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310 Work area to be kept clean
(1) An employer must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the work area used for an asbestos-related activity is kept clean.
(2) An employer must ensure that the methods used to clean the work area—
(a) do not create a risk to health; and
(b) do not have the potential to spread airborne asbestos fibres beyond the work area.
2 Regulation 216 prohibits the use of certain tools at a workplace.