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Department of the Army Medical Services Industrial Hygiene Program

Ensure compliance with the Department of the Army Medical Services Industrial Hygiene Program for a safer workplace. Understand the regulations, roles, and importance of IH surveys for federal employees. Utilize the survey as an opportunity to enhance your workplace conditions and rectify any identified issues.

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Department of the Army Medical Services Industrial Hygiene Program

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  1. Do you know who your assigned IH is? Department of the ArmyMedical Services Industrial HygieneProgram When was your organizations last IH survey?

  2. Your IH survey is part of the Installation Status Report Failure to comply directly reflects in status of the Installation Industrial Hygiene provides a written response to any status other than green and provides the names of the organizations who have failed to comply with survey requirements

  3. Your organizations annual survey is mandatory. Industrial Hygiene operates under Presidential Executive Order 12196 IH would like your organization to take an active role in the survey of your organization. Please use this survey as an opportunity to both improve your workplace, and identity and correct findings that may become weighted findings during inspections conducted by other agencies.

  4. Summary of Authority The following summarizes the line of authority for the IH program.

  5. Executive Order 12196, title 3, Code of Federal Regulations (3 CFR) required the Secretary of Labor to establish an occupational safety and health (OSH) program for Federal employees. The Department of Labor promulgated part 1960, title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 1960), which provides the regulatory requirements of this program for Federal employees.

  6. Public Law 91-596, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and require the executive branches of government to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.

  7. State programs govern operations within the state, with Federal oversight. The state OSH personnel may enter Army facilities and enforce state OSH regulations. It is important to determine whether the operation is a concurrent jurisdiction or exclusive jurisdiction area. Federal rules apply in exclusive jurisdiction areas; therefore, state personnel are not typically authorized to inspect the area. State laws may apply in concurrent jurisdiction areas; therefore, state personnel are authorized to inspect Army or Army contractor operations for compliance with their state standards. For further information regarding specific jurisdictional relationships, contact the installation or major command Staff Judge Advocate office.

  8. Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 1000.3 and Department of Defense Instructions (DODI) 6055.1 and 6055.5 provide general guidance and policies for the OSH program implementation and apply to military and civilian personnel.

  9. AR 40-5 directs, establishes, and defines the Occupational Health (OH) program for the Department of the Army (DA).

  10. Department of the Army Pamphlet 40–503 Medical Services Industrial Hygiene Program Chapter 1 Introduction 1–1. Purpose a. Provides guidance for implementing the essential elements of the industrial hygiene (IH) program. b. Defines industrial hygienist’s role in other Army programs. c. Describes the IH mission required by law, policy, and professional practice.

  11. AR 385-10 directs, establishes, and defines the Occupational Safety program for DA.

  12. DA Pamphlet 40-503 (DA Pam) describes the 13 IH program elements of the OSH program.

  13. 13 IH program elements of the OSH program

  14. (01- Hearing Conservation) 29 CFR 1910.132, AR 40-5, AR 385-10, TB MED 506 (02- Occupational Vision) 29 CFR 1910.132, AR 40-5, AR 385-10, TB MED 506 (03-Respiratory Protection) 29 CFR 1910.134, AR 11-34, TB MED 502 (04- OSHA Regulated Substances/Areas) 29 CFR 1910.1000 SUBPART Z, AR 40-5, AR 385-10, DA PAM 40-503

  15. (05- Other Air Contaminants) 29 CFR 1910.1000, AR 40-5, AR 385-10, DA PAM 40-503 TB MED 510, WASTE ANESTHETIC GASES (06- Bloodborne Pathogens) 29 CFR 1910.1030 (07- Hazard Communications) 29 CFR 1910.1200, AND DODI 6050.1 AND 6050.5 (08- Local Exhaust Ventilation) 29 CFR 1910.94, .107, &.251, AR-40-5, AR 385-10, ANSI/AIHA Z9.5-2003,

  16. (09- General Mechanical Ventilation) 29 1910, AR 40-5, AR 385-10, AR 420-54, ACGIH, ASHRAE 62-1989, ANSI/AIHA Z9.5-2003, MILHBK 1191 (10- Ionizing Radiation/Health Physics) 29 CFR 1910.96, AR 40-14, AR 385-10, TB MED 521 (11- Non-Ionizing Radiation/Health Physics) 29 CFR 1910.97, AR 385-10, AR 40-5, TB MED 524 AND TB MED 525 (12- Design Review) AR 40-5, AR 385-10, AR 420-10, AND DA APAM 40-503 (13- Ergonomics) DA PAM 40-21

  17. IH would like your organization to take an active role in the survey of your organization. The survey is mandatory. Please use this survey as an opportunity to both improve your workplace, and identity and correct findings that may become weighted findings during inspections conducted by other agencies.

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