Royal Order of 15 December 1978 to amend Parts II and III of the General Labour Protection Regulations Jurisdiction Belgium Year 1979 Published in Dutch, French Original/other title [French] Arręté royal du 15 décembre 1978 modifiant les titres II et III du Rčglement général pour la protection du travail. Serial title Moniteur belge - Belgisch Staatsblad Source 2 Feb. 1979, Vol.149, No.23, p.1435-1440. Descriptors [Primary] Belgium, asbestos, limitation of exposure, respirable dust, silica [Secondary] abrasive blasting, dust control, housekeeping, insulating work, law, occupational hygiene, prohibition of use, threshold limit values Subject category Chemical safety Abstract The amendments to the Regulations introduced by this Order affect the provisions concerning particles or fibres of the following substances which may cause physical or physico-chemical damage on inhalation: free silica (prohibition of use of sand or other particulate matter containing more than 1% free silica for abrasive blasting or descaling, unless the operation is hermetically enclosed); asbestos (prohibition of manual handling or touching free asbestos in bulk, and of using asbestos in spraying or painting, thermal insulation, sound isolation, wall coating, manufacture of tubing, gaskets, etc.); mandatory industrial hygiene facilities for worker protection; cleanliness and housekeeping; enclosure of operations; maximum allowable concentration of airborne asbestos: 2 fibres/mL as average time-weighted TLV for a 4-h period (0.2 fibres in the case of crocidolite); measurement of concentrations; record-keeping; worker information; precautions to be observed in vehicle maintenance and repair, and in demolition work. CIS No. 79-979 Database ID 31641