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Title: The lead-exposed worker

Abstract

The lead standard established by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 1978 requires physicians and employers to follow very specific guidelines when treating lead-exposed workers. For example, if a worker's blood lead level is 2.90 {mu}mol/L of whole blood or greater, the worker must be removed from work, with full pay and retention of seniority, until the blood level falls below 1.95 {mu}mol/L. Physicians play a key role in the implementation of the lead standard; the standard specifies frequency of blood lead measurements, frequency and extent of medical monitoring, and medical removal from work. This article reviews the lead standard as it applies to physicians and makes recommendations about managing the worker with lead poisoning.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. California Department of Health Services, Berkeley (USA)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7018242
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 262:4; Journal ID: ISSN 0098-7484
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; PERSONNEL; SAFETY STANDARDS; US OSHA; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; STANDARDS; SURVEILLANCE; US DOL; US ORGANIZATIONS; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Rempel, D. The lead-exposed worker. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03430040104034.
Rempel, D. The lead-exposed worker. United States. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430040104034
Rempel, D. 1989. "The lead-exposed worker". United States. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430040104034.
@article{osti_7018242,
title = {The lead-exposed worker},
author = {Rempel, D},
abstractNote = {The lead standard established by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 1978 requires physicians and employers to follow very specific guidelines when treating lead-exposed workers. For example, if a worker's blood lead level is 2.90 {mu}mol/L of whole blood or greater, the worker must be removed from work, with full pay and retention of seniority, until the blood level falls below 1.95 {mu}mol/L. Physicians play a key role in the implementation of the lead standard; the standard specifies frequency of blood lead measurements, frequency and extent of medical monitoring, and medical removal from work. This article reviews the lead standard as it applies to physicians and makes recommendations about managing the worker with lead poisoning.},
doi = {10.1001/jama.1989.03430040104034},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7018242}, journal = {JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; (USA)},
issn = {0098-7484},
number = ,
volume = 262:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 1989},
month = {Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 1989}
}