Industrial Hygiene and Safety Support Services to NIH, Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS)

CSS has provided IH and safety support to NIH, DOHS as a prime contractor since 2007. Our certified and qualified IH and SOH professionals perform surveillance and monitoring of NIH biomedical research laboratories, facility operations, and office areas to identify, assess, and control workplace chemical, biological, physical, and ergonomic hazards, and assist DOHS in implementing programs that protect the safety and health of NIH employees and the public. We have provided IH program support to NIH, DOHS across a variety of locations including the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD; the NIH Bayview Research Center in Baltimore, MD; the NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, MT, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC. The major services on this contract include:

• IH surveys, audits, and inspections IH program development
• Comprehensive occupational safety support for laboratories, industrial, office, and construction workspaces
• Personal exposure monitoring
• Complex IAQ surveys and other assessments
• Noise exposure monitoring
• Chemical monitoring and evaluations
• Respiratory protection
• Ergonomic assessments and workstation design
• Chemical hygiene Safety surveys and program support
• Heat stress monitoring
• Confined space program
• Hazardous energy/lockout-tagout (LOTO)
• Injury/accident investigations
• Prepare written reports with findings, and recommendation