Protecting and preserving your productivity through safety.

Industrial Hygiene

We believe industrial hygiene isn't just about compliance; it's fundamentally about caring for your workforce. Because when people thrive, businesses thrive.

In manufacturing, hidden dangers often carry the highest risks. Invisible threats like airborne chemicals, hazardous noise levels, and poorly designed workstations silently compromise worker health, morale, and productivity. 

Focus Area

  • Chemical Hazard Management

    Exposure to hazardous chemicals can lead to chronic health issues. Our team conducts in-depth analyses to monitor exposure levels, ensuring compliance with OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) and ACGIH Threshold Limit Values (TLVs). Solutions range from substituting safer chemicals and implementing targeted ventilation systems, to strategic PPE use.

  • Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation

    Constant machinery noise isn’t just annoying—it permanently damages hearing and reduces workplace focus. Timpl’s hearing conservation programs involve precise noise-level assessments, engineered sound-reduction solutions, and employee education to protect and preserve workers' hearing.

  • Air Quality and Respiratory Safety

    Good air quality isn't just healthier—it directly boosts productivity. Our air monitoring solutions pinpoint contaminants and control airborne hazards through effective ventilation systems, tailored respiratory protection, and continual training and fit-testing programs.

  • Ergonomic Risk Management

    Poor ergonomics quietly erode productivity through repetitive stress injuries. Timpl's ergonomic assessments involve detailed evaluations of work processes, task analysis, and workstation optimization. We recommend targeted adjustments and comprehensive training to ensure lasting ergonomic safety.

Industrial hygiene isn't optional, it's essential

Every day, manufacturing workers face health risks from exposure to contaminants like solvents, dust, noise, and harmful vapors. These risks aren’t always obvious until they're felt in lost time, increased insurance claims, and declining productivity. By proactively identifying, evaluating, and controlling these hazards, industrial hygiene safeguards not just health but the vitality of your entire operation.

Anticipate

We start by identifying potential risks before they become problems. Our specialists assess your facility, identifying hazards from chemical processes, airborne contaminants, noise levels, and ergonomic challenges. Anticipation is not reaction—it's the cornerstone of our preventative strategy.

Control

Timpl designs and implements targeted controls, combining engineering solutions, administrative practices, and personal protective equipment. These solutions include localized exhaust ventilation systems, noise mitigation measures, ergonomic workstations, and comprehensive respiratory protection programs.

Evaluate

Our evaluation phase involves rigorous testing and measurement. We deploy advanced air sampling equipment, noise dosimeters, and ergonomic assessments to precisely quantify your workers' exposure. Our comprehensive analysis delivers clear, actionable insights, not vague recommendations.

If your team can’t breathe safely, nothing else matters.

The Timpl Difference

Practical, Precise, Proactive

Our industrial hygiene programs are meticulously tailored to the unique complexities of your manufacturing environment. We don't deal in generalized solutions. Instead, we dive deep—evaluating real-world conditions and creating practical, effective solutions to protect your workforce and your business.

Compliance and Continuous Improvement

Compliance isn't a checkbox; it's an ongoing commitment. Timpl supports your facility through:

Regular, detailed audits and inspections

We conducts hygiene audits at regular intervals—examining air quality systems, ventilation efficiency, noise levels, chemical exposure controls, and heat stress conditions. These are assessments that drive real operational improvements and catch risks before they escalate.

Meticulous record-keeping and documentation

Every observation, test result, and corrective action is logged—accurately and promptly. Our records are structured for clarity and compliance, ensuring that if OSHA walks in, you’re not scrambling. But more importantly, our documentation helps you spot patterns, and correct systemic issues.

Frequent, Targeted Training and Refreshers

Off-the-shelf training doesn’t cut it. We tailor programs to your exact environment, your hazards, your crew. Our sessions are clear, direct, and rooted in real examples. Whether it’s noise exposure, or respiratory protection, we make sure your people don’t just attend training—they leave equipped and alert.

FAQ

  • Industrial hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may cause injury or illness. In manufacturing, that includes air quality, noise levels, chemical exposure, and more. If you ignore it, you’re not just risking compliance—you’re risking productivity and people.

  • Quarterly at minimum, monthly if your operations involve hazardous materials or high noise zones. We tailor the frequency based on your environment, workforce size, and risk profile.

  • We target inhalation risks (dust, fumes, vapors), hearing loss from high decibel machinery, skin exposure to irritants, heat stress, and ergonomic strain. If it affects your people’s health, it’s on our radar.

  • Yes—OSHA doesn’t just recommend it, they regulate it. Failure to monitor and control exposure to noise, chemicals, or respiratory hazards is a common source of violations. An effective hygiene program keeps you ahead of that curve.

  • We audit, test, document, train, and follow up. We don’t just flag issues—we give you action steps and help you implement them. From real-time monitoring to written exposure control plans, we build a working safety infrastructure.

  • Absolutely. Clean air, reduced noise, and better ergonomics all lead to fewer sick days, lower turnover, and sharper focus on the floor. A healthy team is a high-performing team.

Industrial hygiene isn't just what we do—it's how we think.