decontamination of workers. The Decontamination Facility or area shall consist
of an Equipment Room, Shower Room and Clean Room in series. The Contractor
shall ensure that workers enter and exit the Work Area through the
Decontamination Facility. The Contractor shall provide the following:
a.
Equipment Room (Dirty Room): Provide Equipment Room with Air
Locks to the Work Area and Shower Room, large enough for all workers
to remove and dispose of contaminated protective clothing, and for storage
of contaminated Contractor equipment.
Shower Room: Provide acompletely watertight operational shower to be
used for transit by cleanly dressed workers heading for the Work Area
from the Clean Room, or for showering by workers headed out of the
Work Area after undressing in the Equipment Room. The Shower Room
facilities and size shall be adequate to allow decontamination and
thorough washing of all the workers and visitors within the 30 minute
escape time allowed under air compressor failure (if Type C Supplied Air
Respirators are used). Provide 20 micron and 5 micron waste water filters
in line to drain. Change filters daily or more often if necessary. Locate
filters inside shower unit so that water lost during filter changes is caught
by shower pan.
Clean Room (Changing Room): Provide a room that is physically and
visually separated from the rest of the Work Area for the purpose of
changing into protective clothing. Locate so that access to Work Area
from Clean Room ts through the Shower Room. Do not allow Asbestos
contaminated items to enter this room.
Maintain floor of changing room dry and clean at all times. Do not allow
overflow water from shower to wet floor in changing room.
Decontamination Facilities shall be located in areas acceptable to the Engineer.
Construction shall have load-bearing capabilities if required to support workers
overhead.
The Contractor shall post or have available the following items in each Clean
Room of the worker Decontamination Facility.
a.
A copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulations for
Asbestos, 40 CFR 61 Subparts A and M; and a copy of OSHA Asbestos
Regulations, 29 CFR 1926.1101;
A copy of all applicable State of New Hampshire Regulations for
Asbestos.
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