History, Uses and Characteristics
PPE and Safety
Health Effects
Work Practices
Regulations
100
An asbestos containing material that can be crumble or reduced to a poweder with hand pressure when dry.
What is friable.
100
Type of respirator filter that must be used for asbestos related work.
What is a P-100 HEPA Filter
100
Three diseases caused by asbestos.
What are : Asbestosis Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Plural Plaques Digestive System Cancers
100
The type of vacuum used in cleaning asbestos dust.
What is HEPA(High Efficiency ?Particulate Air)
100
The period employers must retain worker medical records.
What is 30 years after the last day of employment
200
Smooth, silky fibers, abstorbs water easily and is the most common.
What is Chrysotile asbestos.
200
The hazards most workers should be concerned about when wearing personal protective equipment (clothing).
What are: heat related illnesses slips, trips and falls
200
Thais type of asbestos related cancer attacks the lining material of the lung and chest cavity. There is no cure and its is always fatal.
What is mesothelioma.
200
Wet methods Isolation/Containment Local Exhaust Ventilation Prompt cleanup HEPA Vacs PPE
What are asbestos work practices and/or engineering controls.
200

Selection and use of a respirator. 

Employee training. 

Care and maintenance of a respirator. 

Medical and fit testing requirements. 

Record keeping.

What are parts of a written respiratory protection program.

300
A group of six types of naturally occurring minerals that are mined from the earth.
What is asbestos.
300
Three activities that are prohibited while wearing PPE and being in the regulated area.
What is Eating Drinking Chewing Gum or Tobacco Smoking Applying Cosmetics
300
The two primary routes of entry that asbestos fibers take into the body.
What is Inhalation Ingestion
300
Dry removal Dry sweeping/sanding/grading Employee rotation
What are prohibited work practices.
300

Greater than 1% asbestos

What is an ACM?

400
Its tensile strength surpasses that of steel. It has tremendous thermal stability, thermal and electrical resistance and is non-flammable.
What is the physical characteristics of Asbestos.
400
Air-purifying respirators – filters air through cartridges or filtering facepieces (dust masks) Powered air-purifying respirators – filters air through cartridges with assistance of a blower.
What are types of respirators.
400
The effect of cigarette smoking combined with asbestos exposure.
What is the "synergistic effect".
400
1. Encapsulation 2. Enclosure 3. Repair 4. Removal
What are asbestos abatement control methods.
400

Repair or maintenance of asbestos containing materials that do not exceed one waste bag.

What is OSHA Class III or 16 Hour O&M

500

4000 BC, asbestos' long hair-like fibers were used for wicks in lamps and candles. Between 2000-3000 BC, embalmed bodies of Egyptian pharaohs were wrapped in asbestos cloth to protect the bodies from deterioration. Romans were said to have woven asbestos fibers into a cloth-like material that was then sewn into table cloths and napkins.

What were early uses of asbestos.

500
Every time you put your respirator on.
What is a user seal check. Explain please....
500

Scar tissue in the lungs that can form 10 or more years after asbestos exposure.

What is asbestosis?

500
This unit contains a clean room, shower room and equipment room.
What is a decontamination unit.
500

1926.1101

What is the Asbestos in Construction Standard?

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