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FactSheet What is the hazard? Asbestos fibers are released into the air during activities that disturb asbestos-containing materials. The asbestos fibers can then be inhaled without knowing and trapped in the lungs. If swallowed, they can become embedded into the digestive tract as well. Asbestos is a known human carcinogen and can
Asbestos also causes cancer of the lung and other diseases such as mesothelioma of the pleura which is a fatal malignant tumor of the membrane lining the cavity of the lung or stomach. Epidemiologic evidence has increasingly shown that all asbestos fiber types, including the most commonly used form of asbestos, chrysotile, causes mesothelioma ...
Asbestos Fact Sheet (OSHA FS 3507 - 2014) (English: PDF) (OSHA FS 3737 - 2014 ... Asbestos: Protecting ...
Asbestos. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Asbestos. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet, (January 2001, Revised December 2009). Provides a summary source of information of all potential and most severe health hazards that may result from asbestos exposure. Asbestosis. American Lung ...
Asbestos Fact Sheet (OSHA FS 3507 - 2014) (English: PDF) ... OSHA/NIOSH/EPA Fact Sheet - Safe Handling ...
asbestos by transmission electron microscopy and found to contain a concentration of less than 1.0%. What should be done to protect workers? Workers caring for asbestos-containing flooring material (general industry) are protected by OSHA’s Asbestos standard, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.1001. OSHA has separate asbestos
Asbestos: Protecting Workers from the Hazards of Asbestos-Containing Flooring Material Maintenance Fact Sheet (OSHA FS-3693 - 2013) ( English: PDF ) (OSHA FS-4394 - 2024) ( Español: PDF )
Asbestos, Hoja de Datos (Asbestos Fact Sheet) (OSHA FS 3737 - 2014) ( Español: PDF ) Protegiendo a los Trabajadores de los Peligros del Mantenimiento de Suelos con Asbesto (Asbestos: Protecting Workers from the Hazards of Asbestos-Containing Flooring Material Maintenance Fact Sheet)
• Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (90 days) • Clean Air Act (30 days) • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (30 days) • Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (180 days) • Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (180 days) • Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (180 days)
Where the employer has monitored prior asbestos jobs for the PEL and the excursion limit within 12 months of the current or projected job, the monitoring and analysis were performed in compliance with the asbestos standard in effect; and the data were obtained during work operations conducted under workplace conditions "closely resembling" the ...