RML Lead Exposure Assurance

SCS-HS-LEAD-001-A · REV 2.0 · 26 SEPTEMBER 2026

STATUS: CONTROLLED — CURRENT
OWNER: Health & Safety Lead
APPROVED BY: SCS Director / Officer
SECTION: 1 of 11

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SECTION 01

Lead exposure assurance statement

SCS HAS FORMALLY INCORPORATED LEAD-BASED PAINT AND OCCUPATIONAL LEAD EXPOSURE INTO ITS HEALTH-RISK SYSTEM

Lead is managed as a critical health risk under the SCS hierarchy of controls, with a controlled policy, SOP, JSEA, permit, daily verification, failure response and risk-based health-monitoring programme.

MONITORING

Blood-lead monitoring is risk-based and occupational-health-led. It is not automatic for every painter.

HOLD POINT

Planned lead-disturbance work does not proceed until lead status, work method, critical controls, equipment suitability and monitoring requirements are confirmed.

SECTION 02

How lead is controlled on every job

STAGE	CONTROL
SSSP / job creation	AI screening for building age, coatings scope and occupancy; lead status recorded; Class A–D; Lead JSEA and risk-register entries auto-added.
Approval	Class C requires a monitoring decision before Send to Prestart. Class D is a hard stop until a specialist pathway is documented.
Prestart	Workers review the full Lead JSEA, verify 11 critical lead controls and sign on. Workers do not sign during SSSP creation.
Change	Critical control changes (dust escaping, extractor stopped, RPE seal failed, resident entry, dry sanding) stop the task and escalate.
Records	Permit, daily verification, failure response, worker acknowledgement and restricted health register — audit-stamped, revision-linked.

SECTION 03

Technical basis

WorkSafe NZ — Lead-based paint guidance (current at 26 Sep 2026)
WorkSafe NZ — Hazardous dust guidance
WorkSafe NZ — Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) guidance
WorkSafe NZ — Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices, 16th edition (effective July 2026)
WorkSafe NZ — Exposure monitoring and health monitoring guidance (updated 3 July 2026)
Site Safe NZ — Lead Based Paint guidance
AS/NZS 4361.2:2017 (R2026) Guide to hazardous paint management — Lead paint in residential, public and commercial buildings
AS/NZS 1715 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective devices
Supplier / manufacturer guidance, including Resene (lead-based paint) and 3M (respiratory protection for lead-paint removal)

Current Safety Data Sheets (SDS), Technical Data Sheets (TDS), equipment operator manuals and manufacturer instructions form part of the site controls for every lead task. Where these differ from this module, the more restrictive safe requirement applies.

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Document approval

ROLE	NAME / POSITION	STATUS
Prepared / reviewed	Health & Safety Lead	REVIEWED
Approved	SCS Director / Officer	APPROVED