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## MODULE III - LEAD SAFETY: MATERIALS AND WORK PRACTICES

- Discuss the need to notify and protect residents.
- Recognize materials, equipment and personal protective clothing.
- Recognize proper work practices that minimize dust.
- List five prohibited work practices.
- List five unsafe work practices.
- State the importance of thorough cleaning.

- Learning Objectives

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## WHY USE LEAD SAFE WORK PRACTICES?

- Protect residents of the dwelling unit
- Protect yourself
- Protect fellow workers
- Protect your family

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## BEFORE THE JOB: COORDINATE WITH RESIDENTS

- All residents should be out of the immediate work area
- Only maintenance personnel in the unit
- Management should:
- Notify residents of upcoming maintenance or  other work
- Ask them to move their belongings as needed
- Relocate residents when necessary

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## MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT 

**All Purpose Cleaner**

**Spray Bottle**

**Stapler**

**Towels/Rags**

**Tape**

- Common Items:

## MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT 

**Plastic Sheeting**

**Heavy-Duty Poly Bags**

**High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtering (HEPA) Vacuum**

**Heavy Duty Plastic Sheeting**

- Specialty Items:

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## PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

**Safety Eyewear**

**Hand Protection**

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## DURING THE JOB: HYGIENE

- No smoking
- No eating, drinking, chewing gum or tobacco
- No applying cosmetics
- Wash hands and face with soap (or towelettes) before eating, drinking or smoking

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## LEAD SAFE WORK PRACTICES: AN INTRODUCTION

**Work Smart **
**Work Wet               **
**Work Clean**

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These three principles drive all LSWP.  The prohibited practices are prohibited because they preventing working clean, wet and smart.  They create huge amounts of dust or create unsafe situations.

## DURING THE JOB: PROHIBITED PRACTICES

- No open flame burning, heat gun hotter than 1,100o f, or welding/flame cutting
- No mechanical grinding/sanding without HEPA attachments
- No abrasive blasting, or sandblasting
- No methylene chloride based strippers in poorly ventilated spaces.
- No extensive dry sanding or scraping above de minimus levels

**Methylene Chloride Stripper**

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## CLEAN-UP: GOOD PRACTICES

- No vacuuming with household vacuum
- No washing in resident’s sink
- No disposal in resident’s sink, bathtub, or yard
- No water near electric outlets/fixtures
- No disposal of waste in resident trash

- Use a HEPA-Filtered vacuum
- Wash in buckets
- Dispose of waste water in toilet or offsite
- Keep water away from electrical outlets/fixtures
- Dispose of waste at appropriate facilities

_**DO’S**_

_**DON’T’S**_

## AFTER THE JOB: DECONTAMINATION

- Wash hands and face with soap and water
- Remove dust from clothes with HEPA-filtered vacuum
- Shower immediately after leaving job, before leaving the facility, or upon arriving home

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## SUMMARY 

- Use protective clothing, equipment, and procedures when doing lead-based paint maintenance.
- Work smart, wet, and clean to protect you, residents, and your family.
- Avoid practices that are prohibited and unsafe.

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