Toolbox talk ASBESTOS

Tool Box Talk

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Type of toolbox talk

• This talk will cover:
  Where you find asbestos and how it can affect you

Where you will find asbestos:

• ​Insulation and sprayed coatings used for:
  • boilers, plant and pipe-work hidden in under floor ducting
  • fire protection to steelwork, hidden behind false ceilings
  • thermal and acoustic insulation of buildings
  • some textured coatings and paints.
  • friction materials as brake linings and clutch plates
  • Gaskets and packing in engines, heating and ventilation systems

• Boiler insulation

  

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• ​Insulating board used in the following places:
  • fire protection to doors, protected exits and steelwork
  • cladding on walls and ceilings
  • internal walls, partitions and suspended ceiling tiles

• Ceiling tile

  

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• Asbestos cement, which is found as:
  • corrugated roofing and cladding sheets of buildings
  • flat sheets for partitions, cladding and door facings
  • rainwater gutters and down pipes

• Asbestos roof

  

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How asbestos can affect you:

• Asbestos breaks into tiny, long, sharp fibres. They can get lodged and scar the lungs, causing asbestosis or fibrosis
  ​Asbestos fibres may also cause lung cancer
  It can also cause mesothelioma, a cancer of the inner lining of the chest wall. This cancer is incurable
  Smokers are at much greater risk to asbestosis diseases

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• Note to trainer: Now inform your audience of Bertram policy regarding working with asbestos. Details in the H&S manual provided to all operatives
  

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• If yes were all questions answered if not please inform operatives that additional training will be provided at a convenient time in the near future

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