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LEAD ABATEMENT SUPERVISOR 2 FINAL PAPER
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◉ NIOSH. Answer: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ◉ NIST. Answer: National Institute of Standards and Technology ◉ CPSC. Answer: Consumer Product Safety Commission ◉ TSCA. Answer: Toxic Substances Control Act ◉ The definition of Lead based paint hazards:C5. Answer: Conditions causing exposure to lead from dust, soil, or paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible, friction, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse health effects. ◉ Disclosure rule. C7. Answer: To Sum it up: You must let all possible buyers or renters know of present or possible lead hazards. ◉ Define lead based paint. C11. Answer: The Guidelines define "lead-based paint" as any paint, varnish, stain, or other applied
coating that has 1mg/cm2 or (0.5μg/g)by dry weight) or more of lead. ◉ OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) defines a competent person as:C15. Answer: One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable lead hazards in the surroundings or working conditions and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them. ◉ Can you act as a Lead inspector as a supervisor?. Answer: No. ◉ What are 3 parts of a OSHA compliance program? C15-16 ( choices). Answer: 1. Air monitoring data which documents the source of lead emissions. 2. a report of the technology considered to prevent exposures from exceeding the PEL. 3.A work practice program which includes protective work clothing equipment, housekeeping requirements, and hygiene facilities and practices. ◉ If a worker is exposed to PEL above (50μg Pb per m3) without regard to respirators what must you do? (7 Choices)C14-15. Answer: 1.Exposure monitoring - quarterly (3months)- additional monitoring if changes may affect the exposure level. 2. Engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls. 3.Written compliance program (prior to beginning the job) 4. warning signs. 5. protective clothing.
◉ The OSHA Requirements for a minimally acceptable respiratory program are: (11 answers) C33-34. Answer: 1. Written standard operating procedures regarding the selection and use of respirators.
- Respirators selected on the basis of hazards workers are exposed to. 3. A training program in the proper use of respirators and their limitations. 4. workers should be assigned individual respirators when possible. ◉ The action level of lead in drinking water is: C36. Answer: 15μg (or 15ppb) per liter of water. ◉ Define target housing.. Answer: Housing constructed before 1978 ◉ What are the 4 parts of the RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)? C38. Answer: Treatment, Storage, Transportation and disposal of hazardous wastes. ◉ The clearance levels for HUD Are:. Answer: Floors 10μg/ft2. WindowSills 100μg/ft WindowTroughs 100μg/ft Porch floors 40μg/ft Soil in the play area 400PPM Soil outside the play area 1200PPM
◉ The clearance levels for EPA are:. Answer: Floors 10μg/ft WindowSills 100μg/ft WindowTroughs 400μg/ft Porch floors 40μg/ft Soil in play area 400PPM Soil outside of play area 1200PPM ◉ What are the 4 abatement methods?. Answer: Removal, Replacement, Enclosure, and Encapsulation. ◉ Define contract. D2. Answer: A contract is a legally enforceable agreement. ◉ What is Vicarious liability?D8. Answer: To Sum it up: You are held responsible for what your workers do on site. ◉ What is criminal liability?D1. Answer: Violation of a statute. ◉ Define Take home lead:. Answer: lead contaminated dusts carried home by workers on their shoes and clothing. ◉ NLLAP. Answer: National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program
s/he fails to do so after being paid by the building owner. ◉ Performance Bond. Answer: A performance bond is a promise to complete, or arrange for completion of a job if the contractor has not performed all the terms of the contract to the satisfaction of the building owner. Most public agencies including school districts, are required by law to buy performance bonds in order to protect themselves from the possibility that their contractors on a deleading project will be financially unable to complete the project, or that a dispute will arise whether all the terms of the contract have been satisfied. ◉ The removal of lead from the body is called: E14. Answer: Chelation therapy. ◉ What are the only 2 ways lead enters the body?. Answer: Inhalation (breathing) and Ingestion (Eating) ◉ What are the 3 most common ways Toxic substances enter the body?. Answer: Dermal absorption, Ingestion, Inhalation. ◉ Initial medical surveillance: F1. Answer: If an employee is exposed at or above the action level for at least one day per year.
◉ Full medical surveillance:F1-3. Answer: If the employee is exposed at or above the action level for more than 30 days in a year. ◉ Initial medical surveillance consists of:. Answer: Testing blood for lead and zinc protoporphyn (ZPP) levels. (or erythrocyte (FEP) test as equivalent to ZPP for determining lead poisoning. ◉ Full medical surveillance consists of:. Answer: Checking blood levels frequently every time 2 months for the first 6 months, and twice a year after that. Monitoring work history, symptoms, and performing a physical examination to assess work practices, personal hygiene habits, symptoms of lead or other poisons and signs of adverse health affects. Documentation of the medical surveillance program. Monitoring changes with time. Assessing occupational vs other sources of lead. all employees exposed to lead at or above the action level. ◉ The criteria for medical removal is: F7. Answer: 2 blood tests at or above 50μgPb/dl. ◉ Record keeping. F7. Answer: Employees must retain the following employee information for at least 30 years after the employee leaves the job.
◉ Engineering Controls:H3. Answer: These are devices or structures that remove or reduce an exposure before it become a hazard. examples include fences are work areas, safety guards installed over moving equipment and ventilation systems. all engineering controls used to reduce or eliminate safety hazards should be described in the safety and health plan. ◉ Work practice controls: H3. Answer: These are procedures used during work activities to minimize risk of injury or contamination (for example, taking frequent breaks to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke.) ◉ What is the equation for TWA time weighted average?. Answer: CxT + CxT + CxT 480 minutes ◉ TSP. Answer: Acronym for tri-sodium phosphate ◉ XRF Analyzer. Answer: an instrument which determines lead concentration in milligrams per square centimeter (mg/cm2) using principal of x-ray fluorescence. two types of XRF analyzers are used, direct readers and spectrum analyzers. ◉ TSD. Answer: Acronym for treatment, storage, or disposal hazardous waste facility.
◉ Treatment. Answer: Any method, technique, or process including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste as to neutralize it, or render it non hazardous or less hazardous or to recover it, make it safer to transport, store or dispose of, or amenable for recovery, storage, or volume reduction. ◉ Transporter. Answer: Any person engaged in the offsite transportation of hazardous waste within the United States by air, rail, highway, or water, if such transportation requires a manifest under 40 CFR Part 262 ◉ Toxicity.. Answer: Measured by TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic leaching procedure) toxicity id a characteristic of hazardous waste. ◉ TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure). Answer: is one of the test for the determinations of wether a solid waste is classified as a hazardous substance, see EP (extraction procedure) which it replaced. ◉ Substrate. Answer: A surface upon which paint or varnish has been or may be applied. examples of substrates include wood, plaster, metal, and drywall.
◉ Replacement:. Answer: Is a strategy of abatement which entails the removal of components such as windows, doors, and trim that have lead painted surfaces and installing new components free of lead. ◉ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Answer: Devices worn by the worker to protect against hazards in the environment. Respirators, Gloves, Coveralls, And hearing protectors are examples. ◉ Paint removal:. Answer: Is a strategy of abatement which entails stripping or other removal of lead paint from surfaces of components. ◉ Oxygen Deficiency:. Answer: The Concentration of oxygen by volume below which atmosphere supplying respiratory protection must be provided. it exists in atmospheres where the percentage of oxygen by volume is less than 19.5 percent oxygen. ◉ Owner:. Answer: Means a person, firm, corporation, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee, executor or other judicial officer, who, alone or jointly owns property.
◉ Negative air machine:. Answer: An exhaust fan which reduces air pressure inside the work area and filters the lead particles from the exhaust air. ◉ Medical removal:. Answer: Is the temporary removal of workers due to elevated blood lead levels as defined in the OSHA lead standard. ◉ Manifest:. Answer: The shipping document, EPA form 8700- 22 used for identifying the quantity, composition, origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point of treatments storage, or disposal.! ◉ Logbook:. Answer: a notebook that accompanies each XRF analyzer to record such information as daily performance, maintenance problems, and average reading time. ◉ Lead contaminated soil:(EPA). Answer: Bare soil on residential real property and on the property of a child occupied facility that contains lead levels identified by the EPA administrator pursuant to TSCA section 403. ◉ Lead contaminated dust EPA:. Answer: Surface dust in residential dwellings, or child occupied facilities that contain an area or mass concentration of lead levels identified by the EPA Administrator pursuant to TSCA Section 403.
◉ Inspection:. Answer: A surface by surface investigation to determine the presence of lead based paint and the provision of a report explaining the results of the investigation. ◉ In-place Management:. Answer: An abatement strategy which reduces exposure by encapsulating or covering the lead. This process leaves the lead in place but reduces the chance of exposure. ◉ High Phosphate Detergent:. Answer: Detergent which contains at least 5% tri-sodium phosphate. (TSP) ◉ HEPA High efficiency particulate air:. Answer: Means a filter capable of filtering out particles of 0.3 microns or greater from a body of air at 99.97% efficiency or greater. ◉ Generator:. Answer: Any person who first creates a hazardous waste, or any person who first makes the waste subject to the Subtitle C regulation. ◉ Friction surfaces:. Answer: An interior or exterior painted surface which is subject to friction resulting in damage to the paint film; e.g, window parts and painted stair treads.
◉ Final Inspection:. Answer: inspection by a qualified inspector, industrial hygienist, or local public health official to determine whether abatement and cleanup are complete. ◉ Federal Register:. Answer: A document published each day following a government working day by the Federal Government. it contains either proposed or final regulations. ◉ Exposure monitoring:. Answer: Is the personal air monitoring of an employees breathing zone to determine the amount of contaminant (e.g, lead) to which he/she is exposed to. ◉ Facility:. Answer: All contiguous land, structures, or other appurtenances and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. a facility may consist of several treatment, storage or disposal operational units. Ex: One or more landfills, surface impoundments or a combination of them. ◉ Engineering controls:. Answer: are measures implemented at the work site to contain, control and/or otherwise reduce exposure to lead dust and debris. ◉ Enclosure:. Answer: Rigid construction materials which are mechanically fastened to the substrate in order to form a barrier to the LBP (lead based paint). The barrier must have an expected life span of at least 20 years.
◉ Direct Reading XRF:. Answer: Is an X-ray fluorescence analyzer which provides the operator with a display of a lead concentration calculated from the lead "K" x ray intensity. ◉ Critical Path Method:. Answer: Is a method of scheduling in a detailed manner the various sequence of steps that must be taken by each trade from the start to the completion of a construction project in order to complete the project in the most efficient manner. ◉ Contractor:. Answer: Means any business entity, public unit or person performing the actual abatement for a lead abatement project. ◉ Containment:. Answer: Is a process for protecting both workers and the environment by controlling exposures to lead dust and debris created during abatement. ◉ Component:. Answer: Finish material used in residential building which are usually painted; E.G, ceilings, walls, doors, and chair rails. ◉ Common Area:. Answer: A room or area that is accessible to all residents in a multi family building (Like: Hallway, laundry room) Generally any area that is not kept locked.
◉ Chronic effect:. Answer: Is an adverse effect on a human or animal body, with symptoms which develop slowly over a long period of time or which recur frequently. ◉ Child Occupied Facility:. Answer: A building, or portion of a. building constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same child, 6 years of age or under on at least two different days within any week, provided that each days visit lasts at least 3 hours and the combined weekly visits last at least 6 hours and the combined annual visits last at least 60 hours. Child occupied facility may include but are not limited to, daycare centers, preschools and kindergarten classrooms. ◉ Certified Supervisor:. Answer: An individual who has been trained by an accredited training program and certified by a state or federal agency to supervise and conduct abatements, and to prepare occupant protection plans and abatement reports. ◉ Breathing zone:. Answer: Air that would most nearly represent that which is inhaled. ◉ Body Burden:. Answer: Is the total amount of a substance that is deposited in the entire body, metal substances such as lead and mercury tend to accumulate in the kidneys, liver, and especially the bones.
