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Comprehensive Asbestos Abatement Training: Understanding, Protecting, and Disposing Safely

This comprehensive training program covers recognizing asbestos, health effects, worker protection, and proper waste disposal. Learn about the dangers of asbestos exposure, the importance of protective controls, respiratory protection, decontamination procedures, and emergency response protocols. Gain insights into the relationship between smoking and asbestos in lung cancer development.

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Comprehensive Asbestos Abatement Training: Understanding, Protecting, and Disposing Safely

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  1. Asbestos Abatement ProjectsWorker Protection - EPA

  2. Training requirements • Recognize asbestos • Health effects of asbestos • Relationship between smoking and asbestos in producing lung cancer 1a

  3. 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 1b

  4. Training requirements • Respirators • Purpose • Proper use • Fitting instructions • Limitations 1c

  5. Training requirements • Appropriate work practices • Medical surveillance • Content of the regulation 1d

  6. 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 2a

  7. Health effects • Asbestosis • Mesothelioma 3a

  8. Health effects • Cancers • Lung • Esophagus • Stomach • Colon • Other organs 3b

  9. 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 4a

  10. Operations that can result in asbestos exposure • Each facility is different • Custodial • Maintenance 5a

  11. Protective controls • Minimize exposure • Engineering controls • Work practices • Respirators 6a

  12. Hygiene facilities • Showers • Lockers • Must be used when exposed to asbestos 7a

  13. Protective clothing • Coveralls • Full-body clothing • Gloves • Head coverings 8a

  14. Protective clothing • Foot coverings • Face shields • Vented goggles • Other appropriate equipment 8b

  15. 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 9a

  16. Decontamination procedures - Exit • Remove gross contamination and debris in the regulated area • Remove protective clothing and deposit it in the equipment room 9b

  17. 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 9c

  18. Emergency procedures • Each facility is different • Review entry and exit emergency response procedures 10a

  19. Waste disposal • Collect and dispose of: • Asbestos waste • Debris • Bags • Containers • Equipment • Contaminated clothing 11a

  20. Waste disposal • Seal in labeled, impermeable bags/containers • Exception: roofing operations 11b

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