Safety in the use of asbestos
- Publisher:
- International Labour Organization, represented by the International Labour Office (ILO)
- Publication date:
- 1990-05-19
- ISBN:
- 92-2-103872-6
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General
- Objects, application and definitions
- General duties
- Exposure limits
- Monitoring in the workplace
- General preventive methods
- Personal protection
- Cleaning of premises and plant
- Packaging, transport and storage
- The disposal of asbestos waste
- Supervision of the health of workers
- Information, labelling, education and training
Control of asbestos exposure in specific activities
Appendices
- Exposure limits in various countries
- Principles of the membrane filter method for the determination of airborne asbestos fibre concentrations by light microscopy
- Principles of gravimetric methods of measuring airborne dust containing asbestos at the workplace
- Recommendations concerning medical examinations
- Glossary
- Index