Name four characteristics of asbestos - Answer -Naturally occurring, fibrous, hydrated,
mineral and silicates
What type of asbestos is the fibrous serpentine - Answer -chrysotile (white asbestos)
What were some of the uses of asbestos - Answer -brake lining in cars and air craft
pipes for water and sewer systems
What is the second most common asbestos - Answer -Amosite (brown asbestos)
What is the third most common asbestos but rare - Answer -Crocidolite (blue asbestos)
What is asbestosis - Answer -A pneumoconiosis a diffuse, interstitial, non-malignant
scarring of the lungs often goes un-noticed occurs from high exposures
What is finger clubbing related to? - Answer -Asbestos
What to do with asbestos - Answer -Leave it alone. repair, encapsulate, enclose and
remove
When is asbestos a hazard - Answer -When it is "friable"
When it will be disturbed
When it is located in areas that may be disturbed by children
Prior to demolition/renovation projects
Two types of asbestos containing materials - Answer -Friable
Non-Friable
Friable - Answer -Can be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
Non-friable - Answer -Cannot be crumbled, pulverized or reduce to powder by hand
pressure.
Asbestos Exposure Limits - Answer -(1) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).
(a) 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) of air, calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted
average (TWA) exposure
, What specific properties make asbestos so useful? - Answer -they resist:
burning even at high temps.
breaking
corrosion
biological
and are very flexible
What are some early and advanced symptoms of asbestosis? - Answer -Early
sypmtoms include:
shortness of breathe after excerise
dry cough
generalized feeling of illness
Advanced symptoms include
more sever shortness of breathe
coughing blood
recurrent respiratory infections
How many air samples are required in a site that has asbestos? - Answer -Air sampling
must be done daily to determine effectiveness of controls.
Change order - Answer -A change to construction documents after a contract for
construction has been signed
Claims made insurance - Answer -A form of insurance in which a claim is allowed only if
the insurance is in effect when the claim is made,that is, when the injury or effect if
observed
As built drawings - Answer -Drawings and specifications that reflect the way a building
was actually constructed
The three main federal government agencies that regulate asbestos are: - Answer -
Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
Asbestos-related diseases are ___________________ and have a latency period of
_____. - Answer -dosed related, 15 to 30 years
EPA identifies three categories of ACBM - Answer -Surfacing Materials
Thermal System Insulation
Miscellaneous Materials
Surfacing Materials - Answer -Interior ACBM that has been sprayed on, troweled on, or
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