Cedar County: OSHA inspections and violations

29 CFR 1926.1101 · Asbestos in construction

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1)

(1) Insert any available graticule into the focusing eyepiece and focus so that the graticule lines are sharp and clear.

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i)

(f) Exposure assessments and monitoring—(1) General monitoring criteria. (i) Each employer who has a workplace or work operation where exposure monitoring is required under this section shall perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees may be exposed.

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i)

(2) Initial Exposure Assessment. (i) Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall ensure that a “competent person” conducts an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace. The assessment must be completed in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by exposure data or the lack of a “negative exposure assessment,” and to provide information necessary to assure that all control systems planned are appropriate for that operation and will work properly.