• Employers must notify employees whenever their exposure is found to exceed the permissible exposure limit, or when an employee’s blood lead level exceeds 40 micrograms per 100 grams.

Notification requirements for lead include the following: Employers must notify employees in writing of monitoring results which represent that employee’s exposure within five working days after receipt of the results. If the results indicate that the representative employee exposure, without regard to respirators, exceeds the permissible exposure limit (PEL), include in the written notice a statement that the PEL was exceeded and a description of the corrective action that was taken or will be taken to reduce exposure to or below the PEL.

Employers must notify in writing any employee whose blood lead level exceeds 40 μg/100 g within five working days after receipt of biological monitoring results of that employee’s blood lead level. Employers must also notify in writing that the standard requires temporary medical removal with Medical Removal Protection benefits when an employee’s blood lead level is at or above the numerical criterion for medical removal under 1910.1025(k).

Notify any person who cleans or launders protective clothing or equipment in writing of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to lead.