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Lead in Construction
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OSHA Safety and Health Standard
Lead in Construction - 1926.62
1993
What should you already know?
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Work practices
Historical data on exposure levels
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Use, care, storage of respiratory
protection – fit testing, medical
evaluations
• Worker safety and health training
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What have I missed that
contributes to lead poisoning?
• Personal hygiene
• Housekeeping
• Eating, drinking, smoking
• Change areas
• Not wearing work clothes home
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“Parents and household
contacts reported a lack of
facilities available for washing,
showering and changing
clothes before entering their
personal vehicles”
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CONTAMINATION OF
SURFACES THAT SHOULD BE
KEPT CLEAN
GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES
SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
• Inside of respirators
• Water jugs
• Lunch tables
• Car door handles (and inside)
• Employees hands
• “Street” clothes
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WIPE SAMPLING WILL LIKELY
BE CONDUCTED BY AN OSHA
COMPLIANCE OFFICER IF
THERE IS POOR
HOUSEKEEPING
The OSHA Lead in Construction
standard assumes that for tasks
involving manual demolition,
scraping, sanding, use of power
tools or use of a heat gun:
Employee exposures are
expected to be above the
permissible exposure limit (PEL)
of 50 ug/M3 and up to 10X the PEL
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How much is 50 micrograms
ug/M3 ?
Football Field – about 110 meters X 49 meters
(add 2 meters in height 110 x 49 x 2 = about 10,780 M3)
A grain of salt weighs about 0.3 milligrams (mg)
One teaspoon has about 25,000 grains
¼ teaspoon = 6,250 grains
6,250 grains x 0.3 mg/grain = 1,875 mg/10,780 M3
¼ teaspoon dispersed in the above football field:
Just over 170 ug/M3
Until such time an employer
has conducted employee
exposure monitoring to
document exposure levels, the
employer is required to
implement interim protective
measures.
These protective measures
include:
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• Appropriate respiratory protection
• Appropriate protective clothing
• Change areas
• Hand washing facilities
• Biological monitoring
• Health hazard training, including
use and care of respirators
NAICS 236118 – Residential Remodelers &
Restoration - Most Frequent Violations 2013 –
2015, YTD
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OSHA requires employers to
implement a training program for
employees who may be exposed
to lead above the Action Level of
30 ug/M3
This includes training on
housekeeping, hygiene and work
practices to reduce absorption of
lead – reference Appendix B
“All of the facilities and hygiene practices
just discussed are essential to minimize
additional sources of lead absorption from
inhalation or ingestion of lead that may
accumulate on you, your clothes, or your
possessions. Strict compliance with
these provisions can virtually eliminate
several sources of lead exposure which
significantly contribute to excessive
lead absorption…”
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Additional Questions
Brian Sullivan
Compliance Assistant
OSHA – Augusta (207) 626-9153
[email protected]
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