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MARCOR OSH PROGRAM MANUALCHAPTER 11OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PROGRAMS11000. DISCUSSION1. Commanders have at their disposal two specialists(occupational medicine and industrial hygiene professionals) whocan provide hard information concerning risk as they apply totraining, operational requirements, and work environments. TheOccupational Health Program is primarily concerned withlong-term (chronic) exposure to toxic chemicals (e.g., lead,asbestos, carbon monoxide), physical agents (e.g., noise,radiation, heat, lasers), biological hazards, ergonomicproblems, and the treatment of work related injuries IAW theappropriate workers’ compensation rules and regulations.2. The Occupational Health Program element is divided into twomajor specialties, industrial hygienist and occupationalmedicine. Each of these specialties has a long-termsurveillance program.a. Industrial hygienist involves anticipation, recognition,evaluation, and control of health hazards affecting workers inthe occupational environment.b. Occupational medicine involves the evaluation,diagnosis, treatment, and care of acute and chronic occupationalillnesses and injuries.11001. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PROGRAM. Industrial hygiene programsshall be established at Marine Corps installations per OPNAVINST5100.23F, Navy Occupational Safety and Health Program, and thisManual.1. Workplace Monitoring. Each work center must be thoroughlyevaluated to identify and quantify potential health hazards.This requires a baseline survey followed by periodic updatesurveys in all Marine Corps installations. The baseline is acomprehensive survey of an entire installation against which all11-3