42 USC § 4853 - Worker protection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4853"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4853 - Worker protection"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4853"
section_name: "Worker protection"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1031, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3924.)"
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# § 4853. Worker protection

October 28, 1992September 28, 1990section 655 of title 29

Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary of Labor shall issue an interim final regulation regulating occupational exposure to lead in the construction industry. Such interim final regulation shall provide employment and places of employment to employees which are as safe and healthful as those which would prevail under the Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines published at Federal Register 55, page 38973 () (Revised Chapter 8). Such interim final regulations shall take effect upon issuance (except that such regulations may include a reasonable delay in the effective date), shall have the legal effect of an Occupational Safety and Health Standard, and shall apply until a final standard becomes effective under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1031, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3924.)