Asbestos Policy v1 Jan 2012 - Royal Air Force Museum

The area will remain closed until the asbestos works have beencompleted and the analyst has issued the relevant certificate ofreoccupation.11. Persons becoming contaminated with asbestos fibresIf any person believes he/she may have become exposed to and their clothingcontaminated by asbestos fibres following a release of asbestos the followingprocedure should be adopted:The above procedure should be followed securing the safety of others in thebuilding.The contaminated person should go directly to the outside of the building and findan isolated area. (Not if large numbers of people prevent easy or direct egress).If access to the outside is not available use an adjoining vacant room.Suitable overalls and disposal bags should be given to the contaminated person.The contaminated person should change into the overalls and place all externalclothing being worn at the time of exposure, into the disposal bags. The bags shouldthen be double bagged and conspicuously marked asbestos.If it is found that the contamination was asbestos then the clothes will be disposedoff as if ACM.The relevant areas will be closed and sealed.HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK Issue – 01/01/201210