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815 Demolition Safety
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Exposure Limits

Medical monitoring of workers is also required when legal limits and exposure times are exceeded.

Time-weighted average limit (TWA): The employer must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter of air as an eight (8) hour time-weighted average (TWA).

Excursion limit: The employer must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 1.0 fiber per cubic centimeter of air (1 f/cc) as averaged over a sampling period of thirty (30) minutes.

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7-5. When is medical monitoring of workers required when employees are exposed to asbestos?