Industrial Hygienist

Expert Witness No. 684

California

ABIH-Certified  Industrial Hygienist  with  degrees  in  Health Science, Environmental  and Occupational  Health. Experienced  in  the  areas  of  industrial  hygiene, safety  engineering, hazard  assessment,  noise  evaluation  and  control, indoor  air  quality,  injury  and  illness prevention, health  and  safety  training,  and  emergency  response  coordination. Professional responsibilities  include  identifying,  evaluating,  and  controlling  stressors  in  varied occupational  and  non-occupational  environments.

Master  of  Science, Health Science, Environmental  and Occupational Health, California  State University, Northridge, California, 1983

Bachelor  of  Science,  Health  Science, Environmental  and  Occupational  Health, California State  University, Northridge, California, 1978

Certified Industrial Hygienist, Comprehensive Practice, American  Board of  Industrial Hygiene

Registered  Professional  Engineer, Safety,  State  of  California

Registered  Environmental  Assessor, California  Environmental  Protection  Agency, Registered  Environmental  Assessor  Program

Certified Gas  Tester, State  of  California, Department  of  Industrial  Relations, Division of Occupational Safety  and Health, Mine  Safety  Training  Unit, 1991

1998 - Present  HTI,  Inc., Torrance, CA Technical Director

Manage  a  staff of  industrial  hygienists, safety  professionals,  engineers, environmental assessors, analytical  chemists,  asbestos  consultants,  and  environmental  health  specialists. Provide  technical  direction  during  projects  involving  industrial  hygiene, indoor  air  quality, fungal  growth  assessment,  safety  engineering,  environmental  health  issues,  injury  and illness  prevention,  accident  investigation,  site  hazard  assessment,  asbestos-containing material  identification  and  abatement  consulting,  lead  hazard  assessment,  noise  evaluation  and  control,  confined  space  entry,  gas  testing,  health  and  safety  program  and  policy  development,  waste  analysis, evaluation of  ventilation  systems  and  other engineering  controls, assignment  of  personal  protective  equipment, and  emergency response  coordination.

Assist  clients  in  developing  cost-effective  engineering  controls  that  will  reduce  the potential  for  injury  and/or  loss  of  property. Review  and  assist  in  drafting  company policies, bid

1998 - Present  HTI,  Inc., Torrance, CATechnical  Director

Specifications, and  site  health  and  safety  plan  concerning  geotechnical  activities, soil excavation, and  hazardous  material/waste  handling  activities. Conduct  training  programs on  varied  topics  including  hazard  communication,  asbestos  health  hazards, noise  and noise  control,  ionizing  radiation, indoor  air  quality, and  hazardous  waste  operations  and emergency  response.

Provide expert  witness  consultation, deposition, and  court  testimony  services  in connection with  industrial  accidents  and  injuries, as  well  as  chemical  contamination  in  air, in  liquids, and on  solid  surfaces. Cases  have  involved  issues concerning  hazardous  waste, asbestos, fungal  and  bacterial  growth, pesticides, methylene  chloride  and other hydrocarbon solvents, lead  and  welding  fumes, oxygen-enriched  atmospheres,  ventilation  systems, personal protective  equipment,  as  well  as  accident  reconstruction  and  fire  incidents. Have represents  both  plaintiff  and  defense.

1987 - 1998 EnviroHealth, Inc., Long  Beach, California Technical  Director

Performed  environmental  air  monitoring  and  occupational  health  and  safety  surveys     for  the  purposes of  identifying, evaluating  and  controlling  hazards  in  the  workplace. Services  included  industrial  hygiene  evaluations, indoor  air  quality  surveys, hazardous material/waste  handling  consulting,  health  and  safety  training,  preparation of  site health and  safety  plans,  building  hazard  assessments,  asbestos-containing  building  material identification  surveys,  asbestos  abatement  site  surveillance  and  consulting, and  hazardous material/waste  emergency  response  coordination. Provided  interpretations  of  exposures  in light  of  OSHA, EPA, and  other  environmental  and  occupational  health  regulations  and guidelines.

Assisted  clients  in  developing  cost-effective  engineering  controls  that  reduced  the potential  for  injury  and/or  loss of  property. Reviewed  and  assisted  in drafting  company policies  and  bid  specifications.

Conducted  training  programs  on  varied  topics  including  hazardous  waste  operations  and  emergency  response,  hearing  conservation, hazard  communication, asbestos  health hazards, respiratory  protection, and  confined  space  entry.

1984 - 1987  IT  Corporation, Cerritos, California Senior  Industrial  Hygienist

Provided  industrial  hygiene  services  on  a  consulting  basis  to  clientele  in  varying industries. Conducted  surveys  designed  to  identify  employee  exposures  to  chemical substances  such  as  welding  fume, petroleum  hydrocarbons,  lead,  inorganic  acids, and asbestos. Also  conducted  surveys  to  determine  worker  exposures  to  noise,  heat  and other  physical  agents.  Assisted  clients  in  interpreting  data  in  light  of  current  OSHA, EPA,  and  other  regulatory  standards Recommended

Control  measures  and  conducted  related  health  and  safety  training  programs. Provided health  and  safety  assistance  to  operating  divisions of  IT  Corporation. Conducted industrial  hygiene  and  safety  surveys  on  sites  associated  with  hazardous  waste management.  Provided  on-site  health  and  safety  supervision  and  technical  assistance  for emergency  response  operations.  Provided  assistance  regarding  engineering  controls  and personal  protective  equipment.  Responsibilities  also  included  technical  research,  health and  safety  training  instruction, and  accident  investigation.

1982 - 1984 Argonaut  Insurance Co., Los  Angeles, CASenior Loss Control Consultant

Assisted  policyholders  in  developing  and  implementing  continuing  health  and  safety programs. Loss  control  activities  included  conducting  industrial  hygiene  and  safety surveys  as  well  as  presenting  loss  statistics  and  experience  modification  ratings  to management. Consulted  on  OSHA  regulations,  hazardous  material  handling  and  storage, health  hazards,  and  respiratory  protection. Conducted  training  presentations  on  hazard communication,  personal  protective  equipment,  confined  space  entry,  emergency  action plans,  fire  protection  equipment,  accident  investigation, and  hearing  conservation.

1980 - 1982  Safety  Engineering  Laboratories, Chatsworth, CA Safety Engineer

Consulted  regarding  a  variety  of  health  and  safety  matters  including  accident investigations  involving  machine  guarding,  product  design,  vehicular  collisions,  slips      and  falls,  structural  fires,  chemical  exposures,  and  use  of  personal  protective  equipment.  Reviewed  pertinent  data  in  order  to  develop  and  draft  comprehensive  health  and  safety  policies  and  programs  for  industrial  clients.  Trained  personnel regarding  hazardous  material/waste  handling  and  storage,  care  and  use  of  personal protective  equipment,  machine  operation  and  guarding, site  inspection  techniques,  and accident  prevention  and  investigation  protocols.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Health  and  Safety  Activities  at  Hazardous  Waste  Sites:  An  Overview,  presented  at       the  Department  of  Occupational  Health,  School of  Public  Health,  Shanghai  Medical University,  Shanghai  China;  and  at  the  Guangzhou  Occupational  Disease  Prevention  and  Treatment  Center,  Guangzhou  Industrial  Hygiene  Monitoring  Station, Guangzhou, China,  June, 1994

Health  and  Safety  Programs  at  Selected  Industrial  Sites  in  Poland, Hungary,  and Czechoslovakia,  American  Industrial  Hygiene  Association, Orange  County  Section, 1993

Noise  and  Noise  Control, Comprehensive  Industrial  Hygiene  Certification  Review, MBA, Inc., 1989  through 1994