Employees who repair and replace automotive brakes and clutches may be exposed to asbestos fibers. Employees who manufacture asbestos-containing products may be exposed to asbestos fibers. Asbestos exposure in general industry occurs in a wide variety of industrial and commercial settings. This section applies to the communication of information concerning asbestos hazards in general industry to facilitate compliance with this standard. (j ) Communication of hazards to employees - Introduction. (iii ) For the following operations, wherever feasible engineering controls and work practices that can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce the employee exposure to or below the TWA and/or excursion limit prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section, the employer shall use them to reduce employee exposure to or below 0.5 fiber per cubic centimeter of air (as an eight-hour time-weighted average) or 2.5 fibers/cc for 30 minutes (short-term exposure) and shall supplement them by the use of any combination of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section, work practices and feasible engineering controls that will reduce employee exposure to or below the TWA and to or below the excursion limit permissible prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section: Coupling cutoff in primary asbestos cement pipe manufacturing sanding in primary and secondary asbestos cement sheet manufacturing grinding in primary and secondary friction product manufacturing carding and spinning in dry textile processes and grinding and sanding in primary plastics manufacturing.
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