Lead Awareness

Lead is one of the most common toxic elements found in industry and is a leading cause of workplace illness. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, despite improvements in public health policies and substantial reductions in blood lead levels (BLLs) in adults, lead exposure remains an important health problem worldwide. Approximately 95% of all elevated BLLs reported among adults in the United States are work-related.

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Recognize the hazards of lead in the workplace
• Identify how lead can enter the body
• Identify the health effects of lead overexposure
• Identify where lead is found
• Identify OSHA’s permissible exposure limit for lead
• Identify practices for limiting lead exposure
• Identify the purpose for monitoring airborne lead exposure
• Recognize the requirements for using PPE such as respirators and protective clothing
• Recognize housekeeping and hygiene practices that limit lead exposure
• Recognize the two components of the medical surveillance program
• Identify the purpose of the Medical Removal Program and its benefits
• Identify recordkeeping requirements

REGULATIONS

This course was designed to help satisfy requirements of the following regulations:

• OSHA Standards, 29 CFR 1910.1025, Lead
• OSHA Standards, 29 CFR 1910.1025, App B
• Subpart X, “Employee Information and Training,” Paragraph L
• Subpart Z, “Toxic and Hazardous Substances”

• Lead hazards
• Effects of lead in the body
• Common sources of lead
• Limiting lead exposure
• Personal protective equipment
• Medical surveillance and the Medical Removal Program