Understanding Industrial Hygiene

Understanding Industrial Hygiene

Learning objectives

  • Define industrial hygiene
  • Identify the types of industrial hygiene hazards and how they impact worker safety
  • Recognize the role and significance of industrial hygienists
  • Identify key practices and policies for improving industrial hygiene

Course overview

Industrial hygiene is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards at work that may result in injury/illness or affect the wellbeing of workers. Industrial hygienists use strict scientific methodology and professional judgment when determining the potential for hazardous exposure risks in the workplace. Their goal is to prevent industrial disease, using the science of risk management, exposure assessment, and industrial safety. In this course, we'll talk about what a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is, and the categories of hazards they face. We'll list the people a CIH works with to make their determinations, as well as discuss their process for handling hazards

The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.


  • 6 minutes
  • Format: Video
  • Tier: 1
  • Course ID: 11665
Language Icon English
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