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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1972 Oct 19 DOC#: ABX116 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Letter RE Signs and Labels ccb MD : ' . * - . October 19, 1972 Mr. C. B. Mallory Works Manager , ' BB-Winchester - . . . - Subjects `Signs and Labels . . . As I mentioned to you while speaking to you on the telephone last week, it is necessary to sign and label as specified in the O.S.B.A. law (Chapter XVII, part 1910, page 11321). "Caution signs shall be provided and displayed at each location where airborne con centrations of asbestos fibers may be in excess of the exposure limits...". . ' ' ._ : . . ' . ./ "Caution labels - {i) Labeling. Caution labels shall be affixed to all raw materials, mixtures, scrap, waste, debris, and other products containing asbestos fibers, or to their containers, except that no label is required where asbestos fibers have been modified by a bonding agent, coating, binder, or other material so that during any reasonably foreseeable use, handling, storage, disposal, processing, or transportation, no airborne concentrations of as bestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section will be released." ' Attached is a reproduction of page 11321 from quoted regulations which specifies precisely what each sign shall say and what type of print shall be specified. This is how the sign shall be made. The labels which are required to be affixed, as noted above, is .. also noted on this same page. The law is .rather explicit in the - case of both the signs and labels. You indicated to me on the telephone that you felt these signs and labels could be reproduced at your plant, and that you could possibly also supply them to the "c* plant. If this is possible, . please let me know as soon as is possible. Mr. C. B. M a llo r y -2- October 19, 1972 As we discussed, I do think the signing, labeling, as well as notification of employees of exposure in excess of prescribed limits should be considered very seriously for immediate compliance. This is the type of thing which will provide'good faith to O.S.H.A. on their future visitations. ' ' . C . H. Borcherding, Jr. . ;\ _ Mgr. Ind. Byg./Loss Prevention CHBsej Att. C C i '/ C . E. . D. . "- ' ' ' ' ` C . Blackwell, J r . , M.D./M. D. H. Feierabend K. Rennie J Gidley ' .. . / I. . . ; RULES AND REGULATIONS 11321 th e requirement's of the American N a tional Standards Practices for Respira to ry Protection, ANSI ZS8.2-1DG9. w hich is Incorporated by reference herein. b. See 5 1310.6 concerning th e avail ability of ANSI Z88.2-1909 a n d the m ain ten a n ce of an historic file in connection therew ith. T he address of the American N ational Standards In stitu te is given in S 1910.100. f,,* tjq em olcvee sh all be assigned to ta s k s requiring the use ol respirators iT, based upon his most recent exam ination, an exam ining physician determines th at tha,cnii!las,j y i ^ ,l U J i s a m e '! h U ^ J ^ t^ *lSr! ' norm ally wearing a respirator, or th a t tHc safety or health ot the employee or U. iUt i.L__'i______ i ,-11 K<% i i t t i v h r i ltv -H--is-- use of a respirator. Such employee shall, be rotated to another j ob or given the . opportunity to transfer to a different po sitio n 'whose d u t ies he is able to p erfo r m . watTTthe sam e em ployer. m the sam e goographirai area and with tire same senior-. H-.v sta tu s, and ra te of pay lie had lu st prior to such transfer, if such a diiiercnt position is available. (3) Special clothing: T he employer sh a ll provide, and require the u se ol, s~peclal clothing, such as coveralls or sim ilar whole body clothing, head coverings, gloves, a n d foot coverings fo r any ..em ployee exposed to airborne concentra t ions of asbestos fibers, which exceed the ceiling level prescribed in paragrapn lb) of this section. (4) C hange room s: (1> A t a n y fixed place of em ploym ent exposed to airborne concentrations of a sbestos noers in ex cess nf t he exposure limits, prescribed in paragraph (b) ol this section, the emnlover shall provide change rooms for 'employees working regularly a t the place. Ui) Clothes lockers: T he employer . shall provide two separate lockers or con tain ers for each employee, so separated o r isolated as to prevent contam ination of th e em ployee's s tre e t clothes fro m his work clothes. tilil Laundering: (a) Laundering of asbestos contam inated clothing shall be done so as to prevent the release of a ir borne asbestos fibers in excess of the ex posure lim its prescribed in p a ragraph tb? of this section. <b> Any e m ployer who gives asbestos- contam inated cloth ing to anoiherp erso n fo r lau n d erin g shall in fo rm su c h person of the rcqulremlfht in df this subdi vision to effectively prevent th e release of airborne asbestos fibers in excess of th e exposure lim its prescribed in p ara graph (b) of this section. (c) Contam inated clothing shall be transported in sealed impermeaoie bags, o r o th er ciosea. impefffiCiVdRrcontainers, and labeled In accordance w ith p ara g ra p h Cg) of th is section. (e) M etticd o/ m easurevtent. All de term inations of airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers shall be m ade by the m em b ran e filte r m ethod a t 400--450 X (m agnification) (4 m illim eter objective) with phase c o n tra st illum ination. (f) M onitoring-- (1) In itia l dcterrr.i- nations. Within 6 m onths of the publi cation of this section, every employer shall cause every place of employment w here asbestos fibers ore released to be m onitored in such a way as to determine whether every employee's exposure to asbestos fibers is below the lim its pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion. If the lim its are exceeded, the em ployer shall immediately undertake a compliance program in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section. (2) Personal monitoring-- (i) Sam ples shall be collected lrom w ithin the breathing* zone of the employees, on m em brane filters of 0.8 m icrom eter rn Tossity m ounted in an open-face filter holripr. Sam ples shnll be taken for the determ ination of the o-neur limeweighted average airborne concentra tions and of the ceiling concentrations of asbestos libers. (ii) Sam pling frequency and patterns. A fter the initial determ inations required by subp arag rap h (1) of this paragraph, samples shall be of such frequency and pattern as to represent with reasonable" aU ck Uc uU ri aMcWyV th `eX l e* v' e--l--s' o----f ex p -o su re of em ployccs. In no case shall the sam pling be done at, in terv als g re a te r th a n 6 m onths for employees whose exposure to asbestos m ay reasonably be foreseen to exceed the lim its prescribed by paragraph (bi of this section. <3) E nvironm ental m onitoring -- (i) sam ples sh a h do collected lro m a rea s of a work environm ent which are represent ative of tile airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers which m ay reach the breathing zone of employees. Samples shall be collected on a m em brane filter of 0.8 m icrom eter porosity m ounted in an open-face filter holder. Samples shall be taken for th e determ ination of the 8hour tim e-weighted average airborne concentrations and of the ceiling con centrations of asbestos fibers. (ii) Sam pling frequency and /patterns. A fter the initial determ inations required by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, samples shall be of such frequency and pattern as to represent w ith reasonable accuracy th e levels of exposure of the employees. In no case shall sam pling be a t intervals greater th an 6 m onths for employees whose exposures to asbestos m ay reasonably be foreseen to exceed the exposure lim its prescribed in para graph (b) of this section. (4) Employee observation ol m onitor- resentatives. shall be given a reasonable opportunity to .observe any m onitoring required by this paragraph and shall have access to tlif records thereof. <g) C aution signs and labels. (1) Cau tion signs, (i) Posting. Caution signs shall be.provided and displayed a t each location where airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers m ay be in excess of tuo exposure lim its prescribed in paragraph (b) of th is section. Signs shall be posted a t such a distance from such a location so th a t an employee may read th e signs a n d tak e necessary p ro tc c t've steps be fore entering the area m arked by the signs. Signs shall be posted a t all ap proaches to areas containing excessive concentrations of airborne asbestos fibers. (ii) Sign specifications. Tho w arning signs required by subdivision (1) of th is subparagraph shall conform to the re quirem ents of 20" x 14" vertical form at signs specified in S 1910.145(d)(4), and to tlds subdivision. The signs shall dis play the following legend in the lower panel, w ith letter sizes and styles of a v--i-s-i-b--i-l-i-t.y -a--t--l-e--a--s-t--e- qual to th a t specified Iqjhia-ettbthvision. LcyenSfTM" Notation Asbestos , '* S a n s S e rif, G o th ic or B lock. D ust H azard. i" Sans Serif, O othio or B lock. Avwid Pre>fihlnff D u i t . . . W ear A ssigned P rotecti? O othio, >4" O othio. E quipm ent. Do N ot R em ain In A rea Gothic. U nless Y our W ork R e quires It. B reathing A sbestos D ust 4 p o in t O otblc. May Be H azardous To Y...o..u..r...H...e..a.l.t..h........................ g paCing'"between lines shall be a t least equai to the height of the upper of any two lines. (2) Caution labels-- (i) Labeling. Cau tion labels shall be affixed to all raw m aterials, m ixtures, scrap, waste, debris, and other products containing asbestos fibers, or to th eir containers, except th at n o label Is required w here asbestos fibers have been modified by a bonding agent, coating, binder, or other m aterial so th at during any reasonably foreseeable use, handling, storage, disposal, processing, or transportation, no airborne concentra tions of asbestos fibers In excess of the exposure lim its prescribed in paragraph (bl of this section will be released. (ii) Label specifications. T h e caution labels required by subdivision (i) of this subparagraph shall be printed in letters of sufficient size and co n trast as to be readily visible and legible. T he label shall state: C A U TIO N C o n tain s A sbestos lib e rs A void C reatin g D u st B rea th in g A sbestos D u st M ay C ause S erio u s Bodily H arm (h) H ousekeeping-- (1) Cleaning. All external surfaces in any place of employ m ent shall be m aintained free of accu m ulations of asbestos fibers if, with their dispersion, there would be an excessive concentration. (2) .W a tte disposal. Asbestos waste, scrap. deDns. bags, containers, equip ment, and asbestos-contam inated cloth ing, consigned lor disposal, which m ay produce in any reasonably foreseeable use, handling, storage, processing, dis posal. or transportation airborne concen trations of asbestos fibers in excess ot the exposure lim its prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section shall be collected and disposed of in scaled imperm eable bags, o r other closed, imperm eable containers. (i) Recordkeeping-- (1) Exposure rec ords. Every employer shall m aintain rec ords of any personal or environm ental m onitoring required by this section. Rec ords shall be m aintained for a period of a t least 3 years and shall be made avail able upon request to the A ssistant Secre tary of Labor for Occupational Safety and H ealth, the Director of the N ational FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL 37, NO. 110-- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. W 1