Industrial Hygiene Consulting Backed by Science, Proven in the Field
A healthy work environment is one of the smartest investments you can make. DEKRA’s Industrial Hygiene Consulting services help you create workplaces where employees can thrive, risks are managed, and safety is part of the culture.
Our certified industrial hygienists work alongside you to uncover potential hazards, improve workplace conditions, and support long-term employee well-being.
Why Industrial Hygiene Matters
Healthy, motivated employees are essential to every successful business. But workplace conditions like chemical exposure, poor ventilation, and excessive noise can quietly affect employee health and productivity over time.
Healthy, motivated employees are essential to every successful business. But workplace conditions like chemical exposure, poor ventilation, and excessive noise can quietly affect employee health and productivity over time.
Industrial hygiene, also known as occupational hygiene, is about identifying and managing these conditions before they become problems. It helps you stay compliant, protect your workforce, and build trust with your teams by showing you are committed to their safety and success.
The Benefits of Industrial Hygiene Services
Partnering with DEKRA for industrial hygiene services helps you:
Partnering with DEKRA for industrial hygiene services helps you:
- Support a healthy, motivated workforce
- Strengthen productivity through safer work environments
- Stay compliant with occupational health and safety regulations
- Reduce organizational risk and potential liability
- Lead with a visible commitment to employee well-being and public health
Our Industrial Hygiene Services
We offer a practical, tailored approach to managing workplace health risks. Our industrial hygiene services include:
We offer a practical, tailored approach to managing workplace health risks. Our industrial hygiene services include:
- Comprehensive health hazard exposure assessments
- Indoor air quality investigations and assessments
- Sound-level surveys and occupational noise exposure assessments
- Ventilation and engineering control design and evaluations
- Mold, Legionella, biological sampling, and remediation plan development
- Radioactive material and X-ray consulting
- Regulatory compliance gap assessments
- Health and safety program development and standardization
- Industrial hygiene training
- Industrial hygiene data management and software solutions
Why Choose DEKRA?
DEKRA’s expert industrial hygiene consultants are here to help you:
DEKRA’s expert industrial hygiene consultants are here to help you:
- Protect your people with practical, science-based solutions
- Address workplace health hazards with flexible, real-world strategies
- Build a culture of safety that employees can see and trust
With more than 100 years of safety leadership, we bring deep expertise, innovative tools, and a collaborative approach to every project. Our long history reflects our unwavering commitment to helping organizations create healthier, safer workplaces.
Let’s Build a Healthier Workplace Together
Start creating safer, more productive environments today.
Start creating safer, more productive environments today.
Request a free consultation or contact us to schedule your workplace assessment.
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Industrial hygiene, also known as occupational hygiene, is the science of identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace health hazards that may affect employee health and well-being. These hazards can include chemical exposures, noise, poor indoor air quality, biological contaminants, and other workplace environmental factors.
Industrial hygiene consultants evaluate workplace conditions, identify potential health hazards, conduct exposure assessments, and recommend practical solutions to reduce risk and improve workplace health. The goal of an industrial hygienist is to help organizations create safer, healthier, and more productive work environments.
An industrial hygiene assessment is a workplace exposure assessment that evaluates conditions that may affect employee health. Assessments can include air monitoring, noise measurements, ventilation evaluations, indoor air quality investigations, biological sampling, and other workplace health hazard evaluations.
Industrial hygiene helps organizations identify and address workplace health risks before they lead to employee illnesses, productivity issues, regulatory concerns, or operational disruptions. Effective industrial hygiene programs support employee well-being while helping organizations maintain compliance with occupational health and safety requirements. Occupational hygiene consulting supports this work by helping organizations manage these risks proactively.
Industrial hygiene services can help organizations evaluate and manage chemical exposures, indoor air quality concerns, occupational noise exposure, ventilation issues, mold, Legionella, biological hazards, heat stress, radiation, and other workplace health risks.
An indoor air quality assessment evaluates air conditions within a workplace to identify potential issues that may affect employee comfort, health, or productivity. Assessments may investigate ventilation performance, airborne contaminants, humidity levels, allergens, odors, and other environmental factors. This type of workplace health and safety consulting helps organizations address conditions that may affect employees.
An occupational noise exposure assessment is an occupational exposure assessment that measures employee exposure to workplace noise and helps determine whether hearing conservation measures or additional controls may be needed. These assessments can support both employee health protection and regulatory compliance efforts.
Industrial hygiene consulting helps organizations identify workplace health hazards, evaluate exposures, conduct compliance assessments, and implement controls that support compliance with occupational health and safety requirements while reducing long-term risk.
Industrial hygiene services are commonly used in manufacturing, chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, energy, transportation, healthcare, warehousing, and other industries where workplace exposures may affect employee health and safety.
The frequency depends on workplace conditions, regulatory requirements, operational changes, and potential exposure risks. Many organizations conduct industrial hygiene assessments periodically or whenever new processes, equipment, materials, or workplace concerns arise.