Purpose 

The purpose of the Validus Energy Industrial Hygiene Program is to define the monitoring requirements to ensure that Validus Energy employees work in a safe and healthy work environment.

The program is found on the Programs tab of Validus.Energy

General Requirements

Third party assessments will be conducted on Validus Energy employees to determine time weighted averages to noise and oil and gas related chemical hazards.

 Assessments will be done on a representative sample of employees and repeated as necessary based on results or changing exposures.

 Results will be communicated to affected employees and actions will be taken based on exposures identified.

Exposure Monitoring

As discussed in the video, potential exposures will be measured to determine if employees are required to participate in the Validus Energy Hearing Conservation program or if additional engineering controls or PPE are needed to protect against harmful chemicals.

Third party air sampling for contaminants will be performed in the breathing zone of workers to evaluate their exposure to toxic elements encountered during the production of oil and natural gas.

Potential Exposures that will be sampled for are:

Hydrocarbons

Benzene

Hydrogen Sulfide 

Occupational Noise Exposure

Baseline samples will be collected from a representative group of the employees and if the levels meet the action level, additional steps will be taken to remove or reduce the hazard.

Any employee who participates in the testing will recieve documentation of the exposure.