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POSITION SUMMARY The DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE & TOXICOLOGY advises and confers with, and makes policy recommendations to, management on industrial hygiene and toxicology matters; plans, implements, and maintains programs to protect employees1 health; conducts industrial hygiene surveys of, and evaluates and approves chemicals for use in, RMC facilities; advises and consults with trial attorneys and provides expert witness testimony in conducting defense of product liability and workers' com pensation claims against the company; establishes position, approves staffing, and supplies direction to field and corporate industrial hygiene personnel; represents RMC in professional organizations and occupational health committees, and supervises the corporate health center. I DIMENSIONS FOR THE YEAR.-- 1986 Supervise: (Directly) 2 Corporate Exempt; 2 Corporate Non-exempt. (Indirectly) 5 Area/Plant Industrial Hygienists; 5 I.H. Chemists Annual Budget Requirements: (a) departmental operating budget, including payroll, of $389,000; (b) corporate budget initiated for I.H., preventative function, up to $25 million. Design and manage all of the company's on-going programs for major health hazard prevention. Provide industrial hygiene and toxicological advice and information on a daily basis to plant i igement covering all U.S. employees of RMC and consolidated subsidiaries. Testify as an expert witness in lawsuits involving'claims by employees for workers' compensation 'and by non-employees for personal injury caused by RMC products or related RMC activity. WORKING RELATIONSHIPS CONTACT Law Dept. Division/Plant Managers Plant IH Representatives Labor Relations/Personnel Engineering-Corp. & Plant Research fc DpvpI opment* Risk Management fiafpfv CONTACT/ORGANIZATION Governmental AGencies (OSHA,NIOSH) Attorneys at Law Consultants (analytical) Academic contacts P es. Organ. (AIHA, ABIH, etc.) Customers Vendors * representatives unions f.TCNA-Tnanranop r*nmpflTvf INTERNAL FREQUENCY Dkily / Daily/Weekly Daily TX TINER RMC0036415 REASON OSHA/Wkrs.Comp./Liab. cases. IH Surveys/problems, etc. Coordinate IH activities. Weekly Daily Da'fly Weekly Wepklv Union/OSHA activities. Control Procedures. TH analyMral nppds. Workers1 Comp. - 0c. Disease. OSHA matters. EXTERNAL FMyNCY Week!v Monthly Monthly Monthly .REASON OSHA inspections/NIOSH studies* Dev. WC c1afms/3rd nartv cases* Spec, project studies.as needed* Maintain contact/spec. studies. Maintain professional contacts. Weekly Mat. Safety Data Sheets/Labels. Weekly Wnen necessary Uftol/l tt ..... ...... Equipment needs. Kesoive prooiems in plants. LI r 2-nrl cnrvpvc i. n. __j. _/ ... .// ;~~i, Title: DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Importance Factor 20 3 2 RESPONSIBILITIES (Continued) 5. PROVIDE MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTION TO STAFF/DEPARTMENT AND FIELD REPRESENTATIVES. A. Prepare annual budget and forecasts, staffing, equipment, and automation requirements. B. Provide staffing and training for corporate and field personnel. C. Write job descriptions. D. Develop objectives and conduct performance appraisals. E. Develop and evaluate industrial hygiene programs for plants. < F. Develop and establish valid analytical methods for department. G. Review data and develop written reports regarding potential health risks and recommend corrective action to management. H. Develop appropriate training programs (Hazardous Materials, Respiratory Protection, Heat Stress, etc.) I. Assist with epidemiological studies. 6. REPRESENT RMC IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE/TOXICOLOGY/OCCUPA TIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS/COMMITTEES/SOCIETIES: A. American Industrial Hygiene Association B. American Academy of Industrial Hygiene C. American College of Toxicology D. International Primary Aluminium Institute, Health Committee E. The Aluminum Association F. Task Group on Welding (Chairman), The Aluminum Association G. American Society for Testing'and Materials 7. SUPERVISE THE CORPORATE HEALTH CENTER OPERATION. 25 )TAL 100% TX TINER RMC0036416  . memo from: Homer M. Cole 7/30/87 Re: Job Description Dir., Indus. Hygiene 1) Please insert the "Pending Number of Occupational Disease Claims" graph with the Job Description and discard the previous graph. 2) At Dr. Irby's suggestion, a bar graph regarding Federal Regulations was pro duced, in addition to the line graph. Please attach to the Job Description. H. M. Cole REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23261 804/281*3506 FEDERAL REGULATIONS Since 1975, when the position of Manager of Environmental & Industrial Hygiene was first evaluated, substantive changes have taken place in responsibility and accountability. Historically, the position was principally a staff function to (1) audit the implementation of compliance programs designed to protect the company from default citations under regulations promulgated by Occupational Safety & Health Administration and Environmental Protection Agency and (2) coordinate environmental health surveys of employee exposures to chemical and physical agents in our plants. Today, the position has been upgraded to DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE which incorporates all of the above-listed functions with the major responsibility for the development and guidance of management policies concerning all phases of indus trial hygiene, toxicology, hearing conservation, and employee and community right-to-know laws. In 1976, the Director of Hearing Conservation and the Corporate Toxicologist were distinct positions reporting to the Medical Director. Today, these two jobs, along with the earlier duties of the Manager of Environmental & Industrial Hygiene, have been fully integrated into the responsibilities of the Director of Industrial Hygiene. As seen in Items 1, 2 and 4 of the Responsibilities Section of the Job Description Form, the position has become focused on preventative management, whereby policy and procedural guidance is disseminated to operational line-management TINEr KMC0036420 to help them identify health problems in our plants, and then to evaluate and communicate those problems to top management, with recommended solutions and appropriate plans to implement those solutions. Ultimately, the Director of Industrial Hygiene is accountable for ensuring that RMC employees are not harmed by exposure to toxic chemicals or physical hazards (i.e., noise, radiation, heat). Examples of policy areas which require the advice and expertise of a Director of Industrial Hygiene include hearing conservation, hazard communication, asbestos control, heat stress, and occupational lung disease. American industry spent in excess of two billion dollars on occupational illness during 1985. In the hearing conservation area alone; the workers' compensation claim risk to our company presently exceeds $54 million. In the past three years, two new laws have been promulgated in response to the methyl isocyanate accidents in India, killing some 2,000 people, and more recently at the Union Carbide chemical plant in West Virginia. These two laws are referred to as the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and the EPA Community RightTo-Know Law. These laws deal with the development of information and knowledge regarding chemicals which are used in our plants and by our employees in their work, as well as the chemicals to which our plant communities may be exposed in an emergency situation. These laws are very specific, imposing liability on industrial TX TINER 2 RMC0036421 firms to develop information and to disseminate information to our employees and the community. Presently, RMC*s plants use some 10,000 different products, comprised of approximately 40,000 different chemicals. The Director of Industrial Hygiene is responsible for the review and evaluation of these materials so as to ensure that they are used safely within the company. In two RMC divisions which utilize large quantities of chemical products. Can and Flexible Packaging Divisions, no new chemical products may be purchased for use until the Director of Industrial Hygiene has evaluated and approved such chemical products. As you probably are aware, the evaluation of new chemical products is complex and requires specialized technical training, good judgment, and the ability to communicate information, using a practical, common sense approach. The Director of Industrial Hygiene is required to meet with our Industrial Relations Department and the unions on grievance and other health-related complaints about chemicals present in the air and elsewhere at plant sites. In addition to evaluating chemicals used in our plants, the Director of Industrial Hygiene has the responsibility to author, edit, and update Material Safety Data Sheets and product labels on all products produced for sale by RMC. Material Safety Data Sheets and labels are required by law and represent the mechanism TX TINER 3 RHC0036422 BPA COMi. RTK ASBESTOS HAZARD COMMON. HEARING CONS. ARSENIC ACRYLONITRILE 13 CARCINOGENS BENZENE LEAD COZE OVENS V1NXL CHLORSE OSHA CREASED FEDERAL REGULATIONS TX TINER RMC0036427