Lead Testing Services

Huntington Beach, California, July 15, 2025

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) recently clarified its lead exposure prevention guidance for the construction industry with regard to employer requirements on protections for employees conducting dry abrasive blasting.

According to Cal/OSHA:

Cal/OSHA’s amended lead standards for the construction industry (California Code of Regulations, Title 8 Section 1532.1) went into effect on January 1, 2025.  Subsection (d) of the regulation requires employers to perform exposure assessments for employees who may be exposed to lead on the worksite, to determine their employees’ actual exposure. This includes employees who conduct dry abrasive blasting. Until the employer performs the assessment and determines actual employee exposure, the maximum amount of time an employee can conduct dry abrasive blasting is limited to five hours per day, and after January 1, 2030, the amount of time must be limited to 2 hours per day.

“The current permissible exposure limit for abrasive blasting is 25 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air until January 1, 2030. After that date, the permissible exposure limit is being lowered to 10 micrograms per cubic meter,” said Michael Chapman, Laboratory Manager of LA Testing’s Huntington Beach facility. “At LA Testing, our industrial hygiene laboratories are here to help safeguard workers. In addition to offering lead testing services, sampling supplies, test kits, and monitoring instruments, LA Testing also carries a wide range of personal protective equipment, including respirators, filters, and fit testing supplies. We also provide gloves, protective suits, containment equipment, air scrubbers, and other tools to protect workers, and to help keep companies in regulatory compliance.”

To learn more about lead testing or other industrial hygiene resources, please visit www.LATesting.com, email info@LATesting.com, or call (800) 755-1794. For access to lead test kits, visit www.EMSLTestKits.com.  

 

LA Testing is California’s leading laboratory for environmental and indoor air quality testing of asbestos, mold, bacteria, lead, VOCs, formaldehyde, soot, char, ash and smoke damage, particulates and other chemicals. In addition, LA Testing offers a full range of air sampling and investigative equipment to professionals and the general public. LA Testing maintains an extensive list of accreditations including: AIHA LAP LLC., AIHA ELLAP, AIHA EMLAP and AIHA IHLAP, CDC ELITE, NVLAP, State of California, State of Hawaii Department of Health and other states. LA Testing, along with the EMSL Analytical, Inc. network, has multiple laboratories throughout California including South Pasadena, Huntington Beach, San Leandro and San Diego.