Ohio Code 3710.08 – Duties of contractor and specialist
(A) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project shall, during the course of the project:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3710.08
- Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophylite, and actinolite-tremolite as determined using the method specified in 40 C. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard abatement activity: means any activity involving the removal, renovation, enclosure, repair, encapsulation, or operations and maintenance of reasonably related friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount greater than three linear feet or three square feet. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard abatement contractor: means a business entity or public entity that engages in or intends to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects and that employs or supervises one or more asbestos hazard abatement specialists for asbestos hazard abatement activities. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard abatement project: includes any such activity involving such friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount of fifty linear feet or fifty square feet or less if, when combined with any other reasonably related activity in terms of time or location of the activity, the total amount is in an amount greater than fifty linear feet or fifty square feet. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard abatement specialist: means a person with responsibility for the oversight or supervision of asbestos hazard abatement activities, including asbestos hazard abatement project managers, hazard abatement project supervisors and foremen, and employees of school districts or other governmental or public entities who coordinate or directly supervise or oversee asbestos hazard abatement activities performed by school district, governmental, or other public employees in school district, governmental, or other public buildings. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard abatement worker: means the person responsible in a nonsupervisory capacity for the performance of an asbestos hazard abatement activity. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Asbestos hazard evaluation specialist: means a person responsible for the inspection, identification, detection, and assessment of asbestos-containing materials or suspect asbestos-containing materials, the determination of appropriate response actions, or the preparation of asbestos management plans for the purpose of protecting the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos, including the performance of air and bulk sampling. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Public entity: means the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of either. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Conduct each project in a manner that is in compliance with the requirements the director of environmental protection adopts pursuant to section 3704.03 of the Revised Code and the asbestos requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1101;
(2) Comply with all applicable rules adopted by the director of environmental protection pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor that is a public entity shall:
(1) Provide workers with protective clothing and equipment and ensure that the workers involved in any asbestos hazard abatement project use the items properly. Protective clothing and equipment shall include:
(a) Respirators approved by the national institute of occupational safety and health. These respirators shall be fit tested in accordance with requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1101. At the request of an employee, the asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall provide the employee with a powered air purifying respirator, in which case, the testing requirements of division (B)(1)(a) of this section do not apply.
(b) Items required by the director by rule as provided in division (A)(7) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) Comply with all applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to section 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
(C) An asbestos hazard abatement specialist engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement activity shall, during the course of the activity:
(1) Conduct each activity in a manner that will meet decontamination procedures, project containment procedures, and asbestos fiber dispersal methods as provided in division (A)(6) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code;
(2) Ensure that workers utilize, handle, remove, and dispose of the disposable clothing provided by abatement contractors in a manner that will prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and protect the public health from the hazards of exposure to asbestos;
(3) Ensure that workers utilize protective clothing and equipment and comply with the applicable health and safety standards set forth in division (A) of section 3710.08 of the Revised Code;
(4) Ensure that there is no smoking, eating, or drinking in the work area;
(5) Comply with all applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) An asbestos hazard evaluation specialist engaged in the identification, detection, and assessment of asbestos-containing materials, the determination of appropriate response actions, or other activities associated with an abatement project or the preparation of management plans, shall comply with the applicable standards of conduct and requirements adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code.
(E) Every asbestos hazard abatement worker shall comply with all applicable standards adopted by the director pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code.