Potential Source of Exposure

• Maintenance shop personnel may be exposed to lead dust when servicing and handling equipment that is contaminated with lead.

Possible Engineering & Work Practice Controls

• Decontaminate equipment prior to servicing by vacuum, water spray, or mechanical removal such as scraping or brushing in conjunction with local exhaust ventilation.

Potential Source of Exposure

• Exposure to lead may occur when working on contaminated equipment in the maintenance shop (Fig. 1).

Possible Engineering & Work Practice Controls

• Provide exhaust ventilated work areas or portable local exhaust ventilation.
  • Moveable Exhaust Hood Diagram

  • Work Bench Diagram

• Decontaminate equipment using vacuum, water spray or mechanical removal such as scraping or brushing in conjunction with local exhaust ventilation.

• Provide low volume/high velocity ventilated hand tools.

  
  • Typical System Low Volume/High Velocity Diagram

  • Hood for Cup Type Surface Grinder and Wire Brushes

• Provide supplied air islands at work stations.

  • Supplied Air Island Diagram

• Provide wash-up sink for employees in the shop.

• Keep surfaces as free as practicable of lead contamination.

• Ensure that all shop vacuums are equipped with HEPA filters capable of removing lead.

• Empty vacuums in a manner that minimizes the reentry of lead into the shop.