Meetings
Oregon OSHA is coordinating with the Washington State Division of Occupational Safety and Health (WA-DOSH) in this rulemaking. Both state programs are independently initiating rulemaking on lead, but Oregon is evaluating if the Washington proposal makes sense in Oregon.
To participate
Send an email to Dave McLaughlin dave.mclaughlin@oregon.gov which includes your contact information and whom you represent.
Oregon OSHA will be setting up meetings in September via doodle poll soon.
WA-DOSH meetings
Tuesday, July 18 from 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. at L&I’s Tukwila office
Wednesday, August 9 from 9 a.m. -12 p.m. at L&I’s Tukwila office
Thursday, August 31 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at L&I’s Tukwila office
Tukwila L&I office
12806 Gateway Dr. S
Tukwila, WA 98168
Directions
Documents
Sept. 21, 2017 minutes
July 12, 2017 minutes
Washington DOSH lead rulemaking
Background
An advisory group evaluated Oregon OSHA's regulated substances listed in our air contaminant rules and helped us to select the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for Lead as one of the first to undertake. Lead was selected because of the broad exposure to workers in Oregon across a wide range of industries.
Reference
Oregon Health Authority Adult blood lead report