Senior Industrial Hygienist
Valley Fresh Foods · Fresno, CA
Mar, 2021
Lead IH program for 3 processing plants (1,200+ employees); ran 180+ personal/area sampling campaigns for silica, ammonia, noise, and heat.
Redesigned local exhaust ventilation at spice milling; reduced respirable dust overexposures 64% within 6 months.
Built Cal/OSHA Injury & Illness Prevention Program updates and trained 90 supervisors on hierarchy of controls.
Partnered with EHS to cut recordable respiratory incidents 41% YoY while keeping line uptime above 97%.
Industrial Hygienist
Sierra Cold Logistics · Clovis, CA
Jun, 2017 · Feb, 2021
Performed ammonia refrigeration exposure monitoring and emergency response drills for 4 cold-storage sites.
Implemented noise dosimetry program; specified hearing-conservation zones that dropped STS cases 28%.
Authored Job Hazard Analyses for dock, blast-freeze, and sanitation crews; closed 50+ corrective actions.
Supported third-party audits (SQF/GFSI adjacent EHS) with sampling packs and control evidence.
EHS Specialist (IH focus)
Central Valley Packing Co-op · Madera, CA
Aug, 2015 · May, 2017
Conducted baseline exposure assessments for packing-house dust, pesticides residues handling, and ergonomic risk.
Rolled out qualitative exposure banding and PPE selection guides for seasonal crews (peak 800 workers).
Coordinated industrial hygiene sampling with consulting lab; cut sample turnaround from 14 to 5 days.