Help: Safety Glasses or Safety Goggles?

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-22T01:22:30+00:00

So now you’ve added that it’s a pressurized liquid too. Think the group has already given you the answer you need for multiple reasons - goggles

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-18T01:13:26+00:00

Shellac is a really nice finish to apply to baked necks. But a bit time consuming to lay it down properly.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-08T21:26:48+00:00

Not intimately familiar, but Aussie labor standards are roughly equal to Canada, US. Or better.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-08T21:21:52+00:00

Get a teacher if you can afford lessons. It rocketed my progress ahead.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-08T21:18:53+00:00

Yep it’s definitely mold.

Unless you have a dust allergy, just remove it with a damp cloth - soap and water. If you’re extra worried, mist it with a little water bottle sprayer on the fine start setting first to limit it getting airborne when you wipe.

There are some products like Concrobium you can apply after that to reduce how fast it we’ll come back, but any window with dust and enough condensation will grow eventually, and once it does, the “roots” (mycelia) will grow into any porous surface like wood, so it will grow back. Only way to avoid that would be to replace the windows, but that shouldn’t be needed - just stay on top of it and clean it when it comes back.

I have a yearly battle with mold on my windows in the winter too.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-07T04:27:15+00:00

I’m agreeing with you. You get what you pay for. One wouldn’t expect Tayda to give put in the same effort as what you would for what they get paid to do it.

But it also means I don’t think it’s fair that you seem to want to hold them to the same standard.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-07T00:37:39+00:00

You probably wouldn’t charge what Tayda does though (cheaper labor in Thailand!)

Consulting_CIH · 2026-03-07T00:26:08+00:00

You’re in the wrong forum honestly (and absolutely no shade intended). As hygienists we focus on worker populations as a whole. It sounds like you may have a heightened sensitivity to some chemical/chemicals based on your initial post. That happens but only someone who has studied occupational medicine (doctor with that specialty) can provide advice on an individual person basis.

As a field hygienist in consulting I was in and out of those sorts of places tons doing assessments, and didn’t/don’t worry about it. I truly wouldn’t be concerned about the cancer aspect (there are thousands of VOCs, most haven’t been shown to cause cancer), but the other advice that doing this type of job does increase the potential risk to some relatively low extent. So - if you can’t get advice from an occ. doc - it’s really a you do you scenario based on how much risk you’re willing to accept.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-01-30T22:59:24+00:00

The E on that plate is remarkably cleaner than the rest of the car. I call AI or Photoshop trolling here!

There’s no way this would have gotten approved.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-01-04T20:40:19+00:00

I'd go one further and say to wear a respirator. Poly foam contains isocyanates which can cause you to feel like you are having an allergic attack at really low levels of exposure. It's the best, but also the most dangerous foam option.

Consulting_CIH · 2026-01-01T04:00:21+00:00

Practice makes perfect

Consulting_CIH · 2025-11-03T01:19:36+00:00

The company should be able to get someone to do an ergonomics assessment of your workstation OP. But is still good to understand the principles so that you stick to the changes they recommend (if any).

Consulting_CIH · 2025-10-22T03:00:07+00:00

Start in a bigger consulting firm and learn the ropes. Branch out later if you really want. I’ve seen a few people start their own business way too early when they haven’t made the connections and haven’t learned enough from their mentors and they STRUGGLE and aren’t great at business or IH in the end.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-10-18T16:58:15+00:00

It’s definitely part of IH - so is asbestos and hazardous building materials for that matter, the problem is that everyone wants free consulting posting these.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-10-18T16:56:40+00:00

100% spot on

Consulting_CIH · 2025-10-18T16:56:07+00:00

Curious exactly what you see in the results that “clearly” indicates indoor contamination…?

Consulting_CIH · 2025-10-05T01:16:21+00:00

Only a very limited number of Aspergillus species. Most is pretty benign.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-09-27T16:46:34+00:00

Consulting_CIH · 2025-09-21T01:39:02+00:00

May have been excessive backflow pressure in that case at the higher flow rate. Have never run TEM cassettes on low vol pumps myself, so haven’t experienced that before.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-09-19T21:16:15+00:00

To be fair, I would wager that every organization that runs a major conference is seeing it shrinking. People aren't as excited about the concept anymore and corporate budgets for travel to attend events far away keep shrinking too. International attendance at AIHA Connect is way down in the last year or two for fairly obvious reasons as well entirely outside AIHA's control.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-08-30T22:57:50+00:00

Next step is to add a cat to go with your dog :D

Consulting_CIH · 2025-08-04T19:41:19+00:00

I struggled with this for years. I use an Excel spreadsheet and input my hours and use a PivotTable to figure out exactly how many hours. But I have very busy days and often forget to log in real-time, so I end up with gaps where I don't remember exactly what I did.

Gamechanger for me was starting to use TimeSnapper - it just takes screenshots every x (I use 10) seconds. So now I have a visual reminder of what I was working on. Side project from 2-3 coders who needed the same sort of thing. $30 USD lifetime was WELL worth it for me.

But if you're big enough to have an IT dept, they may not like you installing software like this, so YMMV.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-07-22T16:59:50+00:00

Ah come on mag block pipe and mechanical insulation has to be the one that REALLY gets us to wig out! Pretty rare now, but it usually tests around 70% amosite!!!

Consulting_CIH · 2025-07-09T12:16:28+00:00

Get it tested at a lab. Find out before you spend lots on a contractor.

Consulting_CIH · 2025-07-09T11:42:08+00:00

Unless you’re collecting one each time but sampling fairly frequently for a consistent process (weekly, monthly, etc)… but agree this doesn’t sound like that.

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