DOL Asks: Is Our Lead Workplace Paperwork Too Burdensome?
Published Date: 12/8/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor is asking for public feedback on its plan to keep workers safe from lead exposure in industries. Employers must track lead exposure, provide medical checkups, and train workers, helping protect health and keep records accurate. Comments are open until January 7, 2026, so businesses and workers can weigh in on the paperwork and rules that affect them.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Employers must monitor lead exposure
If you are an employer in general industry, you must monitor worker lead exposure, provide medical surveillance, train employees about lead hazards, and establish and maintain accurate exposure records. The Department estimates 60,569 respondents, 4,042,988 annual responses, a total annual time burden of 1,250,537 hours, and total annual other costs of $210,232,946; the information collection is submitted under OMB Control Number 1218-0092 for up to three years.
Worker health protections via surveillance
If you are a worker, your employer must monitor lead exposure, provide medical checkups (medical surveillance), and train you about lead hazards, and keep exposure records that are used by employers, workers, physicians, and the Government to help ensure workers are not harmed by lead exposure.
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