Welcome to the Keep It Clean training exercise for employees of home improvement stores. By taking this training, you have chosen to participate in a campaign to protect your customers and their families from the dangers of lead poisoning. The goal of this campaign is to educate do-it-yourselfers (property owners and renters) about lead-safe practices for repair, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, and painting projects.

Every day, you meet customers who are preparing to work on home improvement projects. As part of your customer contact, you have an opportunity to help customers learn about the dangers of lead poisoning and about ways they can protect themselves and their families. This training will help you do so.

At the end of the training, you will be able to do the following:
--Pick up key clues from customers about lead risk
--Summarize lead dangers for customers as well as their families, neighbors, and pets
--Describe lead-safe practices that will reduce the risk to your customers, their families, and your community
--Identify items in your store that will help your customers follow lead-safe practices

Thank you for helping keep your customers and your community lead-safe.

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1. Imagine that Pete, a customer who appears to be in his early 30s, comes into your store early one Saturday morning. When he heads to the paint section, you step forward to see how you can help him. Pete tells you that he’s planning to fix up a spare bedroom as a room for the new baby that he and his wife are expecting. He mentions that they already have a two-year old daughter.
   
   What’s the first question you should ask Pete to learn whether he should use lead-safe work practices?
   
   

   1.   ?    When was your home built?
   2.   ?    How large is the room?
   3.   ?    What style is your home?
   4.   ?    Do you have a house, apartment, or condominium?
   5.   ?    When is your baby due?
   6.   ?    How old are you?

2. Pete tells you the year that his home was built. Which answer suggests that Pete’s home does NOT contain lead-based paint?
   
   
   

   1.   ?    Pete says, “I don’t know.”
   2.   ?    Pete says, “I think it was built about 1950.”
   3.   ?    Pete says, “The house was built in 1987.”
   4.   ?    Pete says, “The house was built some time before 1978.”

3. Pete’s answer tells you that his house may contain lead-based paint, so you want to explain who is at risk for lead poisoning.
   
   
   
   From the list below, choose all of the statements that are TRUE. If you choose correctly, your score will be 4/4.
   

   1. Lead affects children of all ages but is especially dangerous to children under the age of six.
   2. If a pregnant woman is exposed to lead, her unborn child can suffer serious damage.
   3. Lead affects adults of all ages.
   4. People over the age of 35 are generally immune to lead.
   Check your answer

4. You want to share information about lead and its dangers with Pete. You explain that lead poisoning causes serious and permanent damage to young children. You tell Pete that children with lead poisoning often have problems at school and at home. They may have trouble paying attention and following directions. Lead can also damage their hearing, kidneys, and red blood cells. In rare cases, it can cause death.
   
   
   Pete asks how lead poisoning can harm adults. Which of the following health problems are associated with lead poisoning?
   Choose all the correct answers. If you choose correctly, your score will be 5/5.

   1. Digestive problems
   2. High blood pressure
   3. Premature births, stillbirths, and miscarriages
   4. Reproductive problems for men and women and weakening the sex drive
   5. Allergies to paint.
   Check your answer

5. Pete starts to take this issue seriously, but he doesn’t think that fixing up a room is going to put his family at risk for lead poisoning. You know otherwise. You explain that any activity that disturbs lead-based paint, creating lead dust, chips, or fumes, creates a lead hazard. A person can become lead poisoned by breathing lead fumes or swallowing lead dust or chips. A child can be poisoned with very small amounts of lead—the amount of dust it would take to fill a sugar packet, or a paint chip smaller than a fingernail.
   
   In a home with lead-based paint, common activities like dry sanding or scraping to remove damaged paint before repainting can create hazardous lead dust.
   
   
   
   
   
   Which of the following common activities is NOT likely to create a dangerous situation?

   1.   ?    Installing new windows
   2.   ?    Using a high-temperature heat gun to remove old paint before repainting
   3.   ?    Applying new paint to the walls.

6. You explain that Pete can protect his family by using lead-safe work practices. Lead-safe work practices are designed to create as little lead dust and debris as possible. If some lead dust and debris are created, lead-safe work practices are designed to keep these dangerous materials away from workers, family, and neighbors.
   
   Which of the following practices is lead-safe? Select the best answer.
   
   

   1.   ?    Keep his two-year-old daughter out of the room he’s working in.
   2.   ?    Eat his meals inside the room to avoid bringing lead dust to other rooms.
   3.   ?    Allow his pregnant wife to help him for no more than two hours a day.

7. Next, you need to explain how Pete can set up the room to work lead-safe. The goal is to keep any lead dust that he might create inside the work area.
   
   Which of the following practices should Pete avoid because it is NOT lead-safe?
   
   

   1.   ?    Cover all household items with an old sheet, and cover the floor with a reusable fabric drop cloth.
   2.   ?    Use heavy plastic sheeting to cover any furniture that cannot be removed from the room.
   3.   ?    Close off the work area by taping heavy plastic sheeting over all doors and windows, and cover the floor with heavy plastic sheeting.
   4.   ?    Turn off the forced air heating and air conditioning system before he starts the job.

8. One of Pete’s major jobs is to repaint the room. Although painting itself does not usually create lead dust, when Pete prepares the old surfaces before he applies new paint, he might disturb lead paint and create dangerous dust.
   
   What lead-safe practices can Pete use for this task?
   
   
   
   From the list below, select all the lead-safe practices. Then check your answer. If you choose correctly, you'll have a score of 4/4.
   
   

   1. Lightly mist the surface (avoiding electrical outlets and switches) with water from a spray bottle before starting to sand or scrape, and then keep it damp by misting frequently.
   2. Dust and dry the surface before starting to sand or scrape.
   3. Put on protective equipment: disposable gloves, shoe covers, coveralls, and safety glasses.
   4. Place all necessary supplies and equipment outside the room.
   Check your answer

9. What other lead-safe method can Pete use to prepare for painting? Choose the best answer.

   1.   ?    Use a chemical paint stripper that contains methylene chloride to remove old paint.
   2.   ?    Use a regular power sander or grinder to remove old paint.
   3.   ?    Use a heat gun that operates at 700 degrees F or less to remove old paint.

10. Below is some advice for Pete about ending his workday. One piece of advice is wrong, because it is not lead-safe. Select all the GOOD advice. If you choose correctly, your score will be 5/5.
    
    

    1. Change his work clothes and shoes after he leaves the room and has had a few minutes to relax.
    2. Clean up any dust and debris immediately.
    3. Shower and wash his hair as soon as possible after finishing his work.
    4. Wash his work clothes separately from the family laundry.
    5. Wash his hands and face immediately after leaving the room.
    Check your answer

11. You need to tell Pete how to clean up in lead-safe ways. From the list below, choose all the lead-safe practices. Then check your answer. If you've chosen correctly, your score will be 5//5.
    
    

    1. Mist all dust and debris before placing in heavy plastic garbage bags.
    2. When cleaning is completed, put all disposable cleaning materials (such as dirty rags and mop heads) into the washing machine.
    3. Use a broom or a regular vacuum cleaner, and sweep or vacuum thoroughly.
    4. Mist drop cloths and plastic sheeting before folding in or rolling up.
    5. Use two buckets to clean up: one with detergent and one with clean rinse water.
    Check your answer

12. After cleaning up, Pete thinks he’ll be all done. Can you tell him whether there are any other steps he should take to be sure his family is lead-safe? Select the best answer.

    1.   ?    Pete’s done. Once he has cleaned carefully, he can be sure there’s no lead dust left in the room.
    2.   ?    Pete should collect dust samples to check for lead. He should send the samples to a lab.
    3.   ?    Pete should look carefully throughout the room for any more dust and clean up any he finds. If he sees no more dust, he’s done.

13. To accomplish ordinary home repairs such as repainting a room, Pete will need certain supplies and equipment to work lead-safe.
    
    
    From the list below, select all the gear that he’ll need to protect himself and his family from lead dust and flakes. Then check your answer. If you've selected correctly, your score will be 5/5.

    1. Disposable gloves and shoe covers
    2. Inner soles to make his feet more comfortable when he paints
    3. Safety glasses
    4. A hazmat (hazardous materials) suit
    5. Protective clothing, such as disposable coveralls and a disposable hat
    Check your answer

14. Pete will need certain supplies and equipment to control lead dust. These materials will help him work wet and work clean.
    
    
    
    From the list below, select all the items that he'll need to work lead-safe. Then check your answer. If you've selected correctly, your score will be 4/4.

    1. Spray bottles or plant misters
    2. Heavy fabric drop cloth
    3. Duct tape
    4. Heavy-duty plastic bags
    Check your answer

15. To clean up safely, Pete will need some supplies and equipment. From the list below, select the one cleaning item that he should NOT use.
    
    

    1.   ?    Regular household vacuum cleaner
    2.   ?    All-purpose cleaner or cleaner made especially for lead
    3.   ?    Paper towels, disposable rags, or sponges
    4.   ?    Disposable mop heads
    5.   ?    Buckets