A recent update to HSE regulations stipulates that all equipment must be ‘PAS 60’ compliant. What is this standard and why was it introduced?
The British Standards Institute have devised a ‘fast track’ system of standards which can be produced in less than 12 months as compared to the normal 5-6 years for a regular British Standard. The relevant publicly available standards (PAS) for the asbestos removal industry is the ‘60’ series. The British Standards Institution’s publicly available standards 60-1-2005 describes controlled wetting equipment. 60-2-2005 covers negative pressure units (NPU) and 60-3-2005 covers Type H vacuum cleaners. Since the Safestrip System was available to contractors in 1988, a number of inferior imitations have been available which are not capable of giving any worthwhile protection to asbestos removers. A south coast contractor remarked that a British Standard for various products would give useful indications as to what would be a cost effective and best value. Your promotional video claims that pipe insulation can be injected while enclosure building goes ahead. Is this not dangerous? Might the in
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