Asbestos Abatement Projects Worker Protection - EPA

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Asbestos Abatement Projects Worker Protection
- EPA
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Training requirements

• Recognize asbestos
• Health effects of asbestos
• Relationship between smoking and asbestos in
  producing lung cancer

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Training requirements

• Nature of operations that could result in
  exposure to asbestos
• Importance of necessary protective controls to
  minimize exposure
• Instruction in how to use controls and procedures

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Training requirements

• Respirators
• Purpose
• Proper use
• Fitting instructions
• Limitations

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Training requirements

• Appropriate work practices
• Medical surveillance
• Content of the regulation

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Recognizing asbestos

• Asbestos containing materials (ACBM) are found in
  three forms
• Sprayed or troweled on ceilings, walls
• Insulation around hot/cold pipes, ducts, boilers,
  tanks
• Other products, such as ceiling and floor tiles,
  wall boards

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Health effects

• Asbestosis
• Mesothelioma

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Health effects

• Cancers
• Lung
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Colon
• Other organs

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Relationship between smoking, asbestos, and lung
cancer

• The more asbestos fibers inhaled, the greater the
  risk of disease - smoking increases the risk
• Asbestos fibers remain in air for hours are
  inhaled by people

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Operations that can result in asbestos exposure

• Each facility is different
• Custodial
• Maintenance

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Protective controls

• Minimize exposure
• Engineering controls
• Work practices
• Respirators

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Hygiene facilities

• Showers
• Lockers
• Must be used when exposed to asbestos

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Protective clothing

• Coveralls
• Full-body clothing
• Gloves
• Head coverings

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Protective clothing

• Foot coverings
• Face shields
• Vented goggles
• Other appropriate equipment

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Decontamination procedures - Entry

• Remove/deposit street clothing in the clean room
• Put on protective clothing and respiratory
  protection
• Enter decontamination area from the clean room

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Decontamination procedures - Exit

• Remove gross contamination and debris in the
  regulated area
• Remove protective clothing and deposit it in the
  equipment room

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Decontamination procedures Exit

• Do not remove respirators in equipment room
• Shower prior to entering the clean room
• Enter clean room before changing into street
  clothes

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Emergency procedures

• Each facility is different
• Review entry and exit emergency response
  procedures

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Waste disposal

• Collect and dispose of
• Asbestos waste
• Debris
• Bags
• Containers
• Equipment
• Contaminated clothing

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Waste disposal

• Seal in labeled, impermeable bags/containers
• Exception roofing operations

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