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F. Employer shall notify an employee whose blood lead level Table 2 | Minimum Illumination Intensities in Foot-Candles
is at or above 40 μg/dl that medical removal protection with
benefits is required when a blood lead level is at or above Foot Candles Area of Operation
50 μg/dl. 1532.1(j)(2)(D)(2)
3 General construction area lighting
Note: Many physicians are now choosing to place employees low activity
on medical removal protection at blood lead levels above 20
μg/dl, rather than 50 μg/dl. Thus, employers should target for Outdoor active construction areas,
the 20 μg/dl level as they evaluate the BLL results. concrete placement, excavation and waste
G. Feasible engineering and work practice controls must be areas, access ways, active storage areas,
implemented to maintain employee exposures to lead below loading platforms, refueling, and field
the PELs. maintenance areas
H. A written compliance program that details how lead 5 Indoors: Warehouses, corridors, hallways,
exposures will be controlled is required. 1532.1(e) stairways, and exit-ways
I. On jobs at residential and public-access buildings, workers 10 General construction plant and shops
whose exposures to lead measure above the PELs and (e.g., batch plants, screening plants,
their supervisors must receive state-approved training and mechanical and electrical equipment
certification by the California Department of Health Services. rooms, carpenter shops, rigging lofts and
J. Records of air monitoring, blood lead testing, and medical active storerooms, barracks or living
removal must be maintained. 1532.1(n) quarters, locker or dressing rooms, mess
halls, indoor toilets, and workrooms)
K. Employers who conduct lead work listed in 1532.1(d)(2) must
notify the Division, in writing, at least 24 hours before the start 10 Nighttime highway construction work
of work. 1532.1(p)
30 First aid stations, infirmaries, and offices
L. The “LEAD-WORK PRE-JOB NOTIFICATION” form with
required information is available from Cal/OSHA at
www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/leadnotification.pdf B. Nighttime highway construction work lighting shall be
provided within the work zone to illuminate the task(s) in
a manner that will minimize glare to work crews and not
Lighting interfere with the vision of oncoming motorists. 1523(b)

A. Proper illumination is important in all construction activities.
Construction areas, ramps, corridors, offices, shops, and Lock-out/Block-out Procedures
storage areas, etc., shall be lighted to not less than the
minimum illumination intensities in the following table while Every year many employees are injured or lose their lives when
work is in progress: 1523(a) the equipment they are repairing or maintaining is turned on
by a coworker or when potential energy is released while the
employee is in harm’s way of the equipment. Employees shall
be trained and made familiar with the safe use and maintenance
of all machinery or equipment. To prevent such injuries SOs
require that a lockout/ block-out procedure must be followed.
A. For cleaning, repairing, servicing, setup, or adjusting
operations the following applies: GISO 3314
1. Cleaning, servicing, or adjusting operations 3314(c)

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