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Asbestos Safety Program Overview at Towson University

Learn about asbestos hazards, health effects, regulations, and safety program at Towson University. Understand medical surveillance, frangibility, asbestos types, current campus uses, health risks, diseases, and medical monitoring.

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Asbestos Safety Program Overview at Towson University

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  1. Introduction • LARRY HOLBROOK • DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY • UNIVERSITY ASBESTOS PROGRAM MANAGER • PURPOSE • INFORM STATE EMPLOYEES ABOUT: • HAZARDS • CAMPUS LOCATIONS • STATE PROGRAM

  2. Topics of Discussion • PROGRAM REVIEW • WHAT ASBESTOS IS/HOW USED • HEALTH EFFECTS • MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE • HAZARD RECOGNIZATION

  3. PROGRAM REVIEW • STATE OF MARYLAND ASBESTOS SAFETY & HEALTH PROGRAM (ASHP) • EXECUTIVE ORDER - 1983 PURPOSE WAS TO EDUCATE ALL STATE EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS AND TO ESTABLISH AN ASBESTOS SAFETY PROGRAM • EXECUTIVE ORDER 1987 ESTABLISHED THE ASBESTOS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH COORDINATES ALL STATE-RELATEDASBESTOS ACTIVITIES. • TRACOR JITCO SURVEY- ID ACM IN STATE FACILITIES(mid 1980s)

  4. PROGRAM REVIEW • ESTABLISHED THREE GROUPS: • LEVEL I (MAINTENANCE) WORKS AROUND IT BUT DOES NOT PHYSICALLY DISTURB. • LEVEL II (MAINTENANCE) AFTER REQUIRED TRAINING, MEDICAL MONITORING, FIT TESTING AND INCIDENTAL TO JOB, PHYSICALLY DISTURBS ACM. • LEVEL II (AUTOMOTIVE) SAME AS ABOVE BUT INVOLVES AUTOMOTIVE PARTS THAT CONTAIN ACM

  5. PROGRAM REVIEW • DEFINITIONS • ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL (ACM): • ANY MATERIAL THAT CONTAINS >1% ASBESTOS • MD has adopted the above effective 2009 • FRIABILITY • ABLE TO BE PULVERIZED, CRUMBLED OR REDUCED TO A POWDER BY HAND PRESSURE WHEN DRY.

  6. PROGRAM REVIEW • ASBESTOS REGULATIONS: • STATE OF MARYLAND • COMAR 26.11.23 • EPA • CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) • NESHAPS • AHERA • OSHA • 29CFR1926.1101 • PEL: .1f/cc • DOT

  7. ASBESTOS • COMMON NAME FOR A GROUP OF NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERALS (MINED) • CHRYSOTILE (WHITE): 85-90% • AMOSITE(BROWN): 7-10% • CROCIDOLITE (BLUE): 1-3% • TREMOLITE • ANTHOPHYLLITE • ACTINOLITE • CHARACTERISTICS: • FIREPROOFING • CHEMICAL RESISTANT • HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH • NON-CONDUCTIVE • DURABILITY • LOW COST • HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE

  8. ASBESTOS • CURRENT USES ON CAMPUS • FIRE DOORS • INSULATION (PIPES) • FIRE PROOFING • ASBESTOS CEMENT PRODUCTS (TRANSITE) • BRAKES/FRICTION PRODUCTS • ROOFING • FLOOR TILE/MASTIC • TROWELED ON PLASTER

  9. HEALTH EFFECTS • RISK FACTORS • FIBER SIZE(.3 MICRONS) • LENGTH OF EXPOSURE • DENSITY OF DUST(CONCENTRATION) • SMOKING • PERSONAL SUSCEPTIBILITY

  10. HEALTH EFFECTS • THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE. • LATENCY PERIOD: 10-40 YEARS • DISEASES • ASBESTOSIS: SCARRING OF THE LUNGS • HIGH LEVELS OF EXPOSURE OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME

  11. HEALTH EFFECTS • DISEASES • MESOTHELIOMA: CANCER OF THE PLEURAL LINING • LOW LEVEL OF EXPOSURE • LIFE EXPANCY AFTER DIAGNOSIS: • 6 MONTHS – TWO YEARS

  12. HEALTH EFFECTS • LUNG CANCER: SMOKING & WORKING W/ ASBESTOS INCREASES RISK: • 5X GREATER PROBABILITY THAN NON-ASBESTOS WORKER • 22X GREATER PROBABILITY THAN NON-SMOKER • 90X GREATER- COMBINATION OF THE TWO(SYNERGISTIC EFFECT).

  13. HEALTH EFFECTS • DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER: INGESTION • ESOPHAGUS • STOMACH • COLON • RECTAL

  14. MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE • FREE TO STATE EMPLOYEES • LEVEL I EMPLOYEES: • EVERY 1-5 YEARS (BASED ON AGE/EXPOSURE) • CONCENTRA MEDICAL CENTER (SCHEDULED BY MDE) IF YOU CANNOT MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT, MUST CONTACT EHS (x4-2949) TO CANCEL

  15. MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE • INCLUDES: • PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST (PFT) • MEDICAL EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE • GENERAL PHYSICAL • X-RAYS (PHYSICIANS DISCRETION) • ANY OTHER TESTS DEEMED NECESSARY

  16. HAZARD RECOGNIZATION • PHYSICAL DAMAGE • GOUGED • BROKE • TORN • WATER DAMAGE • DETERIORATION • DELIMINATION CONTACT EHS (x4-2949)

  17. UPDATE • ASBESTOS LOCATION LIST CHANGES • Richmond/Newell • Ward/West • SCHEDULED PROJECTS • TBD

  18. QUESTIONS ????? • CONTACT EHS AT: • x4-2949/3806OR • EMAIL(safety@towson.edu) • EHS WEB SITE (www.towson.edu/admfinance/facilities/ehs) MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SIGNED IN!!!!!

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