A NIOSH Perspective on Direct-Reading Methodologies and Real-Time Monitoring in Occupational Environments

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• Personal Author:
  Cattaneo A ; Cauda, Emanuele G. ; Cavallo D ; Howard J ; Snawder, John E. ; Spinazzè A
• Description:
  Direct-reading methodologies and real-time monitors will play a crucial role in workers' health and safety in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This article proposes that these technologies and other advancements will lead to a new stage of industrial hygiene, which may be called IH4.0. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a way of describing the blurring of boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. There are several definitions for this revolution, but they all recognize the critical importance of data. Everyday life is already affected by data generated in different environments, some occupational and some not. The impact of data will become even more significant in the future, considering the characteristics of what is known as "Big Data." These characteristics are the high volume of data; the elevated velocity with which the data is generated; the variety of data of different natures; and the usefulness or value of collecting and modeling data. Even as IH4.0, industrial hygiene will continue to be organized according to the principles of anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control (AREC). But like many other workplace activities, such as production, management, and quality control, industrial hygiene will be revolutionized by data. The profession has an opportunity and a responsibility to evolve because of a new understanding of data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Quality Control Safety
• Keywords:
  Data Processing Direct-reading Methods Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Systems Quality Control Sensors
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1066-7660
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32-35
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066246
• Citation:
  Synergist 2022 Feb; 33(2):32-35
• Email:
  ecauda@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Synergist
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215485/cdc_215485_DS1.pdf
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