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Safety Engineering Protec0ve Rules For Asbestos
1. Design the Hazard Out (Eliminate the Asbestos) 2. Guard or Block Access to the Asbestos 3. Provide Fully Adequate Warnings About Asbestos Hazards
Asbestos Gaskets Were Known to Cause Disease in the 1930s 1932 – “Industries and processes in which
asbestosis occurs—Processes involving exposure to asbestos dust which are known to give rise to asbestosis or in which the condi0ons are such as to be liable to produce the disease, are …the sawing, grinding and turning in the dry state of ar0cles composed wholly or partly of asbestos such as…packings and join0ngs.
Memorandum on the Industrial Disease of Silicosis and Asbestosis, Printed and Published by His Majesty’s Sta=onary Office, p. 12 (1932) (Med-‐5)
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or whether it would be cesirable to have Dr. Selikot~ &3 the Guest Spe~er at an A.T.I. meetins. ~1r. aainey felt that we should defer it as tL~~G was no~ risht. It was the ~oncens~ or the Boar~ that any invitation to Dr. Selikof£ should be deterred. ll.so that 1.r, and when, invited to :spealt that ~. Selikorr agree there would be no publicity release in co~~ection with his talk at the Institute meetin8 1 AL&O
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CERTAIN FACILITY AND STRUCTURAL BUILDING COMPONENTS IN THIS AREA, SUCH AS PIPE INSULATION, FLOOR TILES, TRANSITE WALLS, GASKETS, STRUCTURAL FIREPROOFING SHOULD BE ASSUMED TO CONTAIN ASBESTOS. THESE ARE NOT AHEALTH HAZARD UNLESS DISTURBED AND FIBER RELEASED. AVOID DISTURBING MATERIALS AND CREATING DUST. , CANCER AND LUNG DISEASE HAZARD. )
OSHA What Is shtpllrealdng7 Shipln.iling is the proress ci ciliiiDIIUing an obsdck n:sscl"s st.ndurc klf sm~ppillg !I' disposal Condoctcd at a~ dr)docfl or clsm:Jnlfng sip, it indlldcs a \\ide~ ci actil'ilies, from I'ODCI\ing angar liJ1d cquipltiCN to Clllling down and fl'C)OIIg tbc slrip's iaf1'11S111Kturc.
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TAIU U. Worltars' Sht:tt·Te<m Asbestos ExpOSures Dumg Repla1:2ment ol Service Sllett GasktiS
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Exposure to Asbestos from Asbestos Gaskets Robert T. Cheng and Henry J. McDermott CheYron Corporation, P.O. Box 7924, San Francisco, California 94120
for more- thHl SO year~, asbesms guken have befll uu-d in piping, nlves. pumps, and uthtr cquipmt'nt to prtvem 1~ o( Auids berw~n solid surfaces. AlthotJgh nposurt data are a\·:ailablr for workrn in the iukec manuf:acNtiog industry, then: :ue no publishtd n:pons on asbestos uposurcs for pskcr uten. ThiJ article presents data oo asbe~ms e~:posuru during uu and handlinJ of ubcste» i"ukett in the oil UJd chemiol indumie1. Uurs' time-..,.eight«i avcragco uposuns tu ubcscot during nplacemcnl of after-service gukeu., on~site fabri indicate thai, when the wet method Is empio)-ed, workers' short-u:rm asbestos ezposures were all below detection (detealon limit = 0.06 fiberlcc). BeotJSe very llnle time and labor are Involved, and a spray can of ..·etting agent is all the material that is required, the wet-work method for gasket replacement is well received by worke~ and by plant manage men!.
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• Metal-jacketed gaskets, which consist asbestoo filler material held within jacketing. MetaHacketed gaskets large heat exchangers or vessel Because the asbestos filler gasktt is Virtually enclosed by the aposure L! n01 a problem for users kets. Therefore, me emphasis of this wound g;ukeu and sheet gaskecJe and IM>nfnable known or as.sumed ACBM." AMOfli tbe mat1°/o asbestos.
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Standard Interpretations - Table of Contents
• Standard Number:
1910.1001; 1926.1101(k)(8)(vi)(A);
Frederick W. Boelter, CIH, PE Boelter & Yates, Inc. Environmental Engineers & Scientists 1300 Higgins Road Suite 301 Park Ridge, IL 60068-5772 Dear Mr. Boelter: Thank you for your March 14 letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Directorate of Enforcement Programs. You have a question regarding the labeling of gaskets and packings containing >1% asbesiDs. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpremtion only of the requirements discussed and may not be applicable to any question not delineated within your original correspondence. Your paraphrased scenario and question and our reply are below.
Scenario: You have conducted a study of asbesiDs exposures
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resulting from the removal and replacemen of asbestos-containing gaskets and packings.
Question: Given your findings, are gaskets and packings containing > 1% asbestos exempt from labeling on the basis of 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(vi)(A) or 29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(6)(i)? Reply: N..£, your findings cannot be used to exempt the mentioned gaskets and packings from labeling because these provisions are directed toward the manufacturers of the gaskets and packings. Please note that labels do not have to be affixed to the gaskets and packings or their containers if "[a]sbestos fibers have been modified by a bonding agent, coating, binder, or other material provided that the manufacturer can demonstrate that, during any reasonably foreseeable use, handling, storage, disposal, processing, or transportation, no airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and/or excursion limit will be released . .. . "(emphasis added) . Moreover, the manufacturer must provide the demonstration for each specific model, type, or make of gasket or packing that the manufacturer ·
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