Making Holes in Asbestos Floor Tile

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Making Holes in Asbestos Floor Tile

Videotape training program

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1.5 million buildings in the United States have asbestos-containing floor tile covering 2.7 billion square feet of floor space!
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency study

Why make holes in asbestos floor tile?

Anchoring equipment or fixtures to a concrete slab or wood floor that is covered with asbestos floor tile

• Penetrating a floor to run conduit, wires or pipes through it or into buried ducts
• Fumigating a crawl space for pest control or termite extermination
• Structural or other inspections of inaccessible spaces
Attaching stanchions to the substrate with powder-actuated devices

This program describes the following work practices

(OSHA Class III work)

Drilling through the tile into a slab or floor with an impact drill

Lifting a small piece of tile after cutting it with a knife or chisel to expose the substrate
Punching a small wafer out of the tile before drilling into the substrate

How do you control dust and fibers?

Use wet methods – soapy water and shaving cream – and prompt clean-up
HEPA-filtered vacuum cleaners are not used, so there is no need to train workers on cleaning and maintaining them

Respirators, protective clothing & decon facilities are not needed if a Negative Exposure Assessment is in effect

All of the procedures described in this program have been shown to control worker exposure below both OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits

Hands-on exercises

Hands-on exercises – where the workers practice the procedures using simulated asbestos-containing materials – are required by OSHA for Class III training. The Instructor’s Guide tells you how to set up and conduct the hands-on exercises.

The professionally-narrated program runs approximately 35 minutes. This program is used most effectively with the Negative Exposure Assessments and Competent Person Training for Asbestos videotape from Environment-i-media, Inc. that explains how to conduct Negative Exposure Assessments and train competent persons to apply them to specific jobs.

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Anchoring equipment or fixtures to a concrete slab or wood floor that is covered with asbestos floor tile

• Penetrating a floor to run conduit, wires or pipes through it or into buried ducts • Fumigating a crawl space for pest control or termite extermination • Structural or other inspections of inaccessible spaces	Attaching stanchions to the substrate with powder-actuated devices


Drilling through the tile into a slab or floor with an impact drill	Lifting a small piece of tile after cutting it with a knife or chisel to expose the substrate	Punching a small wafer out of the tile before drilling into the substrate


Use wet methods – soapy water and shaving cream – and prompt clean-up	HEPA-filtered vacuum cleaners are not used, so there is no need to train workers on cleaning and maintaining them

Respirators, protective clothing & decon facilities are not needed if a Negative Exposure Assessment is in effect