LEAD SAFETY PROGRAM

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LEAD SAFETY PROGRAM
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REFERENCES

• 29 CFR 1910.1025
• 29 CFR 1926.62
• MCO 5100.8F CHAPTER 17
• BASE INSTRUCTION

29 CFR 1910.1025
Lead Abatement
HUD
MCO 5100.8F
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LEAD POLICY
Prevent lead intoxication and related illnesses
during the use, handling, removal, and melting of
materials containing lead
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WHAT IS LEAD

• A heavy metal which includes all metallic lead
  and all inorganic lead compounds
• Some of the properties of lead that make it a
  useful structural material
• are
• Low Melting Point
• Very abundant
• High density
• Very malleable (easy to shape)

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Common Uses for Lead

• Batteries
• Ballast
• Weights
• Radiation Shielding
• Solder

• Paints
• Pipe joints
• Ammunition

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Operations That Can Cause Lead Exposure
- Lead melting and casting - Ballast handling -
Grinding or Sanding material - Torch soldering -
Lead-acid battery - Machining lead - Removal of
lead-based paints (most common)
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Entry IntoThe Body

• Inhalation (breathing)
• Ingestion (by mouth)
• Skin (open cuts)
• Prolong exposure to lead will begin
• to be stored in the body. It will be
• deposited in skeleton and various
• organs
• Your system can not reduce the amount
• of lead stored inside thus individuals
• begin to suffer symptoms of lead poisoning

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HEALTH HAZARDS

• Lead interferes with the information of the
  hemoglobin in blood causing anemia
• Lead causes cellular
• kidney damage which
• leads to kidney failure
• Decreased fertility rate

KIDNEY DAMAGE

ANEMIA DECREASE FERTILITY
HEMOGLOBIN
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CONTROL OF LEAD

• SUBSTITUTION
• ENGINEERING
• ADMINSTRATIVE
• PERSONAL PROTECTION
• EQUIPMENT

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General Workplace Control Practices

• Use reduced lead paint coatings
• Only low lead paints shall be used in
• the interior of structures or on other
• surfaces which may pose an ingestion
• hazard

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GENERAL WORKPLACE CONTROL PRACTICES cont'd
When feasible, the heating of lead and leaded
materials shall be minimized through the use of
controlled heating or the removal of
lead-containing surface coatings prior to
heating Procedures shall be established to
maintain work surfaces as free of lead dust as
practical. Lead dust shall be cleaned with HEPA
filtered vacuum cleaners
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VENTILATION
To the extent feasible, fixed local exhaust
ventilation connected to HEPA filters or other
collection systems, approved by the cognizant
industrial hygienist, shall be provided at the
point of airborne particulate generation
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Personal Protective Equipment
In work areas where the possibility of eye or
skin irritation exists, employees shall don
protective clothing
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WARNING SIGNS

• Signs shall be provided and displayed at
• each location where airborne lead may
• exceed the PEL

DANGER
Lead Work Area Poison No Smoking, Eating or
Drinking

• The warning sign may contain a listing
• of required protective equipment

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CAUTION LABELS

• Affix to containers of material, debris or other
  products containing lead

CAUTION
Contaminated with Lead Dispose of lead
contaminated wash water in accordance with
applicable local, state and federal regulations
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HOUSEKEEPING (CONTD)

• In lead work areas, the following housekeeping
  operations shall be performed
• Wet Cleaning of All Surface Areas
• HEPA Vacuum
• - Avoid dry sweeping and the use of
• compressed air
• Prohibit the following practices in lead areas
• - Eating
• - Drinking
• - Chewing or smoking tobacco
• - Applying make-up
• - Storage of food or tobacco
• All workers shall wash their hands and face
  prior to eating,
• drinking, smoking or applying cosmetics after
  completion of lead work

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DISPOSAL OF LEAD

• FOLLOW ALL APPLICABLE
• LAWS
• PROPER DISPOSAL CONTAINERS
• LABELING OF CONTAINERS
• CHECK WITH BASE DRMO/
• ENVIRONMENT OFFICE

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TRAINING

• The minimum lead safety training will consist
  of
• - The specific nature of the operations
• during which exposure is possible
• - The purpose, proper selection, use
• and limitations of respirators
• - Adverse Health Effects (Reproductive)
• - Work Practices including
• Controls factors
• - Medical Surveillance Program
• - Contents of Commands
• Compliance Plan

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T R A I N I N G (cont'd)
All affected employees shall receive a copy of 29
CFR 1910.1025 "Lead Standard"
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Workplace Monitoring Plan

• An Industrial Hygienist shall evaluate all
  workplaces at least
• annually, or more frequently if necessary,
  where lead is
• used and shall reevaluate the operation within
  5 working
• days of any work process or control change
• Collect personal samples including at least one
  sample
• for each shift, for each job classification,
  in each work area
• Retain records for a period of employment plus
  20 years

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CONCLUSION

• Work Practices
• Labeling
• Housekeeping
• Workplace Monitoring
• Medical Surveillance
• Training