Free Resources for the CIH Exam
ASSE’s Industrial Hygiene Practice Specialty Advisory Committee developed this list of free Internet resources to help you study particularly challenging topics.
General Safety and Health(Multiple Topics) / · OSHA Technical Manual
· NIOSH Safety and Health Topics
· NIOSH Publications and Products
Air Sampling / · Personal sampling for air contaminants
· Guidelines for air sampling and analytical method development
· EasyIH – check your math on calculations
Analytical Chemistry / · NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
· OSHA Sampling and Analysis
Basic Science / · Crash Course science episodes on YouTube on chemistry, biology, anatomy/physiology, physics, and math
· Khan Academy science resources
Biohazards / · CDC QuickLearn Biosafety training course
· OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen regulations
· CDC Bloodborne Pathogens
· WorkSafeBC: Protecting Workers from Infectious Disease
Biostatistics and Epidemiology / · CDC Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health(free e-course)
· Biostatistics: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Biostatistics Lecture Series
· Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases – Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
· Statistics Review – Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University
Community Exposure / · ATSDR’s Environmental Public Health Training(3-phase free online course)
· Occupational Health and Vulnerable Worker Populations – Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
· Environmental Health – Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Engineering Controls and Ventilation / · Industrial Ventilation Workbook
· OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Ventilation
· Smithsonian Institution Safety Manual – Chapter 27: Ventilation for Health Hazard Control
· World Health Organization (WHO) Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment: Airborne Dust – Chapter 7 – Control of Dust Transmission
Ergonomics / · NIOSH Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Health Risk Analysis and Hazard Communication / · ICMM Health Risk Assessment Guidance
· OSHA Hazard Communication
· U.N. Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, 3rd Edition (2009)
· Stanford University – Industrial Hygiene: Exposure Assessment Strategy, Surveying, and Monitoring Guidelines
· CDC Qualitative Risk Characterization and Management of Occupational Hazards: Control Banding
Industrial Hygiene Program Management / · Johns Hopkins University Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene Full e-course
· The Army Industrial Hygiene Program
· Industrial Hygiene Site Programs lecture slides – SESHA Academic Lecture Tour (2001)
· Fundamentals of Program Evaluation – Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Noise / · NIOSH Noise webpage
· OSHA Noise webpage
· Johns Hopkins University – Noise lecture slides
Non-Engineering Controls / · PPE
· Fit Testing
· Breathing Air Specifications
Radiation, Ionizing / · NIOSH textbook(free)
· OSHA Ionizing Radiation webpage
Radiation, Non-Ionizing / · OSHA Non-Ionizing Radiation webpage
· NIOSH Non-Ionizing Radiation
Thermal Stressors / · CDC Heat Stress
· CDC Cold Stress
Toxicology / · Toxicology Tutorials from NIH
· ToxLearn from NIH
· Public Health Toxicology – Johns Hopkins University of Public Health
Work Environments and Industrial Processes / · Confined space entry
· Spray painting
· Welding, cutting, brazing
· Abrasive blasting
· Vapor degreasing (solvents)
· Foundry operations
· Hazardous waste site remediation
· Indoor environmental quality
Other Useful Topics / · FEMA Independent Study Program(courses on hazardous materials, radiation safety, managerial safety and health, emergency management, etc.)
· MIT Open Courseware (courses in biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, health sciences and technology, nuclear engineering, and many more)
· Washington Department of Labor & Industries online safety training, many topics
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