LEAD ABATEMENT SUPERVISOR REVIEW TIPS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔If exposures are below the action level, the employer must nevertheless perform two
additional things to protect workers. What? - ✔✔Provide a hand washing facility & keep
the area free of dust & debris
✔✔When must employers provide its workers information about their monitoring
results? - ✔✔5 days after receipts of results from the lab
✔✔If exposures are above the action level for any one day in a calendar year, what
must the employer provide its workers? - ✔✔Blood test (Biological monitoring)
✔✔What are the blood testing for? - ✔✔Lead & Zpp
✔✔If exposures are above the action level for more than 30 days in a calendar year,
what must the employer provide its workers? - ✔✔Medical surveillance, blood test every
2 months for the first 6 months and every 6 months thereafter.
✔✔If an employee's blood lead level exceeds 40 ug/dl, what additional monitoring must
be provided to the employee? - ✔✔back to back testing every 2 months
✔✔If an employee's blood level exceeds 50 ug/dl, what additional protection must be
provided by the employee? - ✔✔medical removal protection
✔✔If exposures are above the PEL, what must the employer do first? - ✔✔stop work
and re-evaluate work practices to reduce exposures
✔✔If the employer cannot reduce exposures below the PEL then what must the
employer provide? - ✔✔respiratory protection, full body clothing, shower & clean lunch
and break area.
, ✔✔What must the employer provide if exposures exceeds 200 ug/m3 - ✔✔Clean
clothing every day
✔✔What must an employer provide a worker before the worker is required to wear a
respirator? - ✔✔Medical evaluation
✔✔What is a critical part of the medical evaluation for use of a respiratpor -
✔✔Pulmonary function test
✔✔What is a fit (seal) check and how often is this done? - ✔✔negative & positive fit
check every time you put it on
✔✔What is a fit test and how often is this done? - ✔✔Test to determine if the respirator
leaks every year (once a year)
✔✔What is included in training in the use of a respirator? - ✔✔how to clean it, how to
inspect it, how to store it & how to perform fit check
✔✔What is the protection factor of a half-face APR? - ✔✔10
✔✔What is the protection factor a full-face APR? - ✔✔50
✔✔How do we calculate the maximum use level of a respirator - ✔✔Protection actor
multiplied by PEL (Protection factor X PEL)
✔✔What is the maximum use level of a half face APR? - ✔✔500 ug/m3
✔✔What is the maximum use of a full-face APR - ✔✔2500 ug/m3
✔✔What respirator filter is required for work with lead? - ✔✔Hepa
✔✔What do we do as we remove full-body protective clothing? - ✔✔Turn clothing inside
out
✔✔When decontaminating ourselves, what is the last thing we remove? - ✔✔Respirator
✔✔What is Title X - ✔✔Childhood lead poisoning reduction act
✔✔What did title X require First? - ✔✔Identification of lead based paint hazards
✔✔What did title X require second - ✔✔Control of lead based paint hazards identified
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔If exposures are below the action level, the employer must nevertheless perform two
additional things to protect workers. What? - ✔✔Provide a hand washing facility & keep
the area free of dust & debris
✔✔When must employers provide its workers information about their monitoring
results? - ✔✔5 days after receipts of results from the lab
✔✔If exposures are above the action level for any one day in a calendar year, what
must the employer provide its workers? - ✔✔Blood test (Biological monitoring)
✔✔What are the blood testing for? - ✔✔Lead & Zpp
✔✔If exposures are above the action level for more than 30 days in a calendar year,
what must the employer provide its workers? - ✔✔Medical surveillance, blood test every
2 months for the first 6 months and every 6 months thereafter.
✔✔If an employee's blood lead level exceeds 40 ug/dl, what additional monitoring must
be provided to the employee? - ✔✔back to back testing every 2 months
✔✔If an employee's blood level exceeds 50 ug/dl, what additional protection must be
provided by the employee? - ✔✔medical removal protection
✔✔If exposures are above the PEL, what must the employer do first? - ✔✔stop work
and re-evaluate work practices to reduce exposures
✔✔If the employer cannot reduce exposures below the PEL then what must the
employer provide? - ✔✔respiratory protection, full body clothing, shower & clean lunch
and break area.
, ✔✔What must the employer provide if exposures exceeds 200 ug/m3 - ✔✔Clean
clothing every day
✔✔What must an employer provide a worker before the worker is required to wear a
respirator? - ✔✔Medical evaluation
✔✔What is a critical part of the medical evaluation for use of a respiratpor -
✔✔Pulmonary function test
✔✔What is a fit (seal) check and how often is this done? - ✔✔negative & positive fit
check every time you put it on
✔✔What is a fit test and how often is this done? - ✔✔Test to determine if the respirator
leaks every year (once a year)
✔✔What is included in training in the use of a respirator? - ✔✔how to clean it, how to
inspect it, how to store it & how to perform fit check
✔✔What is the protection factor of a half-face APR? - ✔✔10
✔✔What is the protection factor a full-face APR? - ✔✔50
✔✔How do we calculate the maximum use level of a respirator - ✔✔Protection actor
multiplied by PEL (Protection factor X PEL)
✔✔What is the maximum use level of a half face APR? - ✔✔500 ug/m3
✔✔What is the maximum use of a full-face APR - ✔✔2500 ug/m3
✔✔What respirator filter is required for work with lead? - ✔✔Hepa
✔✔What do we do as we remove full-body protective clothing? - ✔✔Turn clothing inside
out
✔✔When decontaminating ourselves, what is the last thing we remove? - ✔✔Respirator
✔✔What is Title X - ✔✔Childhood lead poisoning reduction act
✔✔What did title X require First? - ✔✔Identification of lead based paint hazards
✔✔What did title X require second - ✔✔Control of lead based paint hazards identified
