ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT
Our survey documents contain relevant information and criteria to help you to formulate and put into place your asbestos management plan to enable you to rest safe in the knowledge that you are not only meeting your legal requirements and responsibilities but are ensuring the safest environment for your staff and customers and adopting “Best practice” procedures.
8.0 Management of Asbestos Containing Materials
13.1 Managing asbestos
The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 20021 has established an explicit requirement for the duty holder to assess and manage the risks from asbestos in premises. The risks will vary with circumstances, ranging from normal occupation of a building to the repair, refurbishment and demolition of the premises, and they will each need to be surveyed and assessed. This survey and assessment will be used to produce a management plan which details and records the actions to be undertaken to manage and reduce the risks from exposure to asbestos.
The broad requirements on employers are to:
- Take reasonable steps to determine the location of materials likely
to
contain asbestos. - Presume materials contain asbestos, unless there are good reasons not to do so.
- Make and maintain a written record of the location of the identified
asbestos
and presumed asbestos containing materials. - Monitor the condition of asbestos and presumed asbestos containing materials.
- Assess the risk of exposure from the asbestos and presumed asbestos
containing materials and document the actions necessary to manage the risk. - Take steps to see that the actions above are carried out.
To manage the risk from asbestos containing materials you will need to:
- Keep and maintain an up-to-date record of the location, condition,
maintenance
and removal of all asbestos containing materials on the premises. - Repair, seal or remove, if there is a risk of exposure due to its condition or location.
- Maintain it in good state of repair and regularly monitor the condition
of
asbestos containing materials. - Inform anyone who is likely to disturb it about the location and
condition
of the material. - Have arrangements and procedures in place, so that work which may
disturb
the materials complies with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations. - Review the plan at regular intervals and make changes to the plan
and
arrangements if circumstances or regulations requirements change.
