Hazardous Material Audits

Why do I need a Hazardous Materials Audit?

Asbestos is one of many hazardous materials that are potentially present in your workplace. The Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) or persons in control of a workplace have a duty of care and should identify all hazardous building materials and reduce the risk to staff, visitors and contractors.

The hazardous materials audit is an asbestos audit that also identifies hazardous building materials. Hazardous building materials include, but are not limited to:

• Asbestos
• Lead based paint (LBP)
• Lead containing dust (LCD)
• Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
• Synthetic Mineral Fibres (SMF)

What does a Hazardous Materials Audit include?

• A visual inspection of all accessible areas of the building or workplace
• Collection and laboratory analysis of material samples to determine the presence of asbestos fibres, LBP, LCD and SMF
• Laboratory analysis of material samples at an independent NATA-accredited laboratory
• A hazardous materials audit report and asbestos / hazardous materials register outlining the location, condition and extent of all identified hazardous materials. A risk rating is assigned to all identified hazardous materials
• Recommendations on the management of identified hazardous materials
• An Asbestos Management Plan (AMP) to assist PCBU’s with ongoing management of ACM’s identified at the workplace