Industrial hygiene or occupational hygiene is the science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards in a workplace. These hazards can be chemical, biological, physical, and/or ergonomic. Health, safety, and industrial hygiene are critical to the success of all projects, operations, and organisations around the world.
Our staff resources include professionals from a variety of industries and consists of Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH), Registered Occupational Hygienists (ROH), Certified Safety Professionals (CSP), and Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (CRSP), who have extensive expertise in the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of health and safety hazards in a workplace.
GHD can provide a full suite of health, safety, and industrial hygiene services across a broad range of industries.
- Compliance with occupational health and safety legislation.
- Occupational qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments.
- Toxicological assessments.
- Indoor air quality assessments.
- Noise dosimetry and noise mapping.
- Asbestos management.
- Microbiological (mold) assessments.
- Designated substances, asbestos, and mold abatement oversight.
- Ergonomic assessments and physical demand analysis.
- Thermal stress assessments and program development.
- Health and safety policy, program and procedure development, auditing, and training.
- Respiratory protection and fit testing.
- Confined space entry.
- Lockout Tagout (LOTO) and machine guarding.
- Evaluation of ventilation systems.
- Construction health and safety management.
- Fire safety.
- Insurance claims.
- Community exposure assessments.
- 24/7 on-call support.
GHD can provide these services to clients in a variety of sectors, including the following:
- Oil and gas production.
- Mining and quarrying.
- Chemical, automotive, and food manufacturing.
- Abrasive blasting and spray booth industries.
- Transportation.
- Port facilities.
- Retail.
- Insurance.
- Construction.
- Government and other public sectors.
Please also refer to our Occupational Hygiene Capability Statement link.
