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Environmental Health & Safety

Organizations across every industry face environmental and workplace safety challenges that carry real consequences — regulatory penalties, operational disruption, liability exposure, and harm to the people who work for them. When those challenges require rigorous science, defensible data, and practical guidance, RJ Lee Group provides the expertise to move forward with confidence.

A History of Expertise and Innovation

RJ Lee Group has assessed environmental issues since the early 1980s when our Energy Technology Consultants (ETC) pioneered the recognition of specific air quality patterns. We developed a cutting-edge technique for identifying, measuring, and characterizing particles in the air using computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy (CCSEM).

RJ Lee Group has worked with clients in various industries, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to assess and provide solutions for environmental factors that could affect our health. Our services have grown over the years, from setting controls for unbound nanoparticles (UNP) to designing and building test chambers to simulate specific environmental conditions.

Today we offer our expertise for our clients’ environmental and compliance concerns and perform rigorous assessment and management of potential environmental risks.

Protecting your people from environmental hazards.

A facility needs air, water, or soil testing to demonstrate regulatory compliance with OSHA, MSHA, or EPA requirements.
An organization is investigating a potential contamination event and needs to identify what's present, at what levels, and what to do about it.
A manufacturer needs testing to support Safety Data Sheet (SDS) development or product warning labels.
A company is concerned about indoor environmental quality in a sensitive setting : a hospital, pharmaceutical facility, or clean room.
An operation involving dust, heat, or confined spaces needs monitoring to protect worker health.
An emerging or hard-to-characterize particulate or nanoparticle concern requires advanced analytical methods.
A product or process needs environmental assessment across its life cycle, from raw materials through end use.

How we work with you

When environmental health and safety questions arise, you need clear answers you can trust — and data you can act on. RJ Lee Group partners with organizations to resolve complex environmental challenges, reduce risk, and support compliance through science-based testing, analysis, and consulting.

We work alongside your team to understand your operations, identify potential hazards, and deliver practical solutions tailored to your environment. Whether you're managing regulatory requirements, investigating a concern, or responding to an unexpected issue, our goal is to help you move forward with confidence.

Our scientists support clients across a wide range of environments — from hospital pharmacies and clean rooms to construction sites, manufacturing facilities, mines, and power plants. This real-world experience allows us to anticipate challenges, focus investigations efficiently, and recommend effective prevention and control strategies.

Our support includes:

Regulatory-compliant testing and analysis for OSHA, MSHA, and EPA requirements, including asbestos, crystalline silica, hazardous metals, and vapor monitoring.
Advanced particulate and nanoparticle characterization to address emerging and hard-to-define environmental concerns.
Process monitoring and contamination investigations to identify issues early and minimize operational disruption.
Testing to support SDS development and product warning labels.
Simulated exposure studies to evaluate potential environmental or occupational risk.
Materials characterization across the product life cycle.
Indoor environmental quality investigations in hospitals, pharmaceutical facilities, and microelectronics manufacturing environments.
Assessment of underground or enclosed environments, including dust, temperature, and humidity conditions.

Air Sampling & Environmental Health

RJ Lee Group's Columbia Basin Analytical Lab (CBAL) in Pasco, WA, offers West Coast clients a conveniently located facility for a range of services, including analytical chemistry, surface characterization, environmental and industrial hygiene, asbestos testing, and more.

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Keith Rickabaugh, CIH, MBA

Technical Director, Materials and Analytical Services

Keith possesses over 25 years of involvement using applied sciences and instrumental analysis methods to investigate matters that have or may have legal relevance. One of his core competencies is the ability to simplify complex issues and clearly communicate findings to target audiences as well as to the general population.

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