OSHA Regulates Areas to be Established and Marked for Asbestos Removal

According to OSHA requirements, your facility must establish a regulated area where asbestos removal work occurs. The regulated area can include the area where asbestos work is conducted; any adjoining area where debris and waste from the asbestos work accumulates; and the work area within which airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed or can reasonably be expected to exceed the permissible exposure limits.

Each regulated area must meet the following requirements:

Be clearly marked. Regulated areas must be marked in any manner that limits the number of workers in the area, and protects workers outside the area from exposure to airborne asbestos. Signs must be clearly displayed at all approaches to regulated areas and have the following OSHA-approved wording.

DANGER ASBESTOS CANCER AND LUNG DISEASE HAZARD AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

Limit access. Only authorized workers should have access to regulated areas.

Use respirators. All workers entering and working in these areas must wear approved respirators. NOTE: All workers must be medically approved to wear respirators and be part of a respirator protection program.

Prohibit certain activities. Workers are not allowed to eat, smoke, drink, or chew tobacco or gum in regulated areas.

Qualified Person. Under the asbestos abatement requirements, your facility must have a qualified person supervise the work conducted in a regulated area. Note: The asbestos NESHAP regulation also requires your facility to have a person present during RACM removal activities that is trained in the asbestos NESHAP requirements.

Use decontamination area. Workers performing asbestos removal must enter and exit the regulated area through a three-stage decontamination area.

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