OSHA's General Industry Standard 1910.1001 requires employers to inform employees about the presence of ACM. At UVA, buildings constructed after 1988 should not contain asbestos due to contract specifications; however, federal regulations require testing of suspect building materials without regard to the date of construction. Suspected asbestos-containing materials include fireproofing, pipe and tank insulation, acoustical ceiling plasters, floor tiles, sealants, and many others.
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) performs ACM inspections, ACM Abatement Project designs, and ACM Abatement Project Monitoring, required by Virginia Code. EHS maintains records of all past ACM inspections and all past abatement/repair activities.
Lead is a toxic metal which has been used throughout this century in such building materials as paint, pipes, solder, radiation shielding and noise barriers. To control both occupational and environmental exposure to lead dust or contamination, lead-containing materials must be identified and properly managed.
OSHA regulations require employers to determine if employees who perform certain construction activities are occupationally exposed to lead at the worksite. At UVA, buildings constructed prior to 1978 are presumed to contain lead-containing paints, and require lead inspections prior to construction and/or maintenance activities.
Environmental Health and Safety provides lead inspections of University properties and maintains records of past inspections.
ID: SEC-007 - Management of Asbestos-Containing Materials and Lead-Containing Materials in University Facilities
