Corporate Training By Zack Academy - 8-Hour OSHA Lead Awareness for Managers and Safety Professionals

This 8-Hour OSHA Lead Awareness for Managers and Safety Professionals training program is designed to help companies comply with OSHA Lead Standards (29 CFR 1910.1025 & 1926.62). During the class, you will learn the proper work practices to prevent lead-based paint exposure for your workers and occupants of the building you are working in.

This training is for individuals involved in the oversight of tasks where lead may be disturbed, especially for custodial, maintenance, and trades persons who will conduct operations which may contact or disturb lead in buildings where the anticipated lead exposures will be below the OSHA Action Level. 

OSHA Action Level means employee exposure, without regard to the use of respirators, to an airborne concentration of lead of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m³) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA). If you work in an area that contains airborne lead above the OSHA Action Level, your employer must give you medical surveillance and training in the hazards of working with lead.

OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL):  Your employer is not allowed to let you breathe in more than 50 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m³). It is called the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). If you work in an area with more lead in the air than the PEL, your employer must reduce your exposure by providing you the proper respiratory protection. 

This course applies to all construction work where an employee may be occupationally exposed to lead. Construction work is defined as work for construction, alteration and/or repair, including painting and decorating. It includes but is not limited to the following:

1926.62(a)(1):  Demolition or salvage of structures where lead or materials containing lead are present

1926.62(a)(2):  Removal or encapsulation of materials containing lead

1926.62(a)(3):  New construction, alteration, repair, or renovation of structures, substrates, or portions thereof, that contain lead, or materials containing lead

1926.62(a)(4):  Installation of products containing lead

1926.62(a)(5):  Lead contamination/emergency cleanup

1926.62(a)(6):  Transportation, disposal, storage, or containment of lead or materials containing lead on the site or location at which construction activities are performed

1926.62(a)(7):  Maintenance operations associated with the construction activities described in this section

Topics Include:

• What is Lead?
• How to Identify Lead Containing Materials
• Difference Between Lead-Containing Materials and Lead-Based Paint
• Health Effects of Lead Exposure
• Operations That Could Result in Exposure to Lead
• Proper Use of Personal Protective Equipment
• Exposure Assessment and Air Monitoring 
• Hygiene and Housekeeping
• Medical Surveillance
• Review of OSHA Regulations
• Overview of EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
• Overview of Lead Paint Hazards and Regulations 

Compliance Standard:  OSHA's Lead In Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.62) and General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1025)

Syllabus

Syllabus:

• What is Lead?
• How to Identify Lead Containing Materials
• Difference Between Lead-Containing Materials and Lead-Based Paint
• Health Effects of Lead Exposure
• Operations That Could Result in Exposure to Lead
• Proper Use of Personal Protective Equipment
• Exposure Assessment and Air Monitoring 
• Hygiene and Housekeeping
• Medical Surveillance
• Review of OSHA Regulations
• Overview of EPA"s Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
• Overview of Lead Paint Hazards and Regulations