Lead Awareness

Duration: 25 Minutes      Language: English

Topics Covered:

• Identify the characteristics of lead and sources of lead exposure.
• Recognize the potential health effects from exposure to lead including the symptoms of lead poisoning.
• Recognize your employer's responsibility to minimize your exposure to lead by determining workplace hazards, implementing work practice controls and implementing a medical surveillance program.
• Recognize your responsibility to limit your exposure to lead by wearing required PPE including respiratory protection.
• Identify good hygiene practices to keep you safe from lead exposure.

Course Benefits:

• Certificate of Completion. *Valid for 1 year.
• Examination record available for employer.

Regulations:

• 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances - 1910.1025 Lead.
• 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances - 1910.1025 App B Employee standard summary.
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart D - Authority for 1926 Subpart D - 1926.62 Lead.
• 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment - 1910.134 Respiratory Protection.
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart J - Welding and Cutting - 1926.354 Welding, cutting and heating in way of preservative coatings.
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart J - Welding and Cutting - 1926.353 Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting and heating.
• 29 CFR 1926 Subpart D - Authority for 1926 Subpart D - 1926.51 Sanitation.