Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 008 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area, consisting of an impermeable drop cloth on the floor or horizontal working surface, for employees engaged in Class I work involving less than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing asbestos containing material and for Class II and Class III asbestos work operations where exposures exceed a permissible exposure limit or where there was not negative exposure assessment produced before the operation: a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down, and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos and continued to work in the contaminated area. The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees who performed this Class II activity for which a negative exposure assessment had not been conducted. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED