923 Van Buren Avenue, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
ph: 616-458-9937
fax: 616-458-0111
alt: 616-550-4688
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My mission is to provide the most up-to-date industrial hygiene, safety and indoor air quality services at a reasonable rate and in a timely manner so as to meet the needs of my clients, their employees and/or students.
Prior to starting his own health and safety consulting business in June of 1995, James worked 18 years at Steelcase Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sixteen of those years were in the Loss Control Department and then in the Environmental Quality Department as the Senior Corporate Industrial Hygienist. This experience gave James a well-rounded experience with the various aspects of industrial hygiene and safety as related to metal and wood fabrication, machining, finishing operations, painting, welding, assembly, machine guarding, aerospace, food, pharmaceutical, shipping, tool & die, and other manufacturing-related operations. It was also during this time that James had the opportunity to develop and implement a number of OSHA-mandated programs and the required training programs. During the early 1980s, James had the opportunity to participarte in a three-member team to develop and implement a corporate indoor air quality (IAQ) program for Steelcase and its clients. This included developing an emissions testing program to determine what was emitted or offgassed from the various materials and finishes used to construct the furniture, providing up-to-date information to the design community and end-users of the Steelcase products, and conducting IAQ investigations at the end-users' job sites.
James is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a 1979 graduate of Grand Valley State University with a BS degree in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Safety Management. Since graduation, he has attended Michigan State University, Harvard School of Public Health and Wayne State University for industrial ventilation, industrial hygiene and industrial toxicology.
Selected Publications and Presentations Include:
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Presentations and Educational Training Provided By James:
James is a certified industrial hygienist (certification #6292) with expertise in comprehensive industrial hygiene practices, auditing and training with specific qualification in indoor air quality (IAQ) investigations, remediation and education. He has over 32 years of experience and expertise in industrial hygiene, safety, auditing, personnel sampling, program development, implementation of OSHA standards and training programs, and IAQ issues.
923 Van Buren Avenue, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
ph: 616-458-9937
fax: 616-458-0111
alt: 616-550-4688
cihstro