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Representative Client Summaries
Long Island Rail Road
BEM was retained by the MTA- Long Island Rail Road
(LIRR) to provide hazardous waste, safety and industrial
hygiene support services in conjunction with a multi-year,
$500-million dollar indefinite quantity contract (IQC).
These services were provided to various facilities throughout
the New York metropolitan area.
BEM provided comprehensive air monitoring, health and safety
and industrial hygiene support services at LIRR locations
in Queens, Nassau County and Suffolk County, New York. BEM's
work included performing indoor quality surveys, preparing
mitigation plans, conducting air monitoring for exposure assessments,
and emergency response operations, identifying unknown volatile
compounds in air samples. BEM also conducted asbestos surveys
and air monitoring, noise surveys and noise dosimetry studies.
BEM has been able to successfully respond to the diverse industrial
hygiene issues confronting this client. Specific task assignments
performed by BEM consisted of:
- Investigations of air quality in various structures
- Assessment of chemical exposure to electricians
in contact switch repair operations areas
- Electromagnetic frequency (EMF) assessments
- Assessment of noise incurred by train operators
In addition, BEM completed a comprehensive air-monitoring
program for the contact repair shop operations, to identify
operational tasks being performed by LIRR workers that incur
the greatest exposure to chemical agents, including asbestos/metals.
As part of this program, BEM:
- Inspected several operations facilities and collected/analyzed
breathing air samples for various constituents of concern
to determine exposure conditions;
- Identified potential sources and routes of exposure, and
- Conducted a Qualitative Health-Risk Assessment simulating
the worst-case exposure scenarios and evaluating the potential
long-term effects on workers.
Other services BEM provided to the LIRR included air sampling
and chemical exposure monitoring and assessments during emergency
spill response operations.
For more information, contact Hilda Lafebre, Director of
Transportation Services at (908) 598-2600 x135 or at hlafebre@bemsys.com
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