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FILE NAME: Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (QAMA) DATE: 1974 DOC#: QAMA144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Johns-Manville Brochure - Recommended Safety Practices for Handling Asbestos Fiber ADDITIONAL COPIES For additional copies of this brochure, contact, your local Johns-Manville office, or write to: Johns-Manville Environmental Affairs Department P. 0. Box 5108 Denver, Colorado 80217 U.S.A. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For additional information on the safe handling of asbestos fiber, we suggest you write to: ' U.S.A. Asbestos Information Association/NA 1660 " L" Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 CANADA Quebec Asbestos Mining Association 5 Place Ville Marie Montreal 113, Quebec Canada UNITD KINGDOM The Asbestos Information Committee 10 Wardour Street London, WIV 3HG England IN OTHER COUNTRIES, contact the asbestos industry association or government unit that deals with occupational health. S Johns-Manville Greenwood Plaza Denver, Colorado 80217 \ I > Handling Asbestos i Johns-Manville EA-11P-3711 Litho in USA GENERAL PRECAUTIONS In all stages of handling -- packaging, trans- ` porting, unloading, storing, and in-plant moving -- asbestos fiber bags should be handled care fully and in such a manner as to prevent damage of bags and the generation of dust. Damaged bags should be immediately repaired, resealed or put into closed receptacles. Any spillage of asbestos fiber should be cleaned up immediately -- either by vacuum equip ment or, after thoroughly wetting, by sweeping -- and should be deposited in suitable closed receptacles. Consult and observe OSHA regulations govern ing asbestos in the workplace; EPA rules on dis charge to the ambient air; and other local codes, rules or regulations controlling the handling and use of asbestos fiber. UNLOADING Unitized loads should be lifted intact to and from holds of ships, and off and on land transport by forklift trucks or other suitable handling equipment. Care should be taken to avoid puncturing the asbestos fiber bags during unloading from ships, railroad cars, trucks or other modes of transpor tation. Hooks or other sharp instruments should not be used. Loose fiber accumulated-during transit should be picked up.by vacuum cleaner before unloading. STORAGE For storage, fiber bags should be stacked and moved with care to avoid breakage; protected from puncture by moving vehicles; and, if pos sible, should be isolated from traffic in the ware house and covered to prevent dust generation. To prevent deterioration of stored bags, the prin ciple of first-in, first-out should be followed. HANDLING Maximum possible enclosure and fully effective dust control systems should be provided at all stages of in-plant handling where dust is created, such as in bag opening, fiber dumping and bag disposal operations. Loose fiber should be cleaned from work areas by vacuum cleaner, or after thoroughly wetting, by sweeping, and then deposited in covered receptacles. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Wearing of respiratory equipment approved for protection against asbestos dust should be re quired at all stages of asbestos fiber handling where quantities of dust are generated which cannot be kept within the Threshold Limit Value by dust control equipment or other methods. TRANSPORT Where the use of asbestos requires the transport of loose fiber in open carts or buggies, covers should be used to prevent spilling and dust generation. WASTE MATERIALS Waste materials, such as collected dust and empty fiber bags, should be placed in special closed receptacles and disposed of in such a manner as to prevent the release of dust. Safety practices outlined above in the HANDLING and PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT sections should be followed during these operations. All dust from exhaust systems should be col lected and safely disposed of, being careful not to release dust into the outside air. Particular attention should be paid to the protection of employees whose job it is to dispose of collected dust from fabric filter dust collection and simi larcleaning operations.