Request for Assistance in Preventing Lead Poisoning in Construction Workers (Revised)

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• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Froehlich, Phillip A. ; Heitbrink, William A. ; Mickelsen L ; Montopoli M ; Sussel A
• Description:
  Attention is drawn to the hazards of lead (7439921) exposure for workers involved in the maintenance, repainting, or demolition of bridges or other steel structures coated with lead containing paints. Operations such as abrasive blasting, sanding, burning, cutting, or welding on steel structures coated with lead containing paints may produce very high concentrations of lead fumes and dust. The recent introduction of containment structures may result in even higher airborne concentrations of lead. Through this exposure, lead can be carried by the workers back to their homes and automobiles. NIOSH and OSHA have recently recommended that exposure to lead dust and fumes be minimized by the use of engineering controls and work practices, and by the use of personal protective equipment such as respirators for additional protection. Monitoring of airborne lead concentrations and blood lead concentrations should be ongoing programs. Specifications for a mandatory program of worker protection from lead hazards should be made known to workers in this field. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Lead Lead Poisoning Maintenance Occupational Health Paint Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-Search Construction-workers Demolition-industry Industrial-hygiene Lead-dust Lead-poisoning Maintenance-workers Painters Personal-protective-equipment
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB91116a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00207663
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-205194
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-116a, 1992 Apr; :1-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4ac8ad4141c59f250a82e7164cd8710501b2f44aa304d9e586e1a7aed09179748a900d625c744ca803f531262c68ab54a6dd85c54e88637da2f40484aa4da1f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209630/cdc_209630_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 3.22 MB ]