Injury Illness Prevention Plan - Flipbook - Page 240
Health and Safety Program Manual
Teamwrkx
Construction, Inc.
Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Lead Exposure
Reference: B-4
Compressed air may not be used to remove lead from contaminated surfaces unless a ventilation system is in
place to capture the dust generated by the compressed air.
All lead-containing debris and contaminated items accumulated for disposal shall be placed into sealed,
impermeable bags or other closed impermeable containers. Label bags and containers as lead-containing waste.
These measures provide additional help in controlling exposure.
HYGIENE FACILITIES AND PRACTICES
The Company shall ensure workers practice personal hygiene such as washing their hands and face after work
and before eating to minimize their exposure to lead. Provide and ensure that workers use washing facilities.
Provide clean change areas and readily accessible eating areas. If possible, provide a parking area where cars
will not be contaminated with lead.
These measures reduce workers’ exposure to lead and the likelihood that they will ingest it or take exposure
beyond the worksite.
Reducing the movement of lead from the worksite, provides added protection to workers and their families.
Change Areas
The Company shall provide a clean change area for workers whose airborne exposure to lead is above the PEL.
The area must be equipped with storage facilities for street clothes and a separate area with facilities for the
removal and storage of lead-contaminated protective work clothing and equipment. This separation prevents
cross-contamination of the worker’s street and work clothing.
Workers must use a clean change area for taking off street clothes, suiting up in clean protective work clothing,
donning respirators before beginning work, and dressing in street clothes after work. No lead-contaminated
items should enter this area.
Work clothing must not be worn away from the jobsite. Under no circumstances should lead-contaminated work
clothes be laundered at home or taken from the worksite, except to be laundered professionally or for disposal
following applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Showers and Wash Facilities
When feasible, The Company shall provide showers to workers whose airborne exposure to lead is above the
permissible exposure limit so they can shower before leaving the worksite.
Where showers are provided, workers must change out of their work clothes and shower before changing into
their street clothes and leaving the worksite. If workers do not change into clean clothing before leaving the
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