Industrial Hygiene Services in Atlanta, Georgia2026-07-09T13:48:14-06:00

Industrial Hygiene Services in Atlanta, Georgia

Workplace exposure assessment and industrial hygiene consulting for Atlanta, Fulton County, and the Southeast logistics corridor employers

Industrial hygiene focuses on anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may affect employee health. Summit helps Atlanta organizations evaluate exposures, interpret sampling results, and identify practical controls for hazards such as forklift and equipment noise, diesel and combustion byproducts, humidity-related indoor air quality concerns, cleaning and sanitation chemicals, and dust from packaging and production.

Our work is designed for employers that need clear answers, defensible documentation, and recommendations that can be used by safety managers, facility leaders, and operations teams.

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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.

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Your Partner in Atlanta, Georgia for Industrial Hygiene Services

Summit supports Atlanta employers with industrial hygiene consulting that connects field conditions, sampling data, and practical workplace controls. We help organizations understand whether employee exposures may require additional evaluation, engineering controls, administrative changes, PPE review, or program updates.

Metro Atlanta facilities often balance high throughput, warm-weather conditions, and regional distribution demands, making exposure monitoring and practical controls important. Our team works with organizations across Atlanta, Fulton County, and the Southeast logistics corridor to build assessment plans that fit the facility, workforce, and decision at hand.

Our Warranty

If an OSHA inspection identifies a gap or issue related to the exposures we assessed, we’ll provide corrective documentation, technical justification, or re-evaluation at no additional cost.

Our Most Common Client Services

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Exposure Assessments for Chemicals

  • Project is overseen and managed by a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and credentialed with a Master’s Degree.

  • Our Warranty: If an OSHA inspection identifies a gap or issue related to the exposures we assessed, we’ll provide corrective documentation, technical justification, or re-evaluation at no additional cost.

  • Exposure characterization of chemicals for your facility, work area, employee group, or a task.

  • 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 hours.

  • A Technical Report is provided detailing process descriptions or site conditions, survey methodologies, laboratory results, data analysis, compliance status, and recommendations.

  • Quality Control – All technical reports undergo a peer review by a CIH to ensure data validity and overall technical accuracy.

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

  • 90 minutes of consulting support provided up to three months after the project at no cost.

  • Site travel is included at no cost.

  • Add a second or third chemical or noise exposure assessment at 40% savings.

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Exposure Assessments for Noise

  • Project is overseen and managed by a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and credentialed with a Master’s Degree.

  • Our Warranty: If an OSHA inspection identifies a gap or issue related to the exposures we assessed, we’ll provide corrective documentation, technical justification, or re-evaluation at no additional cost.

  • Exposure characterization of noise for your facility, work area, employee group, or task.

  • Any combination of 10 noise dosimeters used for a full shift to collect personal exposure noise data.

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

  • A Technical Report is provided detailing process descriptions or site conditions, survey methodologies, data analysis, compliance status, and recommendations.

  • Quality Control – All technical reports undergo a peer review by a CIH to ensure data validity and overall technical accuracy.

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

  • 90 minutes of consulting support provided up to three months after the project at no cost.

  • Site travel is included at no cost.

  • Add a second or third chemical or noise exposure assessment at 40% savings.

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) & Building Air Investigations

  • Project is overseen and managed by a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and credentialed with a Master’s Degree.

  • Complex Process Evaluations – Evaluation of indoor air quality concerns associated with technical and complex industrial processes, including oil & gas production, chemical handling, welding, coatings, machining, thermal operations, and manufacturing.

  • Exposure characterization of agents of concern for your facility, work area, employee group, or a task.

  • A Technical Report is provided detailing process descriptions or site conditions, survey methodologies, laboratory results, data analysis, compliance status, and recommendations.

  • Quality Control – All technical reports undergo a peer review by a CIH to ensure data validity and overall technical accuracy.

  • 90 minutes of consulting support provided up to three months after the project at no cost.

  • Assessments evaluate ventilation effectiveness, HVAC system performance, temperature/humidity controls, potential contaminant sources, and building-related conditions contributing to odors or irritation.

  • Sampling may include carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, VOCs, particulate matter, mold, chemicals, and other airborne constituents.

  • Site travel is included at no cost.

Occupational Noise Evaluation

Technical Project Support (Federal/State & Non-Federal Projects)

  • Project is overseen and managed by a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and credentialed with a Master’s Degree.

  • Summit provides CIH-led technical support for complex projects requiring rigorous exposure control, high-confidence documentation, and consistent coordination with the Project Management Team and regulatory stakeholders for Federal and State projects and in private industry.

  • Technical Plan Review & Compliance Support – CIH development and approval of project-specific worker protection plans, exposure assessment plans, air and emissions monitoring plans, ventilation and containment control plans, hazardous materials and waste characterization procedures, and other Federal/State–required industrial hygiene documents. Support includes onsite exposure monitoring, data interpretation, and implementation of engineering and administrative controls for both public-sector and private-sector projects.

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Sound Level
Surveys

  • Development of a sound-level contour map of your facility that visually identifies noise zones, noise areas, sources of high noise concern and includes recommendations for hearing protection in those zones and areas. (This service is recommended for any Client including those purchasing a Noise Exposure Assessment).

Real Time Particulate and Dust Surveys

Real Time Particulate
and Dust Surveys

Facility monitoring using real-time direct-reading instruments to identify airborne particulate concentrations. Ideal for general dusts, wood dusts, paper dusts, agricultural dusts, mineral dusts, general particulates, diesel and gasoline particulates, aircraft emissions, welding fume particulates, and others.

This survey provides particulate trend data to help identify areas with elevated particulate concerns, their sources, and concentration levels.

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Identification

  • CIH provided analysis of exposure type and exposure assessment data to determine the correct OSHA compliant personal protective equipment (PPE) with a focus on respirators, hearing protection, and chemical protection.

  • A respirator selection type including cartridge type is provided.

  • A one-page PPE Matrix customized for each job classification including a review and CIH signature for OSHA Audit defense.

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Quantitative Respirator Mask Fit Testing

  • OSHA-compliant respirator quantitative fit testing for employees using a TSI PortaCount system for N95, half-mask, and full-face respirators.
  • Please see a quick video of the TSI PortaCount system here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YflxRI2QDw8&t=182s

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Exposure Assessment & Monitoring in Atlanta

Summit provides exposure assessment and monitoring services to help employers identify and measure workplace hazards. Depending on the concern, an assessment may include personal sampling, area sampling, direct-reading instruments, noise dosimetry, ventilation review, indoor air quality evaluation, or review of work practices and chemical use.

For Atlanta facilities, exposure concerns may involve forklift and equipment noise, diesel and combustion byproducts, humidity-related indoor air quality concerns, cleaning and sanitation chemicals, and dust from packaging and production. Summit helps determine what should be sampled, when sampling should occur, and how the results should be interpreted for compliance and risk-reduction decisions.

Common examples of our monitoring services include:

  • Personal and area sampling for contaminants

  • Noise dosimetry and heat stress evaluations

  • Chemical and biological exposure assessments

  • Ventilation assessments

  • Dust, particulate, and fume surveys

Exposure Assessment & Monitoring in Atlanta

Summit provides exposure assessment and monitoring services to help employers identify and measure workplace hazards. Depending on the concern, an assessment may include personal sampling, area sampling, direct-reading instruments, noise dosimetry, ventilation review, indoor air quality evaluation, or review of work practices and chemical use.

For Atlanta facilities, exposure concerns may involve forklift and equipment noise, diesel and combustion byproducts, humidity-related indoor air quality concerns, cleaning and sanitation chemicals, and dust from packaging and production. Summit helps determine what should be sampled, when sampling should occur, and how the results should be interpreted for compliance and risk-reduction decisions.

Common examples of our monitoring services include:

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Hazard Recognition & Risk Evaluation in Atlanta

Industrial hygiene begins with understanding the work. Summit evaluates tasks, materials, equipment, facility conditions, employee concerns, and available documentation to identify hazards that may require sampling or control. This may include review of chemical use, dust-generating work, noise sources, ventilation conditions, heat stress potential, or moisture and IAQ concerns.

By connecting observations with exposure data, Summit helps Atlanta organizations prioritize controls and avoid spending time on issues that do not match the actual risk profile.

Control Strategies & Mitigation in Atlanta

After hazards are identified and evaluated, Summit provides practical recommendations for controlling exposures. Controls may include ventilation improvements, process changes, enclosure or isolation, housekeeping changes, PPE review, hearing conservation support, respiratory protection program input, or employee communication and training recommendations.

Our goal is to help Atlanta employers select controls that are technically sound, feasible for operations, and documented clearly enough for follow-through.

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Training & Program Development in Atlanta, Fulton County, and the Southeast logistics corridor

Summit can help develop or improve industrial hygiene-related programs for Atlanta organizations, including exposure monitoring plans, hearing conservation support, respiratory protection documentation, hazard communication support, and procedures for recurring facility concerns.

Training and program support should reflect the actual hazards employees encounter. Summit helps translate technical findings into clear information that supervisors and workers can use.

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Industries We Serve in Atlanta, Fulton County, and the Southeast logistics corridor

Summit provides industrial hygiene support for Atlanta workplaces such as:

  • Logistics And Distribution

  • Food and Beverage Operations

  • Healthcare And Laboratories

  • Construction And Commercial Facilities
  • Advanced Manufacturing

Each industry has its own exposure profile. Summit adapts the assessment strategy to the work being performed, whether the concern involves forklift and equipment noise, diesel and combustion byproducts, or other employee exposure risks.

Why Atlanta Businesses Trust Summit for Industrial Hygiene Services

Atlanta employers choose Summit for Certified Industrial Hygienist expertise, clear reporting, and practical recommendations. Our team can support assessment planning, sampling, data interpretation, exposure-control recommendations, and follow-up program support.

Summit brings more than 113 years of combined team experience in safety management, OSHA compliance, and industrial hygiene.

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“Summit helped our team identify the conditions that mattered most and gave us a clear report we could use for planning and training.”

— Safety Manager, Atlanta Distribution Employer

Industrial Hygiene Best Practices & Standards

Summit uses recognized industrial hygiene practices to plan sampling, evaluate exposure data, and recommend controls. Depending on the project, this may include reviewing OSHA requirements, NIOSH guidance, instrument limitations, sampling duration, employee task variation, and the difference between short-term observations and representative exposure data.

The result is a more useful assessment for Atlanta employers: not just numbers, but context, interpretation, and next steps.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Industrial Hygiene Services

How do we know what kind of assessment we need?2026-07-08T21:55:18-06:00

Summit can discuss your facility, process, concern, or employee complaint and recommend a reasonable assessment approach.

Do you provide written finding?2026-07-08T21:54:21-06:00

Yes. Summit can provide reports that explain the assessment scope, methods, findings, interpretation, and practical recommendations.

What types of exposures do you monitor?2026-07-08T21:52:40-06:00

Summit can evaluate chemical, physical, and biological hazards, including airborne contaminants, dust, fumes, noise, heat stress, ventilation concerns, and indoor air quality issues.

What is industrial hygiene and why does it matter?2026-07-08T21:52:02-06:00

Industrial hygiene is the practice of identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace health hazards. It helps employers understand exposure risks and make informed decisions about controls, documentation, and compliance.

Contact Summit Health Atlanta for Industrial Hygiene Services

Talk with Summit about your Atlanta workplace exposure concern, sampling need, indoor air quality question, or industrial hygiene program. We can help determine the right assessment approach and provide a scope that fits the facility and decision.

Use the contact form below or call Summit to discuss industrial hygiene support in Atlanta, Fulton County, and the Southeast logistics corridor.

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John Suit

John S. – Principal, CSP

Academic Background:

  • M.S. in Industrial Hygiene – Montana Technological University
  • B.S. in Safety & Health Management – Central Washington University

Years of Experience:

  • 15+ years in industrial hygiene, OSHA, safety auditing, and EHS leadership
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Profile:
John Sharpe, M.S., CSP, leads Summit with nearly two decades of consulting experience across safety and industrial hygiene. Summit supports organizations in construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, nuclear, lumber, research and development, and other technical work environments.

Michael D. – Senior Industrial Hygienist, CIH, CSP

Academic Background:

  • M.S. in Industrial Hygiene & Environmental Management – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • B.A. – University of South Dakota

Years of Experience:

  • 35+ years in industrial hygiene, environmental health, safety auditing, and OSHA safety
  • Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Profile:
Michael D. brings extensive technical expertise to Summit’s industrial hygiene operations. He contributes to the development, review, and interpretation of sampling strategies and exposure findings across the full range of Summit IH projects including chemical assessments, noise surveys, IAQ diagnostics, dust and particulate evaluations, and multi-site monitoring. His background strengthens Summit’s ability to produce high-precision, defensible exposure assessments and ensures technical rigor in all IH and OSHA deliverables.

Stacey C. – Senior Industrial Hygienist, CIH, CSP

Academic Background:

  • M.S. in Industrial Hygiene – Johns Hopkins University
  • Graduate Certificate in Environmental & Occupational Safety – Johns Hopkins University
  • B.S. in Biochemistry – Auburn University

Years of Experience:

  • 20+ years in industrial hygiene, safety management, and regulatory compliance
  • Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Profile:
Stacey C. enhances Summit’s IH capabilities through high-level technical review, sampling methodology evaluation, regulatory interpretation, and program refinement. She provides expertise that supports all Summit industrial hygiene and safety/OSHA offerings—including airborne exposure assessments, noise evaluations, IAQ studies, and hazard characterization work. Her contributions ensure that Summit maintains strong alignment with regulatory requirements and emerging IH best practices across its entire project portfolio.

Kimberly D. – Industrial Hygienist

Academic Background:

  • M.S. in Industrial Hygiene – Montana Technological University (in process)
  • B.S. in Environmental & Occupational Health (Industrial Hygiene emphasis) – California State University

Years of Experience:

  • 5+ years in industrial hygiene and environmental health

Profile:
Kimberly D. supports Summit’s IH operations through exposure monitoring, hazard assessments, PPE evaluations, and technical reporting. Her work contributes to Summit’s chemical exposure assessments, IAQ studies, particulate evaluations, and general industrial hygiene surveys across varied operational settings.

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