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Lead Regulations -

Lead Regulations -. (b)leading ahead since 2001?. Occupational Health & Safety Act (85 of 1993) Government Notice R. 236 28 February 2002 Lead Regulations, 2001 www.labour.gov.za/ OHSA: Lead Guideline. Medical surveillance.

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Lead Regulations -

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  1. Lead Regulations - (b)leading ahead since 2001?

  2. Occupational Health & Safety Act (85 of 1993)Government Notice R. 23628 February 2002Lead Regulations, 2001www.labour.gov.za/OHSA: Lead Guideline

  3. Medical surveillance • the employee is exposed to an airborne lead concentration exceeding the OEL • the employee is exposed to tetra-alkyl lead • an occupational medicine practitioner certifies that the relevant employee should be under medical surveillance

  4. Lead other than Tetra-alkyl lead ANNEXURE A [Regulation 8(2)(b)(i)]

  5. Tetra-alkyl Lead ANNEXURE B [Regulation 8(2)(b)(ii)]

  6. Lead other than Tetra-alkyl lead ANNEXURE C [Regulation 8(d)]

  7. International Standards • ACGIH (USA): < 30 µg/100ml • www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ABLES/ • CDC: < 10 µg/100ml for pregnant females • Europe: • EU Chemical Agents Directive (98/24/EEC): < 70 µg/100ml male & female • Sweden: < 50 µg/100ml • UK: < 60 µg/100ml • Germany: < 70 µg/100ml • Sep 2000 EU Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL): < 30 µg/100ml for male & female

  8. HSE: UK Suspension levels 1980 70 µg/100ml 1998 60 µg/100ml Action 50 µg/100ml

  9. Data courtesy of:Volker Schillack, Analytical Toxicologist, Ampath

  10. Data courtesy of:Volker Schillack, Analytical Toxicologist, Ampath

  11. Data courtesy of:Volker Schillack, Analytical Toxicologist, Ampath

  12. Data courtesy of:Volker Schillack, Analytical Toxicologist, Ampath

  13. Data courtesy of:Volker Schillack, Analytical Toxicologist, Ampath

  14. a female employee who is capable of procreation and who carries out work that exposes her to lead, is removed from such work when her blood lead concentration exceeds 40 g/100 mℓ or her urinary lead concentration exceeds 75 g/ℓ, or if she falls pregnant • the employee is not permitted to return to work that will expose her to lead unless her blood lead concentration is less than 30 g/100 mℓ or her urinary lead concentration is less than 65 g/ℓ, or, where the removal was due to pregnancy, the employee is no longer pregnant

  15. the occupational medicine practitioner, if he or she deems it necessary, may certify an employee who has a blood lead concentration of less than 60 g/100 mℓ to be unfit for work in an area in which he or she is exposed to lead

  16. Record keeping • keep all records of assessments and air monitoring for a minimum period of 40 years • keep all medical surveillance records for a minimum period of 40 years and if he, she or it ceases activities, hand over or forward by registered post all those records to the relevant provincial director

  17. Thank you! Hanli de Wet MBChB, MMed (Occupational Medicine) Unit 9, Kingfisher Park, Somerset West Tel & Fax: 021-851-1153 Cell: 082-925-1557 E-mail: mac2@telkomsa.net

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