Please join us in congratulating Jim Miades, CIH on his appointment as President of Colden Corporation, effective July 1, 2024. Jim has over 25 years of health and safety consulting experience including the past 14 years leading Colden’s New York City office. Jim is assuming the role from David de Lalla, who has led the company since its inception in 1997. In his retirement, Dave will remain part of the Colden team as a Senior Consultant and Advisor.
Colden Corporation will sponsor and exhibit at the 2024 Northeast Regional Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, presented by the Philadelphia Section AIHA and co-sponsored by the New Jersey and Metro New York Sections AIHA. The Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Brunswick, New Jersey on December 6th, 2024.
In 2020, exposure to harmful substances or environments accounted for 4,830 cases of eye-related injury or illness cases that resulted in at least one day away from work.
Research estimates that eighty to eighty five percent of our perception, learning, cognition and activities are mediated through vision, (Politzer, 2008). A team of neuroscientists from MIT has found that the human brain can process entire images that the eye sees in as little as 13 milliseconds — the first evidence of such rapid processing speed. (Trafton, 2014). An eye injury can have serious implications for employees including their ability to drive, watch a game, or effectively communicate.
Colden Corporation will be presenting at the 2024 SESHA Boston Fall Mini-Conference on November 12th in Beverly, MA. Susan Reynolds, MS, CIH and Michele Shepard, PhD, MS, CIH will be presenting “Freeze Frame: What’s Wrong With this Picture? A Photographic Audit”. This presentation will provide a photographic workplace tour of semiconductor fabrication, high-tech suppliers, labs, and construction projects to engage participants in identifying hazards, compliance findings, and EHS management actions.
Can you collect air samples using a method for the inhalable size fraction and use those results to demonstrate compliance with OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits for total size fractions?
Determining the appropriate aerosol particle size fraction(s) [1] to monitor is an important consideration in industrial hygiene exposure assessments.
Sampling and Analytical Considerations for Beryllium
Beryllium (Be) is a strong, light metal useful in electronics, aerospace, and for windows in radiation detection equipment. From a worker health perspective exposure to beryllium is linked to beryllium sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD), which is incurable, debilitating, and potentially fatal.
Greg W. Richey, MS, CIH, CSP, CPEA, AIHA Fellow
Colden Corporation is delighted to announce our new office location in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrisy C. Walsh, MS, CIH, CSP will be leading our Health and Safety initiatives in the surrounding areas.
Chrisy brings a deep understanding of the Gulf Coast region’s unique culture, resources, and occupational health and safety needs, drawing from her extensive experience in contingency planning, emergency response, and incident management while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.