Industrial Hygiene, Chemical Exposure, and Indoor Air Quality Consulting

We are the leading technical provider of advanced Industrial Hygiene Consulting and indoor air quality assessments to identify, quantify, and control exposures to chemicals, vapors, fumes, gases, and noise.

Optimizing safety allows workers to go home without injury, management to focus on the bigger picture, and operations to run smoothly. Various studies have shown that for every $1 invested in workplace safety, a return between $2-$6 will occur.

Industrial Hygiene Services

OSHA Consulting and Auditing Services

A Few of our Current and Past Clients

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Our Most Common Indoor Air Quality, Chemical, and Exposure Assessments That Summit Performs

Our Common Service Areas

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Credentials That Set Us Apart


With over 113+ years of combined Industrial Hygiene and OSHA Consulting experience, three Certified Industrial Hygienists, and four Project Managers holding science focused graduate degrees, Summit delivers technically precise and defensible projects grounded in both academic and field expertise.

Industries Served

Construction

Manufacturing

Industrial & Commercial

Oil and Gas

Mining

Healthcare


Industrial Hygiene Services

Exposure assessments to identify, measure, determine compliance, and control exposures to chemicals, vapors, fumes, gases, and noise.

Managed by Certified Industrial Hygienists

  • Understand specific project, facility, or process hazards with real time and field gathered exposure data.
  • Minimize employee exposure to chemical, biological, and physical hazards.
  • Identify and mitigate workplace hazards based on tailored exposure monitoring campaigns.
  • Protect your organization with documented exposure assessments from OSHA regulators and worker claims.
  • Save time and money attempting to resolve issues in-house.

OSHA Consulting and Auditing Services

  • Decrease potential for accidents, incidents, and near-hit accidents to help protect your employees, keep your production moving, and reduce insurance premiums.
  • Optimize project staff by reducing burdens of managing safety in-house.
  • Ensure safety of workers through project management services tailored specifically to client’s projects, facilities, or hazards.

  • Save time using subject matter experts to initiate or create solutions to specific scenarios.

  • Increase compliance with regulatory agencies, including OSHA.

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About Us

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John Sharpe, M.S., CSP is the Founder and Principal and manages all operations at Summit. John has a diverse project and consulting background approaching two decades assisting firms (including Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 Companies) in construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, nuclear, lumber, research and development. John is a native of the Pacific Northwest and holds a Bachelor of Science in Safety and Health Management from Central Washington University and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP). In addition, John holds a Master of Science from Montana Technological University in Industrial Hygiene that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Our staff has over 113 years of combined experience in the field of Safety Management, OSHA Compliance, and Industrial Hygiene. Six of our team members hold Graduate Degrees from highly reputable Universities.

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Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Team

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Our Most Common Client Services

OSHA, Hazard, and Risk Audit (OH&R Audit)

  • A complete and comprehensive OSHA, Hazard, and Risk Audit (OH&R Audit) managed by a Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist (either credentialed with a Master’s Degree) of your facility, operations, and field service work focusing on hazards, OSHA compliance, opportunities for risk reduction, and an increased focus on the following:

  • Emergency, Fire Extinguisher, and Incident Preparedness Review — alarm systems, egress and signage, first-aid readiness, fire extinguishers, safety showers, eyewash stations, and spill response

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) — review PPE availability, employee usage, PPE signage, and hazards requiring PPE

  • Site Traffic, Forklift, & Pedestrian Flow Assessment — traffic pattern analysis, blind zones, loading zones, designated pedestrian walkways, and human-traffic interface risks

  • Slip, Trip & Walking-Working Surface Risk Review— floor surfaces, stairwells, platforms, handrails, dock edges, loading pits, housekeeping, and areas where falls can occur

  • Working at Heights Review — ladders, mezzanines, rooftops, platforms, aerial/scissor lifts, elevated work surfaces, fall-protection practices, anchor points, placing/retrieving materials/goods at heights, and rescue readiness

  • Machine Guarding, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), & Confined Spaces — mechanical hazards, pinch/crush points, machine guarding, interlocks, LOTO devices, energy isolation practices, confined space classifications, signage, entry practices, etc.

  • Hazard Communication & Chemical Hazard Review — safety data sheet (SDS) accessibility, proper container labeling, chemical storage practices, and spill prevention

  • Detailed technical report with identified hazards and compliance gaps along with OSHA code violations (listed by chapter), risk prioritization, and includes site photos.

  • Project Management summary meeting with our team reviewing the findings.

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Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment for Chemicals or Noise

  • Complete exposure characterization of chemicals or noise.

  • Any combination of 1 to 12 personal, area, colorimetric, and direct reading instrument samples/readings total including for multiple chemicals.

  • Standard industrial hygiene equipment and instruments are provided at no cost.

  • Full day of onsite monitoring included for up to 10-12 hours.

  • CIH developed and approved technical report detailing exposures, compliance status, and recommendations.
  • Project Management summary meeting with our CIH reviewing the findings.
  • 90 minutes of consulting support available from our CIH up to three months after the project.
Facility Turnaround

Construction and Project Safety Services

  • Decrease potential for accidents, incidents, and near-hit accidents to help protect your employees, keep your production moving, and reduce insurance premiums.
  • Optimize project staff by reducing burdens of managing safety in-house.
  • Ensure safety of workers through project management services tailored specifically to client’s projects, facilities, or hazards.
  • Save time using subject matter experts to initiate or create solutions to specific scenarios.

  • Increase compliance with regulatory agencies, including OSHA.
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Industrial Hygiene Services

  • Understand specific project, facility, or process hazards with real time and field gathered exposure data.
  • Minimize employee exposure to chemical, biological, and physical hazards.
  • Identify and mitigate workplace hazards based on tailored exposure monitoring campaigns.
  • Protect your organization with documented exposure assessments from OSHA regulators and worker claims.
  • Save time and money attempting to resolve issues in-house.
Industrial Hygiene and OSHA Consulting

Facility Turnaround and Shutdown Services

  • Eliminate staffing challenges of turnarounds with subject matter experts including safety and industrial hygiene professionals, technicians, and trained safety personnel.
  • Tailored proposals and services to help minimize turnaround costs by evaluating project needs and identifying the necessary qualifications of project personnel, the number of positions onsite, and equipment being used.
  • Optimize project efficiency with turnaround equipment available for your project including gas detection, confined space equipment, respiratory protection, fall protection, and miscellaneous safety equipment.
  • Help reduce impact to complex turnaround schedules involving large numbers of maintenance and construction providers due to unsafe work practices, incidents, and accidents.
  • Increased compliance of project documents, site specific safety plans, training, and OSHA.