Readiness

Our exercises are designed to evaluate an organization’s response plans, procedures, and level of training, with a goal of developing a highly effective Spill Management and/or Incident Management Team (SMT/IMT). CTEH is also qualified to provide trainings consistent with the enhanced requirements for the states of California and Washington.

The exercise objectives and approach are designed to meet and exceed annual regulatory and company requirements, which can include:

• Validating specific plan content and response actions

• Evaluating command and control

• Practicing individuals working as a team

• Assessing use of company procedures and policies

• Verifying data and information available to the team

• Communication with internal and external stakeholders

• Demonstrating understanding and implementation of ICS

• Complying with regulatory requirements (NPREP, HSEEP, etc.)

CTEH training is a mixture of classroom instruction and hands-on practical knowledge. Our training specialists have experience working in the United States and internationally, and all have countless hours of field experience working with hazardous materials in both emergency and non-emergency situations.

Training is customized for each client, maintaining the focus on subjects and areas of greatest concern to you. We also strive to reduce workplace incidents by teaching the application of OSHA standards in hazard recognition and prevention. We specialize in developing training and scenarios that are industry- and hazard-specific to help guide teams to be better prepared when faced with a real emergency.

Exposure simulations and process reviews can lead to adjustments in PPE usage, decontamination, and first aid stations, as well as inform risk profiles to right-size your company’s insurance policies.

All risk assessments are conducted in accordance with the relevant standard guidelines (including USEPA RAGS, DTSC HERO, TCEQ TRRP, LDEQ RECAP, and Health Canada).

We also work to reduce job complexity and administrative control strain by incorporating narrower specifics in our assessment strategies:

• Site-specific risk assessment

• Chemical-specific exposure assessment

• Job task-specific assessment

• Evaluation of multi-chemical or multi-hazard scenarios

• Derivation of risk-based screenings for hazards without existing standards

Understanding the complexity of community exposure requires identifying both chemical stressors present in different environmental media and non-chemical stressors such as social determinants of health and socioeconomic status. CTEH recognizes the multifaceted nature of each community, including their exposure to unique stressors, disproportionate impacts, and the ongoing challenges posed by climate change. Our cumulative impact analyses provide a holistic view of community health risks, enabling targeted and effective intervention planning.

OSHA regulations require periodic evaluations to incorporate regulatory and work environment changes, and to assess the performance of your health and safety systems.

The periodic reassessment of chemical, biological, and physical hazards, as well as ventilation and other critical systems, forms the core of any program. It is equally important to evaluate all of the inputs (exposure data, safety data sheets, equipment) and outputs (illness and injury statistics, personal protective equipment requirements, medical surveillance). Program assessments reduce costs by focusing finite resources on the areas that can have the greatest impact on protecting worker health.

CTEH industrial hygiene professionals can support the continual effort to protect worker health through a variety of services including:

• Health and safety program gap assessment and audits

• Data statistical analysis

• Comprehensive exposure assessments

• Site hazard identification

• Personal protective equipment evaluation and selection

The health needs of your workforce can span a wide range of severity and immediacy. CTEH provides a broad range of occupational and environmental health experience and expertise, from standard medical clearance and fit testing, to programmatic development for work-related accident prevention, all the way to complex scenarios involving sophisticated analysis of the effects of toxic chemical exposure or detecting biological changes during pandemic situations within a workforce – CTEH is the right partner for your program.

• Respirator fit testing

• Pulmonary function testing

• Medical surveillance (onsite and custom)

• Medical clearance and drug screening

• Immunization services

• Training

• Occupational health program development

• Worker Exposure Response Program (WERP)