R 325.51943 Temporary medical removal due to elevated blood lead levels.

Rule 43. (1) An employer shall remove an employee from work who has an exposure to lead at or above the action level on each occasion that a periodic blood sampling test and a follow-up blood sampling test conducted under these rules indicate that the employee’s blood lead level is at or above 30 µg/dL of whole blood. (2) An employer shall remove an employee from work if the employee has an exposure to lead at or above the action level on each occasion that the average of the last 3 blood sampling tests conducted under these rules, or the average of all blood sampling tests conducted over the previous 6 months, whichever is longer, indicates that the employee‘s blood lead level is at or above 20 µg/dL of whole blood. However, an employee shall not be removed if the last blood sampling test indicates a blood lead level below 15 µg/dL of whole blood.