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    The document discusses OSHA regulations to protect construction workers from lead exposure during renovation, repair, or demolition projects. Lead is commonly found in paint, solder, and other building materials. Workers involved in activities like demolition, abrasive blasting, welding, or removing lead paint are at risk of inhaling or ingesting dangerous amounts of lead dust and fumes. OSHA has established regulations including exposure limits, engineering controls, hygiene practices, protective equipment, and medical monitoring to minimize these risks for workers handling materials that may contain lead.

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    The document discusses OSHA regulations to protect construction workers from lead exposure during renovation, repair, or demolition projects. Lead is commonly found in paint, solder, and other building materials. Workers involved in activities like demolition, abrasive blasting, welding, or removing lead paint are at risk of inhaling or ingesting dangerous amounts of lead dust and fumes. OSHA has established regulations including exposure limits, engineering controls, hygiene practices, protective equipment, and medical monitoring to minimize these risks for workers handling materials that may contain lead.

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    FactSheet

    Protecting Workers from Lead Hazards


    Cleaning up after a flood requires hundreds of workers to renovate and repair, or
    tear down and dispose of, damaged or destroyed structures and materials. Repair,
    renovation and demolition operations often generate dangerous airborne concen-
    trations of lead, a metal that can cause damage to the nervous system, kidneys,
    blood forming organs, and reproductive system if inhaled or ingested in danger-ous
    quantities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has
    developed regulations designed to protect workers involved in construction
    activities from the hazards of lead exposure.
    How You Can Become Exposed to Lead Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1926.62. This
    Lead is an ingredient in thousands of prod- program is essential to minimize worker risk of
    ucts widely used throughout industry, includ- lead exposure. Construction projects vary in
    ing lead-based paints, lead solder, electrical their scope and potential for exposing workers
    fittings and conduits, tank linings, plumbing to lead and other hazards. Many projects
    fixtures, and many metal alloys. Although involve only limited exposure, such as the
    many uses of lead have been banned, lead- removal of paint from a few interior residential
    based paints continue to be used on bridges, surfaces, while others may involve substantial
    railways, ships, and other steel structures exposures. Employers must be in compliance
    because of its rust- and corrosion-inhibiting with OSHA’s lead standard at all times. A
    properties. Also, many homes were painted copy of the standard and a brochure— Lead
    with lead-containing paints. Significant lead in Construction (OSHA 3142) —describing
    exposures can also occur when paint is how to comply with it, are avail-able from
    removed from surfaces previously covered OSHA Publications, P.O. Box 37535,
    with lead-based paint. Washington, D.C. 20013-7535, (202)
    693-1888(phone), or (202) 693-2498(fax); or
    Operations that can generate lead
    visit OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.
    dust and fumes include:
    • Demolition of structures; Major Elements of OSHA’s Lead
    • Flame-torch cutting;
    Standard
    • Welding; • A permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50
    micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air,
    • Use of heat guns, sanders, scrapers, or as averaged over an 8-hour period.
    grinders to remove lead paint; and
    • Requirements that employers use engi-
    • Abrasive blasting of steel structures neering controls and work practices, where
    feasible, to reduce worker exposure.
    OSHA has regulations governing construc-tion • Requirements that employees observe
    worker exposure to lead. Employers of good personal hygiene practices, such as
    construction workers engaged in the repair, washing hands before eating and taking a
    renovation, removal, demolition, and salvage shower before leaving the worksite.
    of flood-damaged structures and materials are • Requirements that employees be provided
    responsible for the development and with protective clothing and, where neces-
    implementation of a worker protection pro- sary, with respiratory protection accor-
    gram in accordance with Title 29 Code of dance with 29 CFR 1910.134.
    • A requirement that employees exposed to Additional Information
    high levels of lead be enrolled in a medical For more information on this, and other
    surveillance program. health-related issues impacting workers, visit
    OSHA’s Web site at www.osha.gov.

    This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or
    standards. It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of
    compliance requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal
    Regulations. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon
    request. The voice phone is (202) 693-1999; teletypewriter (TTY) number: (877) 889-5627.

    For more complete information:

    U.S. Department of Labor


    www.osha.gov
    (800) 321-OSHA

    DSTM 11/2005

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