01 October 2015 |
Guide
This guide will help you identify low density asbestos fibre board (LDB) and will provide you with information about managing and handling LDB.
You should use this guide if you think you may have LDB in your workplace, are a worker who handles or is…
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- Asbestos
- Occupational lung disease
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
05 June 2013 |
Fact sheets
This fact sheet will help you understand what is a ‘minor contamination’ of asbestos-containing dust or debris in the workplace.
It should be read together with the relevant model Code of Practices:
model Code of Practice – How to manage and…
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- Asbestos
- Occupational lung disease
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.
This study was…
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- Asbestos
- Hazard surveillance research
- Occupational disease research
- Occupational lung disease
- Research and studies
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
- Workers
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
01 January 2005 |
Resources
Developed to provide laboratories and analysts with a consistent methodology for the sampling and analysis of airborne asbestos fibres in workplaces.
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- Asbestos
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021