Name: Brandon C. Takacs
Title: Extension Clinical Assistant Professor
Unit: Safety & Health Extension
Location: 130 Tower Lane
E-mail: brandon.takacs@mail.wvu.edu
Phone: 304-293-5430
Fax: 304-293-5905
Program Responsibilities:
WVU Safety & Health Extension OSHA OTI Instructor
Susan Harwood Grant
NIOSH / CPWR Fall-Safe Grant
Industrial Hygiene Services
WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, Department of Industrial Engineering
NIOSH Mining Grant: Real time hearing protector insertion loss study
EPA Brownfields Training Grant
Education:
Ph.D. student, Occupational Health and Safety, West Virginia University
M.S., Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Health, West Virginia University, 2000.
B.A., Chemistry, West Virginia University, 1998.
Awards / Recognition:
New Employee Excellence Award, 2005
Extension New Researcher Award, 2004
Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honorary Society, 2003
3M Industrial Hygiene Award, 2002
Presentations:
West Virginia Contractors Association Conference and Exposition, 2005. "Noise in Construction"
American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, 2005. "Effectiveness of Engineering Controls to Reduce Occupational Noise Exposure to Sawmill Workers."
West Virginia Contractors Association Conference and Exposition, 2004. Silica in Construction
American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, 2004. “Use of an Audit Tool for Fall Hazard Reduction on Construction Sites.”
14 th Annual Construction Safety Conference and Exposition, 2004. “Effectiveness of Safety Inspections at a Construction Site – Audit Tool.”
National Occupational Injury Research Symposium, 2003. “Safety Hazards to Workers in Modular Home Installation”
West Virginia Injury Prevention Conference, 2003. “All About OSHA”
