BURBANK - Cal-OSHA launched a special emphasis program (SEP) for lead in construction in November 1996. The following year, 206 citations for violations of 1532.1, lead, were written.Cal-OSHA has declared lead in construction a high hazard industry. It puts the focus on work involving steel structures, "where workers are exposed to lead during abrasive blasting, sanding, cutting, burning, welding, painting, and the like of steel structures coated with lead-containing paints, or during any other
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