Published among health and safety guidance (HSG) publications, the HSG 248 standard is designed to provide advice and guidance for analysts involved in licensed asbestos removal and sampling of asbestos-containing materials.
The updated asbestos guide publication HSG 248 is primarily for analysts involved in asbestos study and the source of authoritative asbestos analytical procedures. This guide has been updated to take into account findings from health and safety interventions and developments in analytical procedures and methodology. It clarifies technical and personal safety issues, particularly regarding sampling and 4-stage permits. In the last update, new information about soils sampled for asbestos has been included in the guide. The updates are highly technical and cover a wide range of asbestos analysts.
The four-stage permit procedure includes the following stages:
This guide is designed to help analysts comply with their legal obligations. It is also useful for asbestos consultants, occupational hygienists, safety professionals, asbestos removal contractors, building owners and facility managers.
Asbestos can be found in any building (residences, factories, offices, schools, hospitals, etc.) built before 2000 and causes approximately 5000 deaths each year. When asbestos-containing materials deteriorate or become damaged, the fibers are released into the air. These fibers can cause serious illness when inhaled. However, these diseases take a long time to develop. Once the diagnosis is made, it is too late to do anything.
The only way to definitively confirm whether a suspected material contains asbestos fibers is to analyze it. Analyzing asbestos samples is a skilled and specialized task and should be carried out in analytical laboratories by trained and competent analysts.
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