National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS)

Scott Schneider, CIH
Director, Occupational Safety and Health
Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America

Mr. Schneider is the Director of Occupational Safety and Health for the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA). LHSFNA is a non-profit associated with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), which represents 500,000 construction workers in the United States and Canada. Mr. Schneider has been with the LHSFNA for 16 years.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Schneider has been doing occupational safety and health work for the Labor Movement. He was a Labor Representative to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) from 2003-2005. He also served as a member of the NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors from 2006-2009. In 2010, he was awarded the William Steiger Memorial Award from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) for his contributions to the field.

Mr. Schneider holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s Degree in Zoology from the University of Michigan. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).