Environmental, Health and Safety Capabilities

EMSI offers the following EHS services:

1.    EHS Consulting Services: On-site or on-call
                a.    EHS Program development, implementation and management
                b.    Safety Support
                c.    Specific program packages for small facilities lacking personnel and
                       resources necessary to maintain a program in house

2.    EHS Training

EMSI will design a training program, which is tailored to the needs of your facility in accordance with applicable pertinent regulations and laws. Training provided in the following areas: OSHA, EPA, DOT and the Laboratory Standard (Other training customized to meet your needs) Specialized training includes Radiation, chemical, and biological safety, waste management and spill clean up

3.    EHS Support Services

• Quantitative & Qualitative Fit Testing
• Hazardous materials inventory, database and MSDS management
• Montgomery County Hazardous Materials Permit Preparation and Review
• Facility labeling and signs
• Waste storage facility design and fire code review
• Safety shower, eyewash and fire extinguisher inspection
• Health physics surveys

4.    EHS Auditing

Our audits are comprehensive and are designed to evaluate how health and safety programs, hazards and obligations are managed. Key elements of the audit are regulatory requirements, company specific policies and prudent health and safety practices.The audit also provides the auditor to provide or suggest unique solutions and approaches observed at other facilities

 5.    Other EHS services available:

    Indoor Air Quality Investigations (i.e. workers in an office believe that the air is making them ill
        and the building owner doesn`t know what to do).

    Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessments

    Noise and Hearing Conservation - development of written program, noise assessments, and
        hearing conservation training.

    Mold Investigations - Environmental/surface sampling and development of remediation specs.

    Confined Space Entry - Development of written entry permit system and
        general awareness training.

    Lockout/Tagout - Development of written program and general awareness training.

    Respiratory Protection - Development of written program, respiratory protection training
        and fit-testing.

    OSHA Consultation - Assistance in correcting violations or contesting citations.

    Permitting - Mont ` Co. Haz Mat certificate; WSSC; ATF; DEA Biological Safety
        Related Services

    Development of H&S SOPs related to GMP operations

    OSHA Injury/Illness Record keeping

    Industrial Ventilation Design/Evaluation - Examples: welding, spray painting, abrasive casting

    Fume hood evaluations (charged on a per hood basis)

    Assistance with design and construction of new facilities

    Development of Material Safety Data Sheets

    Assisting companies with developing internal Safety Committees Lead-Based Paint
        and Asbestos related services

    Heat Stress Measurement

    Ergonomics program development, workstation assessments (office and industrial),
        workstation design (office and industrial), manual lifting assessments.