INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OHS
Support businesses to have a healthy and safe environment.
Industrial hygiene and OHS
Make sure your workers’ exposure meets the standards allowed by current regulations.
- Sampling of contaminants in the workplace
- Assessment of noise exposure
- Respiratory protection program
- Compliance of breathable compressed air
- Legal expertise in industrial hygiene
- Expertise in occupational health and safety
Sampling of contaminants in workplaces
Sampling of contaminants in workplaces
Contaminants in workplaces specific to each industry
Contaminants in workplaces specific to each industry
Our professionals establish sampling plans of the contaminants present in various work environments, for:
- Dust: crystalline silica, wood dust, metal dust, respirable dust, etc.
- Welding/cutting gases and fumes.
- Chemical compounds: Formaldehyde, benzene, volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- Micro-organisms: Moulds, yeast, bacteria, and endotoxins.
- Gas and biogas: Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, methane, etc.
Noise exposure assessment
Noise exposure assessment
Excessive noise levels: From discomfort to hearing loss
Excessive noise levels: From discomfort to hearing loss
Our team of professionals can support you in:
- The development of a periodic sound levels verification program.
- The assessment of workers noise exposure using continuous measurements (dosimetry).
- Carrying out a complete mapping of the factory or the workplace to determine the critical areas.
- The issuance of an expert report with results interpretation and appropriate recommendations.
Respiratory protection program
Respiratory protection program
A respiratory protection program according to current standards
A respiratory protection program according to current standards
Our professionals support our clients in the various stages of their respiratory protection program.
- Analyzing the contaminants present in the building to know the respiratory protection required, either by process analysis, on-site inspection or by sampling.
- Support in setting up the respiratory protection program.
- Fit tests
- Training workers on the exposure risks specific to their industry and on the respiratory protection required.
Compliance of breathable compressed air
Compliance of breathable compressed air
All employers must ensure the compliance of the breathable compressed air supplied to workers
All employers must ensure the compliance of the breathable compressed air supplied to workers
Our team of professionals takes samples according to the appropriate CSA standard for the required breathing air supply systems, every 6 months.
We can also carry out analysis in a certified laboratory for the specific analysis of gases, volatile hydrocarbons (other than methane), halogenated hydrocarbons, oils, particulate matter and condensates.
In addition, our experts carry out compliance checks, in particular in accordance with the CSAZ180.1-00 standard – article 48 of the Regulation respecting occupational health and safety (RSST).
Legal expertise in industrial hygiene
Legal expertise in industrial hygiene
Rigorous expertise for contaminants present in workplaces
Rigorous expertise for contaminants present in workplaces
The scientific value and the rigour of the expertise of our experienced team are highly appreciated in the context of legal proceedings or legal expertise, as in cases of litigation involving the CNESST or the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT).
Our team has over 20 years of experience and has a recognized quality control system. We routinely carry out legal second opinions on air quality, industrial hygiene and worker exposure to various contaminants.
Expertise in occupational health and safety
Expertise in occupational health and safety
Support our customers to ensure the health and safety of workers
Support our customers to ensure the health and safety of workers
In terms of occupational health and safety (OHS), our support services are tailored to the reality of each of our clients.
- Workplace risk analysis and assessment
- Writing or updating OHS management programs
- Programs, practices, and facilities audits
- Personalized recommendations and support
- Occupational health and safety training for employees
- OHS outsourcing service (full time or part time)
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Our projects
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