Requirements: Roles and Responsibilities

SLAC Lead Safety Program Manager

The SLAC lead safety program manager

• Evaluates SLAC employee lead exposure, including conducting industrial hygiene surveys
• Recommends engineering and administrative controls for lead exposure
• Determines which work processes require medical surveillance
• Provides personnel with guidance and training for selecting personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Performs hands-on training and fit-testing for respirators
• Notifies personnel and the SLAC Medical Department of air monitoring results within five days of receiving those results
• Maintains records of lead-exposure monitoring
• Provides worker training

SLAC Medical Department

The SLAC Medical Department

• Provides medical surveillance for lead exposure to personnel designated by their supervisor
• Maintains medical records
• Consults with personnel regarding medical test results for lead exposure

Waste Management Group

The Waste Management Group in the Environmental Protection Department

• Disposes of lead waste (see Chapter 17, "Hazardous Waste")

Managers and Supervisors

Managers and supervisors

• Limit lead use to bricks or designed solid forms where feasible
• Ensure that personnel who handle lead
• Comply with the safety controls prescribed by this chapter
• Have complete Job Hazard Analysis and Mitigation (JHAM) forms
• Receive training in proper and safe handling of lead to remain within personnel exposure limits and to protect the environment
• Are evaluated during their annual performance evaluation on their completion of ES&H-related training
• Receive appropriate baseline and annual medical surveillance as required by this chapter and recorded in their SLAC Training Assessments (STAs)

Lead Workers

All personnel who work with lead must

• Comply with the safety controls prescribed by this chapter, and those required by the relevant supervisor
• Know how to recognize the risks involved in working with lead and receive the appropriate safety training (see Training.)
• Obtain medical surveillance if required. This could include medical surveillance for lead and a respirator physical (see Medical Surveillance Program).
• Understand how to obtain, wear, and safely use PPE, as detailed in Lead Personal Protective Equipment [pdf], and in ES&H Manual chapters 29, "Respirator Program", and 19, "Personal Protective Equipment"
• Immediately notify the relevant supervisor of any
• Known or suspected accidents involving lead
• New or increased hazards involving lead
• Legacy lead discovered during the moving of shielding or in the immediate work area