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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1975 DOC#: FD166 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Industrial Relations Bulletin 4DUSTRIAL RELATIO N S BULLETIN iulUT' Tint ^7/18/75 In d u s tr ia l Hygiene \r . - ^ Asbestos - OSHA 1910.93(a) X t i M - U l C t si*T. E'iiploye H ealth *uetca(* New " .......... " S e r v ic e s leait | l lULlCJlt. ki. ____ l 1-- ' E ffe c tiv e Ju ly 7 , 1972y-*be O ccupational S a fe ty and H ealth A dm inistration o f the Department o f Labor promulgated regu latio n s addressin g employe exposure to asbestos. "Asbestos" as defined in the standard includes c h r y s a tile , um oslte, cro cid cO ite , tr e n o lite , e n tb o p h y llite , and a c t in o lit e . Ih e standard a p p lie s to operations where asbestos o r asb estos-co n tain in g m aterials such as but not n e ce ssa rily lim ite d to asbestos cement, m ortar, c o a tin g , g ro u t, p la s te r or s im ila r m aterials are handled, m ixed, a p p lie d , removed, c u t, scored or otherw ise worked. Exposure lim its applying to asbestos fib e rs lo n g er th an ,-5 microns are as rolluw a: a . E ffe c tiv e 7/7/72 - An 8-hour tim e-w eighted average (OTA) not to exceed 5 fib e rs per cubic centim eter o f a ir . b . E ffe c tiv e 7/l/76 - An 8-hour OTA not to exceed 2 fib e r s per cubic centim eter o f a i r . ' ' c . A "C e ilin g Concentration" o f 10 fib e r s , above which no employe Kvn be exposed an any tim e. K o n iie riu r requirements are such th u t in areas where asbestos fib e r s are released a deuerainaticr. s h a ll be rads as to whether every employe 's _exposure 'to asbestos fib e r s i s below the lim its eadressed above. Such sam pling be one e t in te r - po greater than c .months r. cases where employe exposure to asb estos "aey reasoasbly be foreseen to exceed tr.fe lim its P rescrib e d . "* Controls and requirements fo r those operations in w hich employes are exposed to concentrations in excess o f the exposure lim its in clu d e : ~ a . personal p ro tectiv e equipment b . lo c a l exhaust v e n tila tio n c . s p e c ific werk pra-ptices d . change rooms . e . la b e ls and placards . ' s p e c ific clean in g and waste d isp o sal techniques e- employe n o tific a tio n h . se d ic e l examinations ' ' ,, Copies o? complete standard are a v a ila b le fron : Superintendent o f Documents U .S . Government P rin tin g O ffic e W ashington, D .'C . fLCS Fu rther in fa ite a tim regaseding th iu standard may be obtained, from Indus t r i a l Hyw iene, J22-CS10. - CRN! 0S63