Asbestos Awareness
November is an important time to raise awareness of how to work safely with asbestos and know your responsibilities under the law.
Queensland laws prohibit the use of certain tools and work methods when working with asbestos-containing materials as they can generate dangerous airborne asbestos fibres. There are activities you must never do when working with or removing asbestos-containing materials:
- Never use power tools, such as angle grinders, circular saws and electric sanders drills (unless enclosed or used with a device or process that prevents dust)
- Never use high pressure water cleaners
- Never use compressed air or abrasive blasting
- Never use household vacuum cleaners even if they have a HEPA filter. (Only specially designed cleaners for work with asbestos can be used)
All of these activities are very dangerous because they can release large numbers of asbestos fibres in to the air.
If you manage, or are in control of, a workplace, you have a responsibility to protect anyone that works with asbestos.
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