Material that contains 0. In addition, material that contains 0. Subsection 4 3 of the Regulation prohibits the application of a liquid sealant to friable ACM under certain conditions. An important part of the Regulation deals with the requirement for asbestos management programs in buildings. These provisions which specify an owner's duties regarding asbestos management are dealt with in detail in Chapter 8. The asbestos management program will include both friable and non-friable ACM.
The requirements of the asbestos management program are set out in section 8 of the Regulation. Before requesting tenders or arranging or contracting for the demolition, alteration or repair work to be carried out on a building, machinery, equipment, aircraft, locomotive, railway car, ship or vehicle, the owner must determine if any friable or non-friable material that is likely to be handled, dealt with, disturbed or removed during the work meets the definition of ACM or else treat it as if it does in accordance with this Regulation.
There are several circumstances which require a constructor or employer to give written and oral notice to a Ministry of Labour inspector at the office nearest the workplace, as well as the owner, contractor and the joint health and safety committee JHSC or health and safety representative.
These include:. The Regulation requires that all work that may expose a worker to asbestos be classified as a Type 1, Type 2, or Type 3 operation. The procedures for carrying out Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 operations are outlined in sections 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 of the Regulation.
All glove bag operations such as the removal of insulation that is ACM from a pipe or duct or similar structure are now defined as Type 2 operations by paragraph 9 of section 12 3. The Ministry of Labour must be notified of glove bag removal operations involving the removal of one square metre or more of insulation.
In the Regulation, section 13 sets out the general requirements for respirators while Table 2 lists the required types of respirators for specific Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 operations. The Regulation sets out the requirements for enclosures where enclosures are used for some Type 2 and Type 3 operations. The Regulation requires that clearance air testing be carried out inside the enclosures used on indoor Type 3 operations described in paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 of subsection 12 4 in buildings that will not be demolished.
Training for all workers who carry out asbestos operations must be delivered by a "competent person", as defined by the Act. These training requirements are set out in section In addition, any worker or supervisor who works in a Type 3 operation must successfully complete the Asbestos Abatement Worker Training Program or the Asbestos Abatement Supervisor Program approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Training is discussed in more detail in Chapter 10 of this Guide. Section 21 sets out the requirement for an asbestos work report which must be completed at least once in each 12 month period for each worker involved in Type 2 or Type 3 operations or upon termination of employment.
The report must be submitted to the Provincial Physician of the Ministry of Labour. The Dangers of Gas in a Confined Space.
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For demolitions that are subject to the asbestos NESHAP, the regulation requires a thorough inspection before demolition or renovation begins. The residential structures, or the portion of the structures that will be demolished or renovated, must be thoroughly inspected for the presence of asbestos , including Category I and Category II non-friable ACM. Information gathered during the thorough inspection allows the owner or operator to determine which requirements of the NESHAP for asbestos will apply to the demolition or renovation project.
The asbestos NESHAP prohibits the reinstallation or installation of any insulating materials that contain commercial asbestos if the materials are either molded and friable or wet-applied and friable after drying.
It is not recommended that other asbestos containing materials be reused.
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