Topic
Asbestos
Exposure and controls relating to asbestos-containing materials.
Documents
- 2024Jun
Asbestos Management
Inspection guidance for assessing offshore dutyholders’ asbestos management arrangements. It addresses legal duties, management plans, licensed and non-licensed work, training, exposure controls and medical surveillance. Checklists and enforcement benchmarks support compliance assessment and performance scoring, while distinguishing administrative shortcomings from evidence of health risk.
- 2021
Asbestos - The Analysts' Guide
Guidance for asbestos analysts covering representative bulk and airborne sampling, microscopy, analytical quality assurance and independent four-stage clearance certification. It distinguishes fibre counting from asbestos identification and personal exposure from clearance results. Additional procedures address contaminated soils and made ground, respiratory protection, protective clothing, decontamination and analyst competence.
- 201725 Oct
Safety alert regarding the product ‘Eurogrit’: Asbestos contamination
This safety flash reproduces a manufacturer’s recall statement concerning chrysotile contamination in Eurogrit coal-slag blasting abrasive. The statement describes small quantities of asbestos fibres, notes that increased risks from prolonged unprotected exposure cannot be ruled out, and requests non-use, with packaging precautions and arrangements for disposal information.
- 2013Dec
Managing and working with asbestos
Approved Code of Practice and guidance accompanying the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. It addresses management in non-domestic premises and licensed and non-licensed asbestos work, covering assessment, planning, training, controlled wet stripping, respiratory protection, decontamination, clearance, exposure monitoring, medical surveillance and waste handling.
- 2012Apr
Asbestos - The survey guide
Guidance for dutyholders and surveyors on planning and conducting asbestos surveys, distinguishing management surveys from intrusive refurbishment and demolition surveys. Covers competence, representative bulk sampling, protective measures, material assessment and reporting. Explains how findings support current asbestos registers, risk assessments and management plans, with practical recognition guidance and survey quality assurance.
- 2006
Asbestos - The licensed contractors' guide
Guidance for licensed asbestos contractors on licensing, exposure assessment, plans of work, training and protective equipment. It explains controlled wet stripping, negative-pressure enclosures, waste handling, four-stage clearance and worker decontamination. Respiratory protection supplements engineering controls. The guide was first published in 2006 and reprinted in 2012.
- 2002
A comprehensive guide to managing asbestos in premises
Guidance for premises dutyholders on identifying, assessing and managing asbestos-containing materials. It explains survey approaches, combined material and priority scoring, management plans and controls for maintenance and contractors. Organisational case studies and worked assessments illustrate prioritisation, while appendices discuss repair, enclosure, encapsulation, removal and checking completed work.