Preliminary survey report: control technology for asbestos removal industry at Gateway High School, Aurora, Colorado

A preliminary survey of control technology for asbestos removal at Gateway High School, Aurora, Colorado was conducted in August, 1984. Operations involved removing sprayed-on asbestos fire proofing on the ceiling and overhead beams. A portable, modular airlock, shower, and dressing facility was utilized to ensure proper clean up of workers following work at the removal site. Plastic barriers were constructed to form a material staging area and walk tunnel between the decontamination unit and the work areas. The author concludes that this asbestos-removal operation represents one of the better work practice/dust control procedures observed to date.