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California employers must conduct air monitoring for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals or in high-risk scenarios. CDMS’s Certified Industrial Hygienists use calibrated instruments to sample airborne contaminants and compare levels to permissible limits, providing detailed reports with recommendations. Let CDMS handle your compliance air monitoring to ensure exposures are within limits, protect your employees, and avoid OSHA violations.

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Regulatory bodies
  • Occupational Safety & Health Association (OSHA)
  • California Occupational Safety & Health Association (Cal/OSHA)
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Who needs it

Occupational Safety & Health Association (OSHA) requires air monitoring to be conducted when:

  • employers are using hazardous materials that are above, or potentially above, Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL).

When is air sampling required by Occupational Safety & Health Association (OSHA)?

When exposures potentially exceed Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) or for open process tanks.

What are common air contaminants evaluated?

Solvents, acids, paint fumes, metal particulates, diesel exhaust, silica, lead, cadmium.