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OSHA lead violation?! (Kinda long, sorry!)

etr152517etr152517 member
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I have a bit of a vent/question. I work for a company that deals with brass casings for firearms. They buy in bulk from the military/police shooting ranges. They then sort it by caliber, clean, polish and resell to the public for reloading. I work in the office area doing inventory, paperwork etc. anyway, Friday OSHA showed up and they were hit with hefty fines for overexposing employees to high lead levels. We are now all having blood work done on wed. I wasn't planning on telling them we were expecting until after out 12w appt. next wed but I felt I needed to today. I sat down with them and explained I was expecting and due in April and that I wanted the numbers from the tests on friday to show my dr and wanted to know what the plan is going forward. His response is that I'm not as exposed being in this office...to which I interrupted him and said "I don't give a shit if its a little or a lot. It's an issue". He said he understood. And we left it at that. Lead exposure is a big deal! I'm kinda pissed. Especially at his reaction. Doesn't he know not to mess with a protective mama?! Maybe this was just more of a vent, Not sure what my question is besides how would you have reacted?
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    zoopsiedaisyzoopsiedaisy member
    The exact same way you did! I'm sure it will be fine because of your job, but how scary?!? I would have also immediately called my doctor even though there is probably no reason. I guess just for info on the odds of it being an issue. I am so sorry you are dealing with this! Keep us posted and I'm sending positive thoughts your way!!
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    KatieGummowKatieGummow member
    That was brave of you!  good job :)
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    hlm184hlm184 member
    The big question is how the air ventilation works.  Is the office on a separate ventilation system?  If it is, you should be fine.  But yeah, I'd be annoyed.  I don't go into certain stores anymore because they share an air system with indoor ranges.  I have no problem with outdoor setups, but indoors can cause high concentrations of lead.
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    etr152517etr152517 member
    Thanks ladies. @hlm184 - their ventilation system is the issue. They have high levels in the air. They've been talking about installing a new one and a clean room etc for months but aren't doing anything until they're forced to now. They supposedly ordered a ventilation system this afternoon. They have 15 days to fix it. Scary!
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    LittleLady77LittleLady77 member
    I would be Fing pissed!!! You have every right to flip out. Can you work from home until they get that fixed?

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    etr152517etr152517 member
    No working from home unfortunately. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they can't fix it in 2 weeks and they have to shut things down temporarily. Idiots.
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    TheatreStar86TheatreStar86 member
    Good for you for standing up for yourself! 
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    TwirpleTwirple member
    I'd be pissed too!  I like to go target shooting with DH, who does reloading, but I have stopped shooting while pregnant and I avoid his reloading area because of the potential for lead exposure.  I hope that your numbers are low/non-existent.  
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    joules40joules40 member
    Hopefully you got a contact from when OSHA was in, just in case. Use them to help you out in case you have issues with the boss /feel uncomfortable working there before it is fixed.
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