Please join us in congratulating Jim Miades, CIH on his appointment as President of Colden Corporation, effective July 1, 2024. Jim has over 25 years of health and safety consulting experience including the past 14 years leading Colden’s New York City office. Jim is assuming the role from David de Lalla, who has led the company since its inception in 1997. In his retirement, Dave will remain part of the Colden team as a Senior Consultant and Advisor.

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Colden will be exhibiting and presenting at the New England AIHA All-Day Conference on October 23 in Norwood, MA.

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In 2020, exposure to harmful substances or environments accounted for 4,830 cases of eye-related injury or illness cases that resulted in at least one day away from work.

Research estimates that eighty to eighty five percent of our perception, learning, cognition and activities are mediated through vision, (Politzer, 2008).  A team of neuroscientists from MIT has found that the human brain can process entire images that the eye sees in as little as 13 milliseconds — the first evidence of such rapid processing speed. (Trafton, 2014). An eye injury can have serious implications for employees including their ability to drive, watch a game, or effectively communicate.

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Greg Richey , Senior Consultant at Colden will participate in a delegation of American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) members traveling to Vietnam (October 26 – November 2) to learn about the advancements and challenges facing Vietnam in industrial hygiene, environmental health, and worker safety. The delegation’s planning and implementation is directed by the Citizen Ambassador Program, an international exchange program of Cultural Vistas. Cultural Vistas is a non-profit NGO, based in Washington DC, with a long history of implementation for US State Department programs.

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Can you collect air samples using a method for the inhalable size fraction and use those results to demonstrate compliance with OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits for total size fractions?

Determining the appropriate aerosol particle size fraction(s) [1] to monitor is an important consideration in industrial hygiene exposure assessments.

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Sampling and Analytical Considerations for Beryllium

Beryllium (Be) is a strong, light metal useful in electronics, aerospace, and for windows in radiation detection equipment. From a worker health perspective exposure to beryllium is linked to beryllium sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD), which is incurable, debilitating, and potentially fatal.

Greg W. Richey, MS, CIH, CSP, CPEA, AIHA Fellow

Colden Corporation is delighted to announce our new office location in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chrisy C. Walsh, MS, CIH, CSP will be leading our Health and Safety initiatives in the surrounding areas.

Chrisy brings a deep understanding of the Gulf Coast region’s unique culture, resources, and occupational health and safety needs, drawing from her extensive experience in contingency planning, emergency response, and incident management while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard.

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