Co-Sponsored by
Beryllium Health and Safety Committee (BHSC)
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River National Laboratory
Eichrom Technologies, Inc.

 

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Tuesday, November 8
All times are mountain time. Final times to be determined.
7:00-8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM-12:00 noon Vendor Exposition open - Ballroom 1, 2, 3
8:00-8:05 AM Opening - Michael J. Brisson, Symposium Chair - Amphitheater
Senior Techncial Advisor, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
8:05-8:25 AM Welcoming Remarks: Dean Lillquist, Director, OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center
 
SAMPLING
Session 1 - Chair: Kathryn Creek
8:25-8:55 AM Plenary Presentation: An Overview of Beryllium Exposure and the Risk of Disease
Kathryn Creek, Chair, Beryllium Health and Safety Committee
Industrial Hygienist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
8:55-9:40 AM Keynote Presentation: Inhalable Sampling of Aerosols
Martin Harper, Chief, Exposure Assessment Branch, NIOSH
9:40-10:05 AM

The Importance of Beryllium Particulate Detection to the U.S. Department of Energy
David J. Weitzman, Industrial Hygienist, DOE Office of Worker Protection Policy and Programs

10:05-10:25 AM Break
 
Session 2 - Chair: Martin Harper
 
10:25-10:50 AM

Relative Collection Efficiencies of Dry and Wet Surface Swipe Sampling for Particulate Contamination
James S. Johnson, Chemical & Biological Safety Section Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:50-11:15 AM

Comparison of Collection Efficiency of Sampling Methods for Removable Beryllium Surface Contamination
Sarah K. Dufay, Industrial Hygiene Analytical Chemistry Technician, Sandia National Laboratories

11:15-11:40 AM Technology Development within the Federal Government: A Commercial Perspective
David T. Kendrick, Senior Scientist, Apogen Technologies
11:40 AM-12:40 PM

Lunch - Ballroom 1, 2, 3
Vendor exhibits are available for viewing - Ballroom 1, 2, 3

 
Session 3 - Chair: David Weitzman
 
12:40 - 1:05 PM

The Need For High Volume, Personal Breathing Zone Sampling Methods
Gary E. Whitney, Beryllium Program Coordinator, Los Alamos National Laboratory

1:05 - 1:30 PM Employee Protection During Activities in Areas with no Definitive Beryllium Contamination
Elton Hewitt, Manager, Industrial Hygiene, Fluor Hanford
1:30 - 1:55 PM Etiology of Chronic Beryllium Disease: The Role of the Skin
Thomas D. Klingner, President, Colormetric Laboratories, Inc.
1:55 - 2:20 PM Dermal Exposure to Beryllium: Theoretical Exposure Framework and Pilot Case Study
Joseph Zayed, Claude Emond, Jean-Paul Robin, Robert Breton, Suzanne Philippe
2:20-3:00 PM Break and Vendor Exposition
3:00-4:15 PM
Panel Discussion: Sampling Issues Facing Field Industrial Hygienists

 

Moderator: Melecita Archuleta , Sandia National Laboratories

 

Panelist Bios

•  Elton Hewitt, Manager, Industrial Hygiene, Fluor Hanford
•  Geoffrey Braybrooke, Supervisory Industrial Hygienist, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
•  Marion Hook, Industrial Hygienist, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
•  Matt Custer, Industrial Hygienist, Sandia National Laboratory
•  Gary Whitney, Beryllium Program Coordinator, Los Alamos National Laboratory

4:15-4:30 PM
Wrap up - Michael J. Brisson, Symposium Chair
   
6:00-7:30 PM
Reception and posters – Ballroom 1, 2, 3

 

Onsite Direct-Read System for Semi-Quantitative Detection of Traces of Beryllium on Surfaces
Tesfa M. Tekleab, Director of R&D, Microteq

 

 

 

Comparison of Systematic Exposure Assessment to Daily Air Monitoring at a Beryllium Machining Facility
 Mike Van Dyke, Industrial Hygienist, National Jewish Medical and Research Center

 

 

 

What Is A Beryllium Measurement? A Critical Look at Be Quantitation. John Hess, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Manager, Bechtel Nevada

 

 

 

Industrial Hygiene Case Study: Potential Application of Control Banding for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
Gregory A. Day, Senior Service Fellow, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

 

 

 

Exposure Assessment At A Beryllium Ceramics Facility Following Implementation Of A Dermal Protection Program
Gregory A. Day, Senior Service Fellow , National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
   

 

Assessing the contribution of dermal exposure to total beryllium exposure
 Gregory A. Day, Senior Service Fellow , National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
 
Wednesday, November 9
7:00-8:00 AM Registration
9:00-11:30 AM Vendor Exposition open - Ballroom 1, 2, 3
 
LAB AND FIELD METHODS AND EQUIPMENT
Session 1 - Chair: Lawrence E. Jassin
Amphitheater
 
8:10-8:40 AM Keynote Presentation: Trace-Level Beryllium Analysis in the Lab and the Field: State of the Art, Challenges, and Opportunities
Michael J. Brisson, Senior Technical Advisor, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
8:40-9:05 AM Enhanced Beryllium Sample Preparation; How to Improve the Results Produced by the Instrument You Already Have
Daniel R. McAlister, Senior Scientist, PG Research Foundation, Inc.
9:05-9:30 AM Evaluation of an Aerosol Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Industrial Monitoring
Steve S. Cristy, Sr. Development Staff, BWXT Y-12
9:30-9:55 AM Application of a beryllium specific resin at the Y-12 National Security Complex Lawrence E. Jassin , Director of Sales and Marketing, Eichrom Technologies, Inc.
9:55-10:15 AM Break
 
Session 2 - Chair: Steve Edwards
 
10:15-10:40 AM Detection of Beryllium by Fluorescence- A Rapid Portable Method
Anoop Agrawal, Vice President, Berylliant
10:40-11:05 AM Real-Time Surface Contamination Monitor for Beryllium Oxide Particulates
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:05-11:30 AM Microwave Digestion Method For Analysis Of Total Beryllium In Industrial Hygiene Samples
Rohit Shah, Chemist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Lunch - Ballroom 1, 2, 3

12:30-4:00 PM Vendor Exposition open - Ballroom 1, 2, 3
 
Session 3 - Chair: Anoop Agrawal
   
1:30-1:55 PM Standardization Issues in Beryllium Sampling and Analysis - An Update
Kevin Ashley, Research Chemist, NIOSH
1:55-2:20 PM Criteria for Real-time Beryllium Monitoring Equipment
Michael J. Brisson, Senior Technical Advisor, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
2:20-2:35 PM Break
2:35-3:50 PM
Panel Discussion: Improvement Opportunities for Lab and Field Methods and Equipment

Moderator: Amy Ekechukwu, Savannah River National Laboratory

•  Anoop Aragwal , Vice President, Berylliant
•  David Weitzman , Industrial Hygienist, DOE
•  Mike McCawley , President, McCawley Consulting, LLC
•  Kevin Ashley , Research Chemist, NIOSH

3:50-4:05 PM
Wrap up - Michael J. Brisson, Symposium Chair
 
5:30-8:00 PM

OSHA Technical Center Tour
Tour of OSHA Salt Lake City Technical Center (SLTC)
8660 So. Sandy Parkway
Sandy , Utah 84070

Transportation is not provided by the Symposium. Expectations are that sufficient rented and local participants' vehicles will be available for the 25 minute drive. Leave hotel at 5:30 pm.

 

Symposium Officials
Symposium Chair:

Michael J. Brisson, Senior Technical Advisor, Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Exhibit Chairs:

Warren Hendricks, OSHA Salt Lake City Technical Center
Mike Simmons, OSHA Salt Lake City Technical Center

Registration Chair:
 Connie Crandall, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Technical Committee:

David Weitzman, Department of Energy (Chair)
Melecita Arhculeta, Sandia National Laboratory
Amy Ekechukwu, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Steve Edwards, OSHA Salt Lake City Technical Center

Student Committee:

Warren Hendricks, OSHA Salt Lake City Technical Center (Chair)
Connie Crandall, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Anoop Agrawal, Berylliant