Company fined more than $200,000 for exposing workers to lead hazards at outdoor gun range

OSHA fined E.N. Range Inc. $201,600 and cited the company for exposing workers removing lead pellets at a gun range in Oley, Pa., to dangerously high levels of lead. OSHA initiated an inspection in response to a complaint alleging wohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrker exposure to lead as well as deficiencies in the company's respiratory protection program. Inspectors found that the company willfully jeopardized the health of its workers by failing to follow required procedures of OSHA's lead standard. These included failing to provide shower facilities for employees exposed to lead, failing to ensure workers exposed to lead washed their hands and face before eating or drinking, failing to provide exposed workers with a change room and failing to ensure that workers removed their protective clothing in the change room at the end of their shifts. OSHA's lead standard requires employers to protect their workers from lead exposure, which can cause many serious health issues including brain damage, paralysis and kidney disease, as well as death. In August 2010 OSHA fined E.N. Range more than $2 million for knowingly exposing workers to lead and other hazards. See All Lead Safety Training