Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 029F 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) The employer did not provide records of an ambient air negative exposure assessment before performing Class II asbestos tile removal work in Bldg. 85. Absent sampling that showed no excessive ambient air levels of asbestos, the employer did not: provide training for subcontractor employees; establish a regulated area; have the work supervised by a competent person; have employees use respirators; provide and require use of protective clothing; provide decontamination facilities for employees and their equipment; or require that HEPA vacuums be used to clean work clothing.