Michael Karl McNeil holds the professional memberships listed on this page. Each entry states what the organization is, the standing of the membership, and why it matters to a client deciding whether to engage McNeil Safety Consulting. Member numbers are given where the organization issues one, so that a client or retaining attorney can confirm the membership directly with the organization rather than take it on trust.
Occupational medicine and industrial hygiene
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) — member 368048, active. ACOEM is the professional society for occupational and environmental medicine in the United States and publishes the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Michael contributes to the journal, serves as a reviewer for ACOEM, and drafts regulatory comments for its Council on OEM Science; the submitted work is listed on the publications page.
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) — member, including the Southern California local section. AIHA is the principal professional association for industrial hygienists in the United States and publishes the exposure assessment strategies and practice guidance that industrial hygiene work is measured against.
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) — member. ACGIH publishes the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, the reference values an exposure assessment is compared against where no regulatory limit applies or where the regulatory limit has not kept pace with the science.
Hazardous materials, fire and emergency response
- North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA) — individual member. NAHMMA is the association for the people who run hazardous materials and hazardous waste programs in North America. It is the professional home for the Hazardous Materials Business Plan, CERS reporting and hazardous waste work McNeil Safety Consulting does for clients.
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Research Section — member since February 2001. NFPA publishes the codes and standards that fire life safety and emergency planning work is built on, including the Life Safety Code, NFPA 70E for electrical safety and NFPA 855 for energy storage systems.
- National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI) — member 25411, active, including its California section. The membership reflects twenty-five years in the fire service. McNeil Safety Consulting does not offer fire origin-and-cause or arson investigation, and the membership should not be read as an offer of that service.
Federal service
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) — member 229154, active through 2 June 2027. The membership follows from Michael’s federal service and the federal law enforcement training he completed at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
Management
- Management and Strategy Institute (MSI) — Corporate Leadership Certified; Senior Fellow, Business Leadership Council; Lean Six Sigma White Belt. These are course-based credentials without an expiration and are listed here as affiliations rather than as safety credentials.
What a membership is, and is not
Membership in a professional association is not a license and not a certification, and this page does not present it as one. Michael’s professional registrations — REP, RIH and EPP — and his QSD qualification are listed with their numbers on the credentials page. Organizations he does not belong to are not listed here, and nothing on this page should be read as a board certification.
How to verify a membership
ACOEM, NAFI and FLEOA issue member numbers, and they are given above; each organization confirms a member’s standing on request from that number. AIHA, ACGIH, NAHMMA and NFPA confirm membership through their own member services. A written confirmation for a client file or a Rule 26 disclosure is provided on request to mike@mcneilsafetyconsulting.com or by phone at (626) 546-9384.
Frequently asked questions
Why does a safety consultant belong to a college of occupational medicine?
Because the two fields share the same subject: the worker’s exposure and its health effect. Industrial hygiene measures and controls the exposure; occupational medicine diagnoses and treats what the exposure does. Michael’s ACOEM membership keeps his exposure work tied to the medical literature, and it is the channel through which he contributes to the journal and to regulatory comment letters.
Does the fire investigators membership mean McNeil Safety Consulting investigates fires?
No. The membership is part of Michael’s fire-service record. The company does not offer fire origin-and-cause or arson investigation. It does offer fire life safety and emergency response planning, hazardous materials work, and post-fire indoor environmental assessment, which are listed on the services page.
Are these memberships current?
Yes. Each one is confirmed against the organization’s records before it is listed, and the page is corrected when a membership changes. Where an organization states an expiry date, it is given above.