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Encompassed Ltd
Adam Burns
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Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
What are the key changes?How do they affect you and your business?
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Background• Amendments to the European Asbestos Workers
Protection Directive (AWPD) & the need to follow the industry drove the changes
• HSC began a consultation process– Took place between industry members until Jan ‘06
• CAR 2006 introduced on 13th November last year– Replace CAWR 2002, ASLIC 1983 and the Prohibitions
Regulations 1992 • Aim: Better protect maintenance workers and
simplify the regulations
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Change 1
Work with Textured Coatings (Artex™)
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Work with Textured Decorative Coatings (Artex™)
– Risks much lower than previously thought– Research & air-monitoring support this– In most cases, work is now non-licensable– Subject to RA concluding STEL won’t be
exceeded– Safe removal techniques still important– Need to use Asbestos trained personnel– Waste needs to be disposed of appropriately
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What does this mean for me?
– It means the work requires less stringent controls
– Therefore the work takes less time to complete– You should be looking for a reduction in costs
associated with removal of Textured Coatings
– Remember: Textured Coatings are NOT safe!
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Textured Coatings & Demolition
• IF it is not reasonably practicable to remove coatings before demolition they can be left in
• If resulting waste contains <1% Asbestos; rubble can be used as in-fill or sent to land-fill
• Could save time and money but………• Moral issue here:– potential for fibres to
be released into environment!
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Change 2Training Requirements
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Asbestos Awareness Training
• Building Workers now have highest incidence of accidental exposure to Asbestos
• Maintenance workers, Electricians, Plumbers, Roofers, Cable Installers etc
• Education was seen as a good way to reduce this inadvertent exposure, so......
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Asbestos Awareness Training
Now a Mandatory Requirement for anyone who may be exposed to Asbestos whilst
working
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Asbestos Awareness Training
• HSE defined a syllabus to be covered• Training must be given by a
competent person• Annual refresher training required• Enforceable requirement• Check sub-contractors have received it
– Duty to ensure anyone conducting work on your behalf is trained
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What are the realities of this?
• Some 1.8m workers need to be trained!
• The CDM regulations also support this requirement– Planning Supervisor & Principal
Contractor
• Increased awareness amongst workers will save lives– HSE target is to save 5,000 lives
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Change 3
Requirement to ‘reduce exposure to as low as is reasonably practicable’
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What does this mean?
• A respirator is required for ALL work with Asbestos
• Previously, only required if action level was exceeded
• A ‘face-fit’ test is required along with a record of it taking place
• Employees entitled to copies of these records
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What type of respirator?
• Must have a P3 particulate filter• Ideally an Approved Protection Factor
(APF) of 20 or more– i.e. APF 20 = airborne fibre levels reduced by
20x’s
• RPE is not as good as it was believed to be
Sundstrom SR100: APF 20, £30
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Change 4
Notification of Work to Local Authority/HSE & Medical Surveillance
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Notification of Work & Medical Surveillance
• Will no longer apply where:– Worker exposure is sporadic and of low
intensity– It is clear from the Risk Assessment that the
STEL won’t be exceeded!
• Where notification is required:– Employees entitled to copies of medical
records
• Confused?!
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Notification of Work & Medical Surveillance
• If exposure likely to exceed 0.6f/ml over 10mins it is not ‘sporadic and of low intensity’
• ACoP (L143) defines licensable work on same basis and gives examples
• Reflected in HSG 210 ‘Asbestos Essentials’
• For most work, status quo maintained
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Change 5
Clearance Certificates
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Clearance Certificates
• Refers to licensed removals• After April 6th 2007, UKAS
accreditation is a necessity for 4-Stage Clearance Certs.
• Clients responsibility to check analytical company is accredited to ISO 17020 and ISO 17025
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Change 6
New Method for Classification of Asbestos
(Insulating) Board
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Asbestos (Insulating) Board
• Previously a density test was used– If density <1000Kg/m3 = AIB
• Now a water absorption method is used– If materials weight increases by >30%
after being submerged in water then it is AIB
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Asbestos (Insulating) Board
• How will this affect me?– This means materials which were
previously non-licensable could in fact now be licensable!
• Pay attention to analytical results– Failure to spot a change could be costly
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Change 7
Control Limits and Short-Term Exposure Limits
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Control Limit and STEL
• Undergone a few changes– Control Limit reduced to 0.1f/ml for all
Asbestos types– Measured as a 4-hour TWA– STEL maintained in ACoP as 0.6f/ml over
10 minutes
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Change 8
World Health Organisation (WHO) Fibre Counting Method to
Replace European Reference Method (ERM)
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WHO method to replace ERM
• Most analytical companies have transferred over
• Check that yours have• What are the effects of the change?
– Fibre counts ~20% greater– More air-testing failures for re-
occupation– Greater emphasis on pre-cleaning
should help
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Change 9
Other changes
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Miscellaneous Changes
• Asbestos is defined• Supervisory & Ancillary work is
defined• As manufacture of Asbestos Products
is banned; exemption for employers now removed
• More emphasis on pre-cleaning and planning to consider the clearance process
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Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
Summary
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Summary
• Textured coatings: Deregulated
• Awareness Training: Made mandatory
• RPE: Must be worn for all work
• Notification/Medical Exams: Licensed work
• Clearance Certificates: April 6th UKAS accreditation for 4-stage clearance certs.
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Summary
• Classification of AIB: New Method
• Control Limits/STEL: Lowered
• Counting Method: WHO replaces ERM
• Miscellaneous changes:– Asbestos Defined– Supervisory/Ancillary work defined– Exemptions removed– Pre-Cleaning emphasised
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