| Document ID (ISN) | 110364 |
| CIS number |
09-1333 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-9952 - Cahiers de notes documentaires - Hygiène et sécurité du travail |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
ND 2311-216-09
|
| Author(s) |
Gaul M. |
| Title |
Asbestos in rehabilitation and demolition operations - Identifying asbestos: The weak link |
| Original title |
L'amiante dans les opérations de réhabilitation et de démolition. Repérage amiante: le maillon faible [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
3rd Quarter 2009, No.216, p.3-10. Illus. 12 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hst.fr/inrs-pub/inrs01.nsf/IntranetObject-accesParReference/ND%202311/$File/ND2311.pdf [in French]
|
| Abstract |
Rehabilitation and demolition are very high risk operations given the potential presence of asbestos in numerous materials and products, and thus require a comprehensive search for any asbestos-containing products and materials concerned by the work prior to its being undertaken. In the Manche Department in northwest France, the labour inspectorate has been carrying out a targeted campaign since 2005 to check the reliability of asbestos identification reports. The results are particularly worrying in that an absence, unsuitability or poor quality of identification was highlighted in 70 to 80 % of the cases. They confirm that asbestos identification currently constitutes the weakest link of on-site asbestos treatment. The article presents the various types of asbestos identification and how they are adapted to rehabilitation and demolition operations. It then goes on to examine the statistical study undertaken in 2005 and 2006 in the Manche Department, and includes practical examples. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; construction industry; demolition |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety consciousness; France; labour inspection; hazard identification; safe working methods; survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos
Construction industry and civil engineering
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