Breanne Beck, CIH
Senior Industrial Hygienist at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified Industrial Hygienist
American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Experience
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Industrial Hygienist
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Jul 2015 - Present
Apply regulatory knowledge to maintain compliance and ensure employee safety. Provide on-going assessment of engineering controls, develop or inform administrative controls, and recommend personal protective equipment in support of efforts to maintain a healthy working, learning and research environment.- Conduct training and outreach for hearing protection.- Conduct indoor air quality investigation to determine sources of contaminants, sensitizers, or irritants that can affect campus community health.- Conduct surveys designed to identify faculty, staff, and student’s potential exposures to chemical substances and evaluate data based on health hazard studies and regulatory guidelines.- Perform risk assessments to evaluate and eliminate exposures and hazards.- Construction/renovation design review to inform selection of appropriate hazard controls in mechanical systems.- Provide hazardous materials incident response.
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Industrial Hygienist
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Jun 2013 - Jul 2015
Apply regulatory knowledge to maintain compliance and ensure employee safety. Update and create standard operating procedures and training materials.- Conduct training and outreach for lab safety, respiratory protection and hearing protection.- Maintain respiratory program and perform quantitative fit testing.- Conduct indoor air quality investigation to determine sources of contaminants.- Conduct surveys designed to identify faculty, staff, and student’s potential exposures to chemical substances and evaluate data based on health hazard studies and regulatory guidelines.- Perform risk assessments to evaluate and eliminate exposures and hazards.- Perform laboratory safety audits for compliance to applicable Federal, State, local regulations, professional standards, and funding entity requirements.
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Senior Industrial Hygienist
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Aug 2006 - Jun 2013
Apply interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills to successfully manage a staff of industrial hygienists. - Perform indoor air quality studies in non-industrial environments. - Perform safety audits in a variety of occupational environments.- Conduct surveys designed to identify employees’ potential exposure to chemical substances and physical hazards. Evaluate exposure data based on health hazard studies and provide interpretations in light of OSHA, EPA, and other environmental and occupational health regulations and guidelines.- Tasked with providing recommendations for courses of action to control exposures and reduce the potential for injury, illness, and/or property loss.- Experienced in the use of direct-reading monitoring equipment, such as combustible gas and oxygen indicators, photoionization detectors, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide monitors, heat stress monitors, and colorimetric gas detector tube samplers.- Develop site health and safety plans, and act as site safety officer during remediation projects.
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Intern
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Sep 2005 - Feb 2006
Tasked with collecting field data concerning the health of streams and other bodies of water. Utilized technical skills to analyze the diversity of living organism within streams. Additionally, assisted with a number of educational programs for local high schools. Tasked with collecting field data concerning the health of streams and other bodies of water. Utilized technical skills to analyze the diversity of living organism within streams. Additionally, assisted with a number of educational programs for local high schools.
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Environmental Management Coordinator
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2005 - Feb 2006
• Designed and implemented an Injury and Illness Prevention Program• Designed Hazardous Communication Program • Designed and implemented an Injury and Illness Prevention Program• Designed Hazardous Communication Program
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Education
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California State University-Northridge
Masters, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety -
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Analysis and Design