OSHA Extends Lead Exposure Record-Keeping Bureaucracy Indefinitely
Published Date: 4/14/2025
Notice
Summary
OSHA is asking for public feedback to keep collecting paperwork from businesses about lead safety rules in general industry. This extension helps ensure workplaces stay safe without adding new costs or changes. If you’re a business owner or worker dealing with lead, now’s the time to share your thoughts before June 13, 2025!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork for Lead Safety Continues
If you run a business covered by OSHA's Lead in General Industry Standard, you must continue to collect required information (monitoring, medical surveillance, recordkeeping, and notifications) while OSHA seeks to extend OMB approval of those paperwork requirements. OSHA is requesting public comments on that extension, with comments due by June 13, 2025.
Estimated Paperwork Burden Increased
OSHA reports an adjusted increase in estimated burden hours from 1,134,438 hours to 1,250,537 hours (an increase of 116,099 hours), tied to a rise in affected employers from 56,906 to 60,569 and exposed workers from 346,894 to 366,629. Operation and maintenance costs are estimated to increase by $51,775,260 (from $145,080,120 to $196,201,192).
Worker Monitoring and Medical Surveillance Required
The Lead in General Industry Standard requires monitoring workers' lead exposures, medical surveillance by physicians through biological monitoring and examinations, and employer recordkeeping and notification obligations to provide protection for workers from lead-related health effects.
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