Thursday, June 20, 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration & Check-in

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM: Welcome & Introduction with Michael Cooper, CIH

9:10 AM - 10:10 AM: Title 17, SB1076 and Lead Hazard Control by the California Department of Public Health with Max Weintraub, MS

The last major update of the Lead Related Construction standards overseen by CDPH under Title 17 took place in 2008. A major update to Title 17 will be proposed in 2024. Shortly thereafter, CDPH will propose regulations – as required by Senate Bill 1076 – required for CDPH to seek authorization from the federal government to implement the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule. This talk will provide attendees with an understanding of the need for the Title 17 update, required changes to Title 17 triggered by Senate Bill 1076, and timing for each.

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM: Break

10:25 AM - 11:10 AM: Occupational Surveillance of Worker Blood Lead Levels in California with Jacqueline Chan, MPH, CIH

The California Health and Safety Code (HSC) §124130 requires laboratories to report all blood lead levels (BLLs) drawn in California to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH’s Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) manages California’s Occupational Blood Lead Registry (Registry), a laboratory-based tracking system for adult blood lead tests. Through the Registry, OLPPP monitors work-related adult lead poisoning cases to determine the source of occupational lead exposure; conduct investigations when “take-home” exposure to lead may be the cause of lead poisoning in a child; provide information and technical assistance to employers, workers, clinicians, and others related to lead poisoning prevention; and notify the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), upon receipt of a laboratory report indicating a blood lead level (BLL) that is injurious to the health of a worker, defined as ≥ 20 µg/dL, as required by Assembly Bill 35. This presentation will describe OLPPP’s surveillance system, summarize recent data trends of work-related BLLs in California, and highlight the results mandated by Assembly Bill 35. 

11:10 AM - 12:25 PM: Cal/OSHA Revisions to Occupational Lead Standards with Susan Eckhardt, MPH, CIH 

Cal/OSHA has adopted revisions to its standards for lead. The current standards have been in place since 1993 for Lead in Construction, and 1978 for General Industry. Much has changed since that time, including our understanding of the adverse effects of exposure to lead, and the best ways to protect the health of workers who may be occupationally exposed to lead. This presentation will discuss efforts to revise Cal/OSHA’s occupational lead standards, the goals to be achieved by revisions, and the means to achieve these goals. Included in the discussion will be an overview of changes in the revised lead standards.

12:25 PM - 12:30 PM: Wrap Up with Michael Cooper, CIH