language Skills

32. Environmental Challenges

33. Outdoor Air Pollution

34. Indoor Air Pollution

35. Sources and Solutions to Air Pollution

36. Hurricane Harvey
made landfall on
August 25, 2017, as a
Category 4 storm near
Rockport, TX,
bringing catastrophic
flooding to the Gulf
Coast. Industrial
hygienists worked to
protect response and
recovery workers
from a variety of
safety and health
hazards associated
with the cleanup and
recovery.
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37. Home Renovations
 Hazards from beautification/renovation: Paints contain
solvents like methyl methacrylate and formaldehyde
 Renovation and construction projects can generate
hazards such as noise, lead and asbestos dusts, Hg
vapors, or mold
 Short-term exposures: Cleaning solvent or paint stripper
exposure may be under 20 minutes, but sufficiently high
concentrations during that time may pose exposure
risks

38. Product Stewardship
Impacts toxicity and product research and
development on designing products for future
performance:
• Voluntary and regulatory compliance
• Enhanced worker and public health
• Improved environmental performance
• Management of hazardous waste
• Responsible supply chain

39. Wearable Devices
 Exoskeletons reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
 Body sensors monitor safety and make real-time
decisions for user efficiency
 PASS Personal Alert Safety System for firefighters
entering a hazardous environments
 Smart Glasses notify workers of dangerous conditions
and other instructional material
 Industry uses – mining, construction, manufacture,
oil/gas and transportation

40. Wearable Devices
 Not all workers report near-miss events
– real time voice recording device
 MākuSmart platform displays safety
data in interactive format using machine
learning and artificial intelligence and
searchers for trends
 OEHS managers at pilot sites reported
over $600,000 in potential claims
savings

41. Journalism and Social Media
• Social media is an audience builder and journalism can tell a brief story
on a microlearning level
• Be active on social media - Big mistake is failure to see relevance of
information or leave it alone with no activity
• Talk about important and relevant issues to the members in brief but
informative stories or info - microlearning
• Information posted by person delegated from each local section
• Images are key dramatically increase people to follow posted
social content

42. Speed of Business and
Logistics:
Consumer demand for
faster on-time and 1-2
day delivery, speedier
robots can exceed
physical limits of
human capability to
fulfill orders during
peak seasonal periods
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43. “Great Workplace
Program”
Sweeping new
employment changes to
make retailers run more
efficient and
opportunity for
employees to “do
meaningful work.”
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44. New Training Methods
 Era of new training using virtual reality to train the workforce,
visitors and vendors
 Use smart phones with training applications
 Technology has many industrial applications online SDSs,
HAZMAT inventories, PPE selection
 Specific hazard recognition training for new hires to job task
specific training using mobile devices
 New and creative challenges to deliver interactive training to
engage workers and supervisors

45. Diversity and Inclusion in the IH Profession
Social, political, cultural and economic diversity and
inclusion drives innovation
 Fact 1: All new ideas are combinations of
existing ideas
 Fact 2: People who change the world try and
perhaps fail again and again before achieving a
successful solution
 Fact 3: Diverse and inclusive teams with different
education, experience, backgrounds and culture
can unleash explosion of new ideas

46. The Future of Work

47. Employment Status
 Permanent full-time and part-time
 Casual or part-time work
 Fixed-term, project- or task-based
 Apprentice and trainees
 Commission and piece rate
 On-call for emergency or vacancy
 Temporary – foreign or domestic
 Freelancing

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49. Total Worker Health
 Personal and ambient sampling and analytical methods
 Software to deliver process improvements, training videos, announcements, and
updates by text messages and emails
 BioMed implants to evaluate vital signs and monitor workplace exposures using
human receptors monitors to store big data
 Use big data to conduct market exposure risk assessment and analysis and
develop occupational exposure and control bands
 Automate and fully integrate software to manage data and provide instant
feedback to potential systemic problems

50. Total Worker Health
 Reaffirming:
 Dedication to all workers and business
 Commitment to prioritizing risky jobs
 Redesigning:
 Method to craft and organize work
 Optimize health and safety opportunities
 Way to lead, manage, and supervise
 Culture to optimize productivity
 Revealing:
 New strategies to re-design work
 Link work with chronic disease
 Develop innovative business solutions
 Novel research and interventions
 Success stories to educate and train

51. Leadership and Management
• Organizational structure
• Management of change
• Budget, finance, and economic analysis
• Business continuity/contingency plans
• Benchmark and performance standards
• Project management of surveys/audits
• Compliance and regulatory inspections
• Mishap investigations and prevention
• Data mining and management
• Policy, programs and procedures
• Personnel training and education
• Management leadership techniques
• Code of professional ethics

52. American Industrial
Hygiene
Association
• Community and Connections
• Communication
• Resources
• Education and Events
• Leadership
• Volunteerism
• Advocacy
• Government Affairs
• Student and Early Career
Professionals
• Specialty Benefits
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53. Future of Industrial
Hygiene
• AI and IoT
• Virtual/remote training
• Human performance
• Expansion of BoK and
smartphone applications
• Focused core education
• Volunteer and liaison
• Brand connection
• Student/career mentors
• Communication/media
• Promoting awareness
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54. Poll Question
After hearing about these opportunities, are you still concerned about the future of
the industrial hygiene profession?
Never concerned
Next 5 years
Next 10-15 years
Next 15-25 years
Always concerned

55. Closing Statements
• Change the narrative to become more mainstream
• Focus on benefits of healthy workers, public, society, economy, and
environment on a global scale
• Develop a trusted and useful body of knowledge on everything
related to industrial hygiene and occupational health
• Connect with risk and business management platforms to improve
the overall business value, vision and mission
• Communicate and collaborate with other allied professionals
• Improve opportunity for students and career professionals

56. Questions?
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