Multi-employer Worksites
On multi-employer worksites, an employer performing work requiring a regulated area should inform other employers of the following:
- the nature of the employer's work with asbestos and/or PACM,
- the existence of and requirements pertaining to regulated areas, and
- the measures taken to ensure that employees of other employers are not exposed to asbestos.
The Creating/Controlling Employer: The contractor who creates or controls the source of asbestos contamination should abate the hazards. For example, if there is a significant breach of an enclosure containing Class I work, the employer responsible for erecting the enclosure should repair the breach immediately.
In addition, employers should comply with applicable protective provisions to protect their employees. For example, if employees working immediately adjacent to a Class I asbestos job are exposed to asbestos due to the inadequate containment of the job, their employer should either:
- remove the employees from the area until the enclosure breach is repaired; or
- perform an initial exposure assessment.
Other employers: All employers of employees working adjacent to regulated areas established by another employer on a multi-employer work site should daily check the following to make sure asbestos fibers do not migrate to adjacent areas:
- the integrity of the enclosure and/or
- the effectiveness of the control method
General contractors: All general contractors who expose workers to airborne asbestos are considered by OSHA to have supervisory authority over the work even though the general contractor is not qualified to serve as the asbestos "competent person."
As supervisors of the entire project, general contractors should:
- determine if the asbestos contractor is in compliance with OSHA standards, and
- require such contractor to come into compliance with this standard when necessary.
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