Asbestos Awareness Training Requirements

Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center
For decades, workers toiled - virtually unprotected from danger - amidst the airborne fibers of a product that might possibly sicken and eventually kill them. In all, the problems with asbestos and asbestos exposure were virtually ignored until the 1970s, when the Environmental Protection Agency issued warnings and, subsequently, some bans on the use of asbestos. No degree of exposure to asbestos is safe and, unfortunately, throughout the years since asbestos was first introduced in the workplace, employers took little or no precautions to protect employees from inhaling dangerous fibers.

OSHA Fact Sheet: Asbestos Awareness
The inhalation of asbestos fibers by workers can cause serious diseases of the lungs and other organs that may not appear until years after the exposure has
occurred. OSHA fact sheet to help explain dangers of asbestos exposure in the workplace. You must create controlled zones known as regulated areas that are designed to protect employees where certain work with asbestos is performed.

OSU EHS's Online Asbestos Library
Asbestos is removed only when required for renovation, remodeling or maintenance. Asbestos is a serious health hazard commonly found in our environment today.  This module is designed to provide an overview of asbestos and its associated hazards. It is important for employees who may work in buildings that contain asbestos to know where it is likely to be found and how to avoid exposure. Asbestos is a generic term for a group of minerals known for their strength, flame and heat resistance, and seemingly indestructible qualities.

Safety Tools:
Asbestos Awareness Training Helpful Catalog
OSHA is convinced that many of the problems associated with Asbestos exposure in the past have been due to a lack of knowledge about the proper methods needed to handle Asbestos and ACMs. Breathing Asbestos is by far the most common way to be exposed. Tiny Asbestos fibers can go deep into our lungs, where they become embedded and may eventually cause tumors to develop.

Working Safely With Asbestos Kit
Kit Course that provides a lot of good information about how to work safely in situations where you may be exposed to Asbestos or Asbestos-Containing Materials. Materials in the Kit include a Video (DVD/VHS) Program, five motivational Posters, and 30 Employee Booklets. The Video (DVD/VHS) and Employee Booklets in the Kit provide the majority of the information needed to satisfy the training requirements for Class IV employees under the OSHA regulation.

Asbestos Awareness Video Safety DVD or VHS
Taking the correct precautions can help protect everyone in your facility from Asbestos exposure. Since environments where Asbestos is present can be so dangerous, we need to learn as much as we can about working with this once commonly used mineral. Also, we need to be familiar with certain requirements in the OSHA Asbestos Standard, especially those concerning workplace controls and personal protective equipment, so we can protect ourselves from Asbestos exposure.