eLCOSH : Guides for Managing Lead Control Programs in Construction

Guides for Managing Lead Control Programs in Construction

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Nancy Clark, Mark Goldberg, Katya Wanzer, Norman Zuckerman

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Hunter College - Urban Public Health Program

The following list represents a sampling of information available on select topics presented in the Guides. It is not a definitive list, but if the user of the Guides cannot find the appropriate information, these web sites can be useful as a jump off point for further inquiries.

The listing of private companies should not be construed as an endorsement of those companies or their products. Such resources are meant only as a limited directory of products and services available in the marketplace.

General Information on Lead and Silica

OSHA has many publications that are useful for general background on lead and silica hazards and programs:

Crystalline silica related publications http://osha.gov/Publications/3362silica-exposures.pdf
Lead publications http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/lead/index.html
Program highlights for various OSHA programs, including the Lead in Construction Standard (6 pages)
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FACT_SHEETS&p_id=161

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) publish a variety of information including information on lead exposure
http://www.lni.wa.gov/sharp/publications.htm#Lead

eLCOSH (The Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health) provides information from a wide range of sources, in English, Spanish and other languages, for anyone interested in improving safety and health on the job for construction workers.
http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/index.html

Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia, Canada
http://construction.healthandsafetycentre.org/s/Home.asp

Training

Although there was no Guide on training, the need was mentioned throughout. Training on occupational health hazards, respirators, lead and silica health hazard controls are available in most parts of the country.

OSHA Office of Training & Education Training Resources:
http://www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/training_resources.html

OSHA Training Institutes (OTI) Education Centers:
http://www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/edcenters/edcenter_contact.html

NIOSH provides training through its Educational Resource Centers (ERCs) located around the U.S. ERCs provide classes on topics such as lead, respirators, construction safety and industrial hygiene.
http://www.niosh-erc.org/
Also available at 1-800-35 NIOSH.

Local organizations can often times be a resource for worker training classes. In New York City the Greater New York Safety Council offers free training classes on a variety of topics including respirators.
http://www.emergencycorps.com/WCA092003.pdf

The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) is one of the leading organizations for coatings for steel structures, including lead paint. Their web site has a variety of information services including control options and lead paint abatement classes for supervisors and competent persons. http://www.sspc.org/training/default.html

Industrial Hygiene Services

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) listing of local state chapters most of which have a list of consultant members, including web sites, telephone numbers and specialties:
http://www.aiha.org/LocalSections/html/lsontheweb-state.htm

AIHA consultants list by location and/or specialty
http://www.aiha.org/ConsultantsConsumers/html/consultantslist.asp

For links to International occupational health and safety sites: http://www.ohs.com.au/Sites/index.htm

Medical Services

Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics www.aoec.org

New York State occupational health clinics http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/environ/occupate.htm

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDOHSS) provides a list of occupational physicians (New Jersey) http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/oemdlist.htm

Look to your local state DOH for similar listings.

Respirators

OSHA’s Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Revised Respiratory Protection Program provides a wealth of information on the new standard in a readable format http://www.osha.gov/Publications/secgrev-current.pdf

Washington State Department of Labor offers listings of several respirator manufacturers addresses and web sites http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Topics/AtoZ/RespProtection/resp-man.asp

Respirator manufacturers offer training classes and a great deal of informational material:

3M http://www.3m.com/market/safety/ohes2/
Bullard http://www.bullard.com/V3/products/respiratory/
Moldex http://www.moldex.com/healthcare/respiratory-protection/ offers train the trainer classes

Equipment Distributors

National Safety Company located in Washington State a local distributor
http://www.nationalsafetyinc.com/

Lab Safety offers a full line of safety products www.labsafety.com

American EHS offers a line of safety products and training classes http://www.healthsafety.com/

Lead/Silica Abatement Contractors/Equipment

The Industrial Bluebook has a search engine for regional listings of lead paint testing/removal/abatement contractors
http://www.thebluebook.com/

Lead/silica abatement systems

Pentex systems scabblers, wall walker, surface preparation system http://www.pentekusa.com/index.html
Trelawny Surface Preparation Equipment, equipment manufacturer vacuum shrouded tools, HEPA vacuums
http://www.trelawnyonline.com/
CS United power tool manufacturer, vacuum shrouded masonry tools, HEPA vacuum
http://www.csunitec.com/masonry/masonrytools.html

Toolbox Talks

CPWR – Center for Construction Research and Training web site includes hazard alerts in English and Spanish,
http://www.cpwr.com/rp-hazardalerts.html

eLCOSH has training materials on many construction safety topics in English, Spanish and Creole
http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/training/materials.html

Labor Occupational Health Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley has downloadable tailgate trainings forms.
http://www.lohp.org/publications/construction_safety.html#tailgate_eng

NIOSH produces informative pamphlets on a variety of topics that can be accessed electronically or directly from NIOSH. The information can be adapted to toolbox talks.

for instance Preventing Silicosis in Construction Workers http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/consilic.html
Procedures for cleaning 1/2 face APRs http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/respcln.html
Preventing Lead Poisoning in Construction Workers http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/91-116.html

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