Project Manager Health

LYLE RICHARD EDINGER, MS, CIH

Address: **** *’Connor Drive

Holt, Michigan 48842-2919

e-mail: abl4qi@r.postjobfree.com or abl4qi@r.postjobfree.com

Cell Phone: 517-***-****

EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Master of Health Science

Degree in Environmental Health Science, Industrial Hygiene Focus

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology

EMPLOYMENT

ICU Environmental, Health and Safety, Arlington, VA; October 13, 2009 to present; Project Manager of the

ICU-EHS project at the Pentagon. Manager for IH and safety contract with the Pentagon; work includes air

and noise monitoring; IAQ and mold projects; program-related inspections; workplace exposure assessments;

safety and health training; construction and renovation safety and health issues; mechanical room inspections;

safety and health for facilities maintenance staff; asbestos and lead abatement projects; drinking water testing.

Occupational Health and Safety Consultant - April 30, 2004 to October 12, 2009; Consulting on a subcontractor

basis with firms that did not have CIHs on staff on projects in Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee, and elsewhere.

Projects include noise monitoring; air monitoring; lock-out/tag-out, grounding/bonding, and confined-space

entry program development, training, and qualitative exposure assessment. Have also recently worked on

asbestos abatement, formaldehyde exposures in a hospital histology labs, and review of meth-lab cleanup

verification. Experience in manufacturing, chemical plants, foundries, and a wide variety of other work

environments.

American Board of Industrial Hygiene, Lansing, MI; March 27, 1995 to April 29, 2004. Manager of Technical

Affairs - Responsibilities included: writing, reviewing, documenting examination questions; verifying

challenged questions and answers on the examinations; reviewing and participating in statistical analysis of

examination data; organizing and leading question-writing workshops; assisting in the updating of existing

exams and the creation of new exams; acting as technical representative for the Board to other organizations,

such as the BCSP, AIHA, and Academy; answering inquiries from IH community and the public; providing

general assistance to the Board and Executive Director. Was responsible for choosing and working with

vendor to bring computerized testing to ABIH.

Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI; September 4, 1991 to March 24, 1995. Project Industrial Hygienist

-Responsibilities included: organization and documentation of activities of the Industrial Hygiene Guides

Team (internal exposure guideline establishing body for DCC); supervision of IH analytical laboratory;

assisting in development of air sampling methods for DCC materials; preparation (with others) of extensive

questionnaire for use during IH audits of DCC facilities; conduct of audits and surveys and preparation of

written reports of findings; participation in development of computerized MSDS preparation program (IH

aspects, not programming).

Midwest Environmental Control Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; January 2, 1990 to August 16, 1991. Senior

Industrial Hygienist - Responsibilities included: training and supervision of Staff Industrial Hygienists and

Industrial Hygiene Technicians; preparation of proposals and scopes of work for industrial hygiene projects;

interaction with clients regarding projects conducted by the industrial hygiene group; conducted area and

personal monitoring for air contaminants and noise; evaluations of health hazards from equipment, chemicals,

processes, and products; determination of compliance with existing occupational health and safety standards,

guidelines, and recommendations; program development and employee training under OSHA Hazard

Communication, Hazardous Waste Operations, and Hearing Conservation Standards; and development of

MSDSs.

Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; February 1989 to January, 1990. Industrial Hygienist – Responsibilities

included: evaluation of employee health hazards in research and production operations for several electronics

manufacturing facilities. Projects included implementing and monitoring lead exposure control program in

ceramics and soldering operations, employee Right-to-Know, and hearing conservation programs; assisted in

implementation of chemical tracking programs and EPA SARA Title III reporting; air-monitoring for a

variety of contaminants; noise-monitoring; recommended appropriate controls for hazard reduction.

Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Occupational Health, Minneapolis, MN; March 1985 to Feb. 1989.

OSHA Industrial Hygiene Compliance Officer - Responsibilities included: Group Leader position overseeing

work assignments and reviewing work of three staff members (final eight months); providing training of

junior staff members in conduct of industrial hygiene investigations; administration of respiratory protection

program for OSHA Compliance Officers; and conducting work place evaluations to identify potential health

hazards, determine compliance with existing standards, and suggest possible abatement procedures.

Investigations involved noise and air contaminant sampling; observation of work practices, processes, and

conditions; ventilation measurements; evaluation of other engineering and administrative controls; evaluation

of use of personal protective equipment.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; June 1984 to October 1984. Industrial

Hygiene Intern - Responsibilities included: evaluation of the ventilation system and workers’ exposures in

the facility’s plating shop; sampling for several air contaminants in the printing shops; noise surveys in a

variety of work environments; monitoring asbestos removal from three boiler rooms; screening purchase

orders to obtain MSDSs for chemicals purchased and evaluate the related potential for hazards; performed

respirator fit-testing and training; developed chemical inventory for the chemistry building; and assisted with

safety inspections.

Aetna Life and Casualty, Reading, PA and Washington, D.C.; December 1981 to September 1983. Loss Control

Representative - Responsibilities included: safety inspections for fire, general liability, and workers’

compensation coverages at client companies’ premises and job sites; preparation of reports identifying

potential causes of injuries and accidents; develop recommendations for reducing the probability of injuries

and accidents; responded to technical questions from clients.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

Certified in Comprehensive Practice by ABIH since 1990, Certification #4630

Member, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

Member, Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society

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