Suspected Asbestos Discovery Safe Work Procedure Template
Editable Word suspected asbestos discovery safe work procedure for Queensland workers: stop, do not disturb, isolate, notify, check the register, identify, and use a licensed removalist where required.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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Suits trades and builders who may find suspect material in older buildings, including plumbers, electricians, carpenters and roofers. It sets out the first response to an unexpected find and points to licensed removal rather than doing it yourself.
What Is Included In Our Suspected Asbestos Discovery Safe Work Procedure?
- Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
- Plain definitions of ACM, friable, non-friable and ACD
- Stop work and do not disturb steps
- Isolating and signing the area
- Who to tell and checking the asbestos register
- Assuming asbestos until identified
- Sampling by a competent person at an accredited laboratory
- Licensed removal and the 10 square metre non-friable line
- Clearance inspection after removal
- Records, training and review
- Related documents and legislation references
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty), ss 35 to 38 (notifiable incidents), ss 84 to 89 (stopping unsafe work)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld), chapter 8: s 419 (prohibitions and exceptions), s 420 (exposure), ss 422 to 425 (identification, sampling, labelling, register), s 429 (management plan), s 445 (training), s 446 (equipment), ss 448 to 451 (register and inspection before demolition or refurbishment), ss 452 and 456 (identify and remove before demolition or refurbishment), s 458 (licensed removalist and exception), ss 473 and 474 (clearance), s 479 (uncertainty), ss 485 to 487 and 489 (licence classes and assessor licence); s 291(d) (high risk construction work)
- How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021 (Qld)
- How to Safely Remove Asbestos Code of Practice 2021 (Qld)
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.
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Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word (registers are Excel). Edit it in Word or Excel, or free in Word and Excel for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
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