OSHA Regulation – 3142-12R 2004 – Lead in Construction

Name: OSHA Regulation - 3142-12R 2004 - Lead in Construction - Construction Files
Brand: Construction Files
SKU: 20220801H

Mitigate workers risks to lead exposure on your jobsite.

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Pure lead (Pb) is a heavy metal at room temperature and pressure. A basic chemical element, it can combine with various other substances to form numerous lead compounds. Lead has been poisoning workers for thousands of years. Lead can damage the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, reproductive system, hematological system, and kidneys. When absorbed into the body in high enough doses, lead can be toxic.

In addition, workers’ lead exposure can harm their children’s development. Short-term (acute) overexposure–as short as days–can cause acute encephalopathy, a condition affecting the brain that develops quickly into seizures, coma, and death from cardiorespiratory arrest. Short-term occupational exposures of this type are highly unusual but not impossible.

Extended, long-term (chronic) overexposure can result in severe damage to the central nervous system, particularly the brain. It can also damage the blood-forming, urinary, and reproductive systems. There is no sharp dividing line between rapidly developing acute effects of lead and chronic effects that take longer to develop.