Western Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society – Managing Heat Stress

Thursday, September 7, 2023
Virtual Zoom Meeting 9:00 am – 12 pm
Cost: Members of WMASSP/WMIHS/MIHS: $15.00 per person
Non-members: $25.00 per person
Students: Free

Keith Langworthy, Senior Industrial Hygienist, MIOSHA CET MIOSHA

Heat Stress State Emphasis Program 1. Heat Related Illnesses 2. Heat-Illness Prevention Programs (HIPP) 3. MIOSHA Heat Stress State Emphasis Program 4. Elements of a MIOSHA Heat Stress Inspection 5. Legislative updates Keith Started his career with MIOSHA’s Asbestos Program May 1, 2000. Prior stints as a Dow Chemical Intern and Industrial Hygiene Technician at DeLisle Associates in Kalamazoo offered Keith a good look at IH work in large industrial facilities in Michigan. Since 2008, he’s been a MIOSHA Senior Industrial Hygienist. While in the Asbestos Program, he conducted enforcement inspections throughout the state for the first 10 years of his career. In 2011, Keith took on expanded responsibilities with a transfer to MIOSHA’s Construction Safety and Health Division and continued conducting enforcement inspections of all health hazards in a position covering the West side of the State. Keith’s most memorable worksites include the World Trade Center Clean-up operation in Jan-Feb 2002, working alongside OSHA Industrial Hygienists as a part of the Hurricane Katrina response efforts in November 2005, and covering SW Michigan’s employees responding to the Enbridge Oil Spill cleanup in 2010. He encountered his most unusual worksite while initiating a MIOSHA inspection during a brief interruption in a deposition. In October 2022, Keith came to MIOSHA CET’s Training & Consulting Section as a Senior Industrial Hygienist covering the Western and Southwestern counties of the state.

Industry leaders will share their Heat Stress Initiatives:

Alex Rautio– Rockford Construction
Alex has been with Rockford Construction for 8 years and is currently acting as Safety Manager. He is responsible for overseeing all active construction in and out of Michigan, to ensure it is being completed safely and with regard to OSHA rules and regulations. He oversees onsite safety coordinators and implementation of safety initiatives. He is an active member of the ABC Safety Committee; Alex attended Grand Valley State University where he earned a B.S. Degree in Occupational Safety & Health Management.

John DiCerbo – Consumers Energy
John DiCerbo is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for CMS Energy, the parent company for Consumers Energy, an investor owned electric and gas utility in the State of Michigan. Mr. DiCerbo has worked for CMS Energy since 2016. Prior to that Mr. DiCerbo worked in the chemical industry (Henkel Corporation) and the automotive industry (Chrysler corporation). Mr. DiCerbo serves on the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Occupational Safety & Health Committee as the industrial hygiene subcommittee co-chair. Mr. DiCerbo also serves as a Board member for the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society (AIHA local chapter). Mr. DiCerbo received his B.A. in Biology from Alfred University (Alfred, NY) and his Master of Occupational and Environmental Health with and emphasis in Industrial Hygiene from Wayne State University (Detroit, MI).

Jake Woods – Western Michigan University
Jake has worked in the health, safety, and environmental field for the past 15 years. He began his industrial hygiene career as a consultant working for a private entity in Portage, MI. in 2008. During his time there, Jake was responsible for project development and implementation which included a wide array of things from building demolition, to site safety at nuclear power plants, to methamphetamine assessments at condemned housing. He also gained State of Michigan asbestos accreditation as an inspector, contractor/supervisor, and educational core instructor. In 2011, Jake took a turn in his journey and joined the environmental health and safety department at Western Michigan University as an industrial hygienist. While at WMU he has been responsible for employee safety, training, and management of various safety / emergency response programs.

Register and pay by credit card at www.wmihs.org by Wednesday, September 6.
After payment, the link to the presentation will be listed on the confirmation page. It will also be in the receipt you receive via email. If you don’t see the link before the meeting or have problems registering, please contact me at bwisniewski@myairlife.com .