AM Health and Safety, Inc.
5177 Campbells Run Road

Pittsburgh, PA  15205
Phone: 412-429-0560
Fax: 412-429-5122

LEAD-BASED PAINT MANAGEMENT

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed criteria to protect construction employees from the potential exposure of lead-based paint, dust, and/or fumes during renovation activities. AM H&S’s lead-based paint management services include testing, abatement design, risk assessment, and encapsulant product development, as well as assisting the owner in preparing request for proposals (RFPs) for consultants and abatement contractors to provide lead-based paint design, testing, and abatement. In addition, public housing and military housing are required to comply with not only OSHA but also the strict Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lead regulations.

To insure public safety, avoid reduction of property, and prevent costly lawsuits and medical judgments, building owners, developers, and contractors must develop pragmatic, effective lead-based paint management programs. By providing careful inspection documentation, safe abatement procedures, and final clearance, the timely use of lead-based paint management services can prevent or limit asbestos-related litigation by employees or tenants, as well as regulatory fines by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or local agencies. These programs include operations and maintenance procedures, and abatement alternatives.

AM Health and Safety, Inc. (AM H&S) brings the skills and experience derived from providing comprehensive lead-based paint management services to over 10,000 public housing units, child day care centers, commercial building renovation, industrial plants, and bridges to our current clients.

Lead-based paint management services can include the following:

• Risk assessment evaluations;

• Specification development;

• Abatement observation;

• Contract administration;

• Industrial hygiene exposure surveys that include air monitoring, wipe sampling, and EP toxicity 

    sampling of hazardous waste associated with lead-based paint;

• Extensive review of X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) sampling data and testing with XRF and Atomic 

    Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS);

• Investigation of lead-based paint encapsulant systems in cooperation with housing authority clients 

    and in the presence of concrete directives from HUD  

• Program and work plan development; and

• Training.

AM H&S’s experienced lead-based paint management team provides efficient, cost-effective environmental solutions.