The Lead Industries Association (LIA) is planning to revise their brochure entitled Safety in
Soldering. This brochure contains two tables with data on airborne lead concentrations from soldering
operations. However, the data in these tables is twenty (20) years old.
As part of this revision, they have asked IPC to solicit our members for any more recent data on airborne
lead concentrations from soldering. If you have any such data or related information, please forward
it to Jeff Miller at LIA (ph 212/578-4750; fax 212/684-7714; email miller@leadinfo.com) and if possible
copy Holly Evans at IPC (ph 202/638-6219; fax 202/638-0145; email evanho@ipc.org).
If you have questions about the brochure, please contact Jeff Miller directly.
Christopher Rhodes
Director of Public Policy
IPC
rhodch@ipc.org
847/509-9700 x306
fax 509-9798
I had a full study done by the CIH group at the University of Washington in May 1995. Sending
a full copy to Jeff Miller at LIA today.
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i have somewhat recent OSHA sampling data and our own insurance company sampling(TWA) with regards to HASL
operators(that means that OSHA did the testing) . I know this can be a sticky area but the facts are the facts.
The facts are that we've achieved a non detect status in all sampling that we've performed including OSHA testing,
good housekeeping is the primary factor - keep the area clean and keep the air turnover in the room of operation frequent
and your results should be good- again stress personal hygiene as well - no food or drink in the work place. Avoid the
path of ingestiable receptors!!!!
Chris, I welcome the discussion on this issue if you see the need, would be willing to share our
data if you see it fit.
Regards as always,
Bob Daniels, Jr. ECC Corp.
Is the data from this study something that could be shared/summarized for the group??? I'd be very interested...
I've never detected significant (or any) airborne lead with hand soldering in assembly operations. Has anyone?
Dear Compliancenetters:
In response to several inquiries such as Mr. Pointon's (below),
here is the existing data from the Lead Industries Association's Safety in Soldering brochure.
Please keep in mind that this data is about 20 years old according to the LIA.
Typical MEAN airborne lead concentration from automatic wave soldering of electronics assemblies 0.010 mg/cubic meter.
Typical MEAN airborne lead concentration from manual gun and iron soldering of electronics assemblies 0.010 mg/cubic meter.
Typical MEAN airborne lead concentration from open solder dip pot tinning of electronics and tool & die repair 0.004 mg/cubic meter.
These numbers are all well below the OSHA 8 hr. TWA PEL of 0.050 mg/cubic meter for lead.
Blood lead levels for employees involved in various types of soldering (mass, hand iron, etc) was around 11-19 ug/100 ML.
Once again, I would like to emphasize that this data is 20 years old, and is compiled from various sources.
If you would like a copy of the existing Safety in Soldering brochure, please contact Jeff Miller at the
Lead Industries Association (LIA) directly (ph 212/578-4750; fax 212/684-7714; email miller@leadinfo.com).
As part of this revision, they have asked IPC to solicit our members for any more recent data on airborne
lead concentrations from soldering. If you have any such data or related information, please forward it to
Jeff Miller at LIA (ph 212/578-4750; fax 212/684-7714; email miller@leadinfo.com) and if possible copy Holly
Evans at IPC (ph 202/638-6219; fax 202/638-0145; email evanho@ipc.org).
If you have questions about the brochure, please contact Jeff Miller directly.
Christopher Rhodes
Director of Public Policy
IPC
rhodch@ipc.org
847/509-9700 x306
fax 509-9798
I had a full study done by the CIH group at the University of Washington in May 1995. Sending a full copy to Jeff Miller at LIA today.
i have somewhat recent OSHA sampling data and our own insurance company sampling(TWA) with regards to HASL operators
(that means that OSHA did the testing). I know this can be a sticky area but the facts are the facts. The facts are that
we've achieved a non detect status in all sampling that we've performed including OSHA testing, good housekeeping is the
primary factor - keep the area clean and keep the air turnover in the room of operation frequent and your results should
be good- again stress personal hygiene as well - no food or drink in the work place. Avoid the the path of ingestiable
receptors!!!!
Chris, I welcome the discussion on this issue if you see the need , would be willing to share our data if you see it fit.
Regards as always,
Bob Daniels, Jr. ECC Corp.
Is the data from this study something that could be shared/summarized for the group??? I'd be very interested...
I've never detected significant (or any) airborne lead with hand soldering in assembly operations. Has anyone?