Since 2006  David Bromwich & Associates – Consulting Occupational Hygienists (dbOHS) has provided occupational hygiene services, training, advice and contract research in Australia. Its is now provided though Occupational Health Consultants, who hold the necessary insurances.

David has strong links with Griffith University with his research and supervision of postgraduate students (MSc and PhD), through the Centre for Environmental and Population Health, He also and gives guest lectures at The University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology on various aspects of occupational hygiene

For more details of services see About us

Recent publications:

  • Book chapter. Industrial Ventilation in “Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene“, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists, 2nd edition, 2014.  A 3rd edition was published Dec 2019.
  • Presentation on Industrial Ventilation and silica dust at the Healthy Lungs Forum (2019) sponsored by the Queensland Government. This was focused on controlling silica dust exposure during the fabrication of stone bench tops.
  • Sub Tropical Gardening – Series of articles relating to OHS and horticulture. Chemical Gloves, Face Masks, Ultra Violet, Heat Stress, Legionellosis and Potting Mix, Shade, Pyrethrins.
  • Gaskin, S., D. Pisaniello, et al. (2013). “Application of skin contamination studies of ammonia gas for management of hazardous material incidents.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 252–253(0): 338-346. (this came from a category 1 research grant jointly funded by the Dept. Prime Minister and Cabinet and the US Dept of Defense)
  • SafeWork Australia Working Paper – The Precautionary Principle (2013). This report is yet to be made public – it discusses the complex issues around regulating substances where the toxicity is not well known so that they can be used, but under a more dynamic framework as knowledge increases.
  • I have taken an interest in the difference in our perception of shade and how plants respond to shade. These findings have been published in Dinteranthus, the journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of Queensland (cssq.org.au) and at a national conference.

For your interest I am placing in the downloads and publications sections, a lot of (hopefully) useful information on this website, distilled from my career in health physics and occupational hygiene. This is provided as a public service – see Disclaimer. This will include –

  • 12 Costly Mistakes – some of the lesser known pitfalls that I commonly encounter
  • Information sheets for converting ppm to mg/m3, adding decibels or adjusting noise exposure limits to shifts other than 8 hours
  • My  publications – many as PDF files
  • Historical occupational hygiene articles as PDF files , some from over 100 years ago – readable, but not perfect copies. Plus a few pictures.
  • An associated Blog blog.dbohs.com. This is less formal and highlights OHS issues, sometimes linking back to this site for downloads. More recently there are posts on the COVID-19 virus – mainly the poor selection of respiratory protection.

Enjoy!

Dr David Bromwich PhD, COH, FAIOH, MSc (Occupational Hygiene), MAppSc (Medical Physics)
Brisbane, Australia

Though dbOHS could be read as “David Bromwich Occupational Health & Safety”, the business is more about preventing occupational disease than occupational injury – occupational health rather than safety. For me, it’s more interesting.

dbOHS is registered  Australia ABN 79676149575.
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