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HS&E Operatives practice question: Asbestos awareness (7 of 7)

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You are about to start work in a 1970s factory.

Which of these is a common place for asbestos to be found?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. The plastic window frames fitted last year
  2. B. The new steel beams delivered today
  3. C. The lagging on old heating pipes
  4. D. New plasterboard fitted last month
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Answer: C

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. New uPVC windows do not contain asbestos.
  • B. Wrong: Wrong. New materials do not contain asbestos. Old sprayed coatings on steelwork might.
  • C. Right: Right. HSE lists lagging on plant and pipework as a place asbestos is found, along with insulation boards, sprayed coatings and asbestos cement roofs.
  • D. Wrong: Wrong. Asbestos has not been used in new building materials in the UK since it was banned.

Explanation

In buildings from before 2000, asbestos may be in pipe lagging, insulation boards, sprayed coatings, cement sheets and other places, some of them hidden.

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