{"id":22214,"date":"2016-11-03T13:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T20:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=22214"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:26:40","slug":"sppm-5-25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-5-25\/","title":{"rendered":"5.25 Lead Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Safety Policies and Procedures Manual<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lead Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong>SPPM 5.25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;Environmental Health and Safety<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;509-335-3041<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Only trained personnel may remove or disturb any lead-containing materials.<\/p>\n<p>Promptly report any release of lead to Environmental Health and Safety (EH&amp;S); telephone 509-335-3041. All lead releases are to be cleaned up by personnel who have received lead awareness training.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this policy is to provide employees and students with protection from lead hazards, and to comply with state and federal regulations.<\/p>\n<h3>Health Hazard<\/h3>\n<p>Once ingested or inhaled, lead may cause kidney, reproductive, nerve, and other physiological damage.<\/p>\n<h3>Lead Materials Handling<\/h3>\n<h4>Possible Lead-Containing Materials<\/h4>\n<p>The following items may contain lead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paint<\/li>\n<li>Lead solder<\/li>\n<li>Stained glass windows, pottery glaze<\/li>\n<li>Lead pipes, lead shielding<\/li>\n<li>Lead acid batteries, cable covering, radiators<\/li>\n<li>Terne metal roofing, brick mortar<\/li>\n<li>Ammunition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact EH&amp;S for guidance in working with lead-containing materials.<\/p>\n<h4>Sampling<\/h4>\n<p>An EPA-approved lead inspector must sample all suspect lead-containing materials prior to any disturbance, including maintenance, remodeling, and demolition. Contact Facilities Services, Operations to arrange for sampling.<\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"triggertasks\">Trigger Tasks<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Trigger tasks are tasks that disturb lead-containing materials. The University presumes that employees performing trigger tasks are overexposed to lead until air monitoring proves otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Trigger tasks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demolition<\/li>\n<li>Rivet busting, abrasive blasting<\/li>\n<li>Scraping, sanding, cutting<\/li>\n<li>Spray painting<\/li>\n<li>Using heat guns, torch burning, welding<\/li>\n<li>Sweeping, and shoveling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact EH&amp;S for assistance before initiating any trigger tasks involving lead-containing materials.<\/p>\n<h4>Training<\/h4>\n<p>All employees who perform any of the trigger tasks listed above must receive annual lead awareness training, provided by EH&amp;S upon the supervisor&#8217;s request. Lead awareness training includes information concerning the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health effects and lead hazards<\/li>\n<li>Sources of lead exposure<\/li>\n<li>Employee protection<\/li>\n<li>Acceptable work practices to reduce lead exposure<\/li>\n<li>Medical surveillance<\/li>\n<li>Applicable state and federal regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Air Monitoring<\/h4>\n<p>Air samples are to be taken during trigger tasks to determine actual lead exposure. Contact EH&amp;S to arrange air monitoring.<\/p>\n<h4>Personal Protective Equipment<\/h4>\n<p>All employees engaged in any of the trigger tasks on lead-containing materials must do the following (see <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-62\/\">SPPM 2.62<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear respirators<\/li>\n<li>Have respirator fit-tests every six months<\/li>\n<li>Receive respirator training annually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact EH&amp;S for respirator selection, fit-testing and training.<\/p>\n<p>If air monitoring shows that employee exposure is less than the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter (30 mg\/m3), personal protective equipment is not required. Contact EH&amp;S for results of previous air monitoring.<\/p>\n<h4>Work Practices<\/h4>\n<p>Employees working with lead-containing materials must minimize dust and lead contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Following are lead contamination control measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use plastic drop cloths<\/li>\n<li>Wet material before disturbing<\/li>\n<li>Do not dry sweep or use a regular vacuum on lead-containing materials or waste<\/li>\n<li>Use a HEPA vacuum or wet mop to clean up dust and debris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact EH&amp;S for additional information on working with lead-containing materials.<\/p>\n<h4>Medical Surveillance<\/h4>\n<p>All employees who perform trigger tasks on or with lead-containing materials must have annual blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin testing. Supervisors are to contact Human Resource Services (HRS) to arrange for employee medical surveillance testing.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors must also provide EH&amp;S with a list of affected personnel annually.<\/p>\n<h3>Supervisor Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p>Supervisors of employees who perform any of the <a href=\"#triggertasks\">trigger tasks<\/a> listed above must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have suspect materials tested prior to disturbing them.<\/li>\n<li>Contact EH&amp;S to arrange for air sampling.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate results of air monitoring to employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, supervisors are responsible for ensuring that employees who perform trigger tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Receive annual lead awareness and respiratory protection training.<\/li>\n<li>Use appropriate personal protective equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Follow work practices recommended by EH&amp;S.<\/li>\n<li>Receive annual medical surveillance. Contact HRS; telephone 509-335-4521.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Employee Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p>Employees who perform any of the <a href=\"#triggertasks\">trigger tasks<\/a> listed above are responsible for ensuring that they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are informed by their supervisor concerning whether or not suspect materials contain lead.<\/li>\n<li>Have airborne lead exposure monitored by EH&amp;S.<\/li>\n<li>Use appropriate personal protective equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Follow work practices recommended by EH&amp;S.<\/li>\n<li>Receive annual medical surveillance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Written Program<\/h3>\n<p>Environmental Health and Safety&nbsp;maintains the complete written lead management program and a current copy of applicable state and federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: .8rem\">_______________________<br><strong>Revisions:<\/strong>&nbsp; Dec. 1999 &#8211; new policy (Rev. 26).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety Policies and Procedures Manual Lead Safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":21864,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22214"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67238,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22214\/revisions\/67238"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=22214"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=22214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}