The Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario, for instance,
states that asbestos is classified as a designated substance in
some workplaces. Hence employers are obliged to provide safety
measures when they use a designated substance like asbestos.
The employer can only keep the amount of asbestos dust low, in
order to reduce or decrease the possibilities of its workers of
getting ill due to asbestos fibers inhalation or swallowing.
Designated Substances are hazardous substances that can be a
biological, chemical or physical agent or combination thereof
prescribed as a designated substance to which the exposure of a
worker is prohibited, regulated, restricted, limited or
controlled. Some regulations specify different procedures to
control designated substances such as Acrylonitrile, Arsenic,
Asbestos, Asbestos - Construction, Building and Repair, Benzene,
Coke Oven Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, Isocyanates, Lead, Mercury,
Silica and Vinyl Chloride among others.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act mentioned states that the
employer has to review the work methods and assess the
likelihood of worker exposure, when a designated substance such
as asbestos is present in the workplace.
The control program, when there are risks of worker exposure to
hazardous minerals like asbestos that can produce asbestosis or
another asbestos-related diseases (malignant mesothelioma cancer
for instance), must include engineering controls, work
practices, hygiene practices, record keeping and medical
surveillance.
In conclusion, the Occupational Health and Safety Act mentioned
states that the employer has to review the works methods and so
on, but who is worried about the measures to take in houses'
asbestos workers, certainly in a passive way asbestos workers
carry asbestos particles in their clothes into houses, in fact
later of 30-50 years carring these particles this could develop
the ill in members of their families, so The Occupational Health
and Safety does its job, but we must be aware too and do ours.
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