James R. Strobridge, CIH, LLC

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.

Background Information

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:

• ASHRAE IAQ ‘91: “Volatile Organic Compounds and Particle Emission Rates and Predicted Air Concentrations Related to Moveable Partitions and Office Furniture” - Strobridge, Black
• Steelcase, Inc.: White Paper - “Indoor Air Quality in the Healthy Office” - Helm, Strobridge, O’Malley
• AIHCE ‘92: “Emission Characteristics of Moveable Office Partitions and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality” - Strobridge
• AIHCE ‘94/ASTM ‘94: “Formaldehyde Emission Characteristics of Finished Wood Furnishings and Individual Construction Materials” - Strobridge
• ASTM IAQ Symposium ‘94: “An Indoor Air Quality Rating System for Office Furniture” - Strobridge, Black
• Indoor Air Review, May ‘95: “Industrial Hygiene and IAQ” - Strobridge
• Canada, Upper York Division ‘92:  “Air Monitoring and IAQ” seminar - Strobridge
• Environment Canada ‘93:  “Environmentally Responsible Office Furniture” workshop
• Architects for Social Responsibility, Boston ‘94: “The Air We Breathe” symposium
• AIA ‘93, ‘94, and ‘95: “Indoor Air Quality”
• Michigan Safety Conference: 96, “The Industrial Hygienist Tool Box”/2000, “Respiratory Protection”
• WMIHS – 2003 “Microbial/Biological Contaminants"
• WMIHS – 2008 “This Old Building – Renovations, Remediation, Contractor Issues”

Additional Non-Degree Technical and Professional Development:

• Steelcase, Inc. - Managing Interpersonal Relationships
• Michigan State University - Industrial Ventilation
• Harvard School of Public Health - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
• Steelcase, Inc. - Problem Solving, Decision-making and Planning
• Wayne State University - Principles and Practice of Industrial Toxicology
• Steelcase, Inc. - Interaction Management Program
• Michigan State University - Advanced Industrial Ventilation
• AIHA PDC - Assessing Bio-aerosols in the Workplace
• AIHA PDC - Advanced Industrial Noise Exposure Monitoring and Related Instrumentation
• AIHA PDC - Key Topics in Hearing Conservation
• AIHA PDC - The Management of Heat Stress in Industry
• AIHA PDC - Introduction to Biological Safety Cabinets
• AIHCE symposium - Indoor Air Quality   
• AIHA PDC - Indoor Air Quality Solutions
• Asbestos Building Inspector and Management Planner Training including all required annual refresher training courses to date
• AIHCE - Indoor Air Quality Symposium
• AIHCE PDC - Confined Space Permit Entries
• University of Michigan/COHSE – Ergonomic Principles for Workplace Assessment and Design
• AIHA - Environmental Bacteria: Evaluation, Exposure and Health Risk
• EPA Lead Safe R&P Training
• Others 

Presentations and Educational Training Provided By James:

• Michigan Safety Conference - Introduction to IAQ, including how to conduct an investigation and preventative measures
• Sheboygan Chamber Safety Conference - Industrial Hygiene: What Every Safety Manager Needs to Know
• Michigan Safety Conference -Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation
• Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society - One-day symposium: IAQ Overview and Update on OSHA IAQ Standard
• West Michigan Society of Safety Engineers - Half-day symposium: Introduction to IAQ
• AIHCE PDC ‘93: VOCs and Indoor Air Quality
• AIHCE PDC ’96, 97 and 98’: Introduction to Indoor Air Quality
• Numerous professional lunch and dinner meetings, including IFMA, ASHRAE, ASSE, AIA, etc. - IAQ presentations     
• American Institute of Architects for Social Responsibility Conferences - IAQ presentations and discussion of emission characteristics from various furnishings and materials
• Steelcase, Inc. - Customized HAZWOPER First Responder and the 40-hour refresher training for corporation
• Steelcase, Inc. - Numerous OSHA-mandated training programs
• St. Mary’s Hospital - Industrial hygiene overview for Occupational Medicine - Family Practice Residents
• Michigan Safety Conferences - “What I.H. Instrumentation Should Be in Every Safety Professional’s Tool Box”
• Michigan Safety Conference -“Overview of the New OSHA Methylene Chloride Standard”
• Michigan Safety Conference - “Indoor Air Quality Phase I & II Investigations”
• Michigan Safety Conference -“Mold Remediation Round Table”
• WMIHS – Half day seminar “Microbial Contaminants, More Than Just Mold”
• Lorman – One day seminar “Solving Water Intrusion & Mold Problems in Michigan”
• Adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University (1996) "Industrial Hygiene and Instrumentation"- “Industrial              Hygiene and Instr

James Strobridge

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.