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Use Your Head Around Lead

Use Your Head Around Lead. On-Site Consultation Program. New York State Department of Labor Division of Safety and Health. Class Objectives. To know: What lead is How you may be exposed to it How it affects your health How to reduce your risk and the risk of those around you.

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Use Your Head Around Lead

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  1. Use Your Head Around Lead NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  2. On-Site Consultation Program New York State Department of Labor Division of Safety and Health NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  3. Class Objectives • To know: • What lead is • How you may be exposed to it • How it affects your health • How to reduce your risk and the risk of those around you NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  4. What is Lead and Lead Oxide? • Soft, gray, heavy metal and compounds. • White powder on old painted surfaces NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  5. Where Is Lead Found? • Lead Paint • Metalworking • Leaded Gasoline • Structural Steel • Electronics • Scrap yard recycling • Plumbing NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  6. Some Jobs Where You Could be Exposed to Lead Bridge work, Removing lead-based paint on old buildings or houses, Grinding or sandblasting lead paint on metal structures, Cutting or removing lead pipe in old buildings, Using solder that contains lead. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau 7

  7. Processes Generating Airborne Lead • Torch cutting steel • Welding, torch burning • Abrasive blasting painted surfaces • Grinding, sanding, • Lead smelting /recycling (scrap yards) NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  8. How can lead get in your body? You can get lead into your body by: Inhaling lead dust by grinding or sanding, Inhaling lead fumes from welding or burning lead paint, Swallowing lead dust on your handsfrom eating, drinking or smoking. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau 6

  9. Health Effects of Lead Exposure • Cumulative Poison • Builds up in body over time • Blood, bone, kidney, brain, liver • Stays in bone for decades NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  10. Health Effects of Lead Exposure • Anemia • Kidney damage • Reproductive problems • Nerve disorders • High blood pressure • Digestive disorders NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  11. Headache Irritability/anxiety Constipation/ GI distress Metallic taste in mouth Muscle, joint pain Symptoms of Lead Poisoning NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  12. Symptoms of Lead Poisoning • Nausea • Weakness • Insomnia • Fine tremors NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  13. Symptoms of Lead Poisoning • Weight loss • Paleness • Memory loss • Difficulty concentrating NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  14. Signs of Severe Lead Poisoning • Severe lead colic • Black “lead lines” on gums • Wrist, ankle drop • Coma • Death NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  15. OSHA’s Strategic Plan Reduce Lead Exposures in Construction NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  16. OSHA Standard for Lead in Construction 29 CFR 1926.62 NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  17. Occupational Exposure Standards OSHA PEL 0.05 mg/m3, 8-h TWA Action Level 0.03 mg/M3 NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  18. Relative PELs and TLVs Substance PEL(mg/m3) TLV(mg/m3) Dust/Mists 15 10 Iron Oxide 10 5 Respirable Dust 5 5 Carbon Black 3.5 3.5 Copper 1.0 1.0 Silica 0.1 0.1 Lead 0.05 0.05 NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  19. OSHA Requirements for Lead in Construction • Initial exposure determination to determine the air levels of lead NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  20. Hierarchy of Control • 1. Engineering Controls • 2. Work Practices • 3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  21. How to Limit Your Risk • Use engineering and work practice controls • Substitute materials • Wet methods • Tools & equipment with built-in water systems • Local exhaust ventilation • Specialized tools NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  22. Engineering Controls • Wet methods • Local exhaust ventilation • Isolation • Specialized tools • Substitute materials NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  23. Engineering Controls • Wet methods • Hose down materials & surfaces during work • Water mist surfaces or piles of material • Wet-sweep work areas • Clean up before wet material dries NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  24. Engineering Controls • Local Exhaust Ventilation • Capture dust before it gets into the air • Hoods and other enclosures • Tools, equipment (e.g. sanders, needle guns) with built-in dust collection systems NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  25. Specialized tools • Long-handled torches NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  26. Engineering Controls • Substitution • Use lead-free materials, e.g. paint, glazes • Use lower-lead solder NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  27. Work Practices • Park your car away from dusty areas • Store personal belongings away from dusty areas NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  28. Work Practices • Don’t smoke! • Don’t eat, drink, chew gum or tobacco, apply lip balm or handle contact lenses in a lead area NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  29. Work Practices • Wash hands and face before eating, drinking, chewing, applying lip balm or handling contact lenses. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  30. Work Practices • Don’t Dry Sweep • Don’t “dump” materials, objects. • Stand back. Keep your face out of the dust cloud. • Stand upwind of the work. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  31. Work Practices • Vacuum clothes frequently. • Shower and change clothes before leaving worksite. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  32. Work Practices • Housekeeping • Remove dust BEFORE it’s airborne • Vacuum with HEPA filters • Clean up slurries while still wet • Keep dust control systems in good repair NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  33. Personal Protective Equipment Work Practices to Reduce Lead Exposure Use separate work clothing, and boots, Keep your street clothing in a clean place, Don’t wear your work clothing or boots home, Launder clothing at work. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau 18

  34. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Coveralls, preferably disposable • Gloves, hats, shoe coverings • Face shields /goggles NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  35. Personal Protective Equipment • Wear the right respirator the right way. • No beards or stubble if tight-fitting face piece. NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  36. OSHA Requirements for Lead in Construction • Medical Surveillance NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  37. Medical Surveillance • Before job placement • Medical and work histories • General physical exam • Blood tests NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  38. Biological Monitoring • Blood lead • Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  39. Medical Removal • If blood lead >50 ug/dL • If ee’s medical condition puts him/her at increased risk of material impairment to health from lead exposure NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  40. Training Topics • Contents of lead standard • Specific operations that cause exposure • Purpose, use, selection, fitting , limitations of respirators NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  41. Training Topics • MSDS and labeling (29 CFR 1910.1200 HazCom) • Safe handling and storage procedures NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  42. Training Topics • Purpose and description of medical surveillance • Health effects esp. reproductive effects • Engineering controls, work practices NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  43. Training Topics • Your compliance plan • Not to use chelating agents routinely and not at all except under M.D. orders • Employee right to access records NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  44. OSHA Requirements for Lead in Construction • Signs NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  45. OSHA Requirements for Lead in Construction • Keep exposures below PEL; or • Have an ongoing program with interim protection • Overall Safety & Health Program NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  46. Summary • Lead—what it is, where it’s found • Sources of exposure • Health effects NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  47. Summary • Permissible limits • Exposure control methods • Engineering controls • Work practices • PPE NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

  48. Summary • Regulated areas • Training • Medical surveillance • Exposure monitoring NYSDOL Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau

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