HSE Guidance Documents
Health & Safety Executive, Free Asbestos Guidance & Information
Asbestos Information & Guidance as made available by the HSE
- Duty to manage
- Employees
Asbestos Essentials task sheets
For advice on when and how you should use these sheets make sure you printout and read
A0 – Advice to managers and sole traders on ‘Asbestos essentials’ [PDF]
- Work with Asbestos cement (AC) (non-licensed)
- Working with textured coatings (TC) containing Asbestos (non-licensed)
- Strictly controlled minor work on Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB)
- Safe work with undamaged Asbestos materials
- Removal and replacement of other Asbestos containing materials
- Fly-tipped waste
- Equipment and method sheets
Work with asbestos cement (AC) (non-licensed)
- A9. Drilling holes in Asbestos cement and other highly bonded materials [PDF]
- A10. Cleaning debris from guttering on an Asbestos cement roof [PDF]
- A11. Removing Asbestos cement debris [PDF]
- A12. Cleaning weathered Asbestos cement roofing and cladding [PDF]
- A13. Repairing damaged Asbestos cement [PDF]
- A14. Removing Asbestos cement sheets, gutters, etc. and dismantling a small Asbestos cement structure [PDF]
- A15. Removing Asbestos cement or reinforced plastic product e.g. tank, duct, water cistern [PDF]
- A16. Painting Asbestos cement sheets [PDF]
- A35. Replacing an Asbestos cement flue or duct [PDF]
- A36. Removing an Asbestos cement panel outside, beside or beneath a window [PDF]
Working with textured coatings (TC) containing Asbestos (non-licensed)
- A26. Drilling and boring through textured coatings [PDF]
- A27. Inserting and removing screws through textured coatings [PDF]
- A28. Removing textured coating from a small area e.g. 1 square metre [PDF]
- A29. Cleaning up debris following collapse of a ceiling or wall covered with textured coating [PDF]
Strictly controlled minor work on Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB)
- A1. Drilling holes in Asbestos insulating board [PDF]
- A2. Removing a single (screwed-in) Asbestos insulating board ceiling tile [PDF]
- A3. Removing a door with Asbestos insulating board fireproofing [PDF]
- A4. Removing a single Asbestos insulating board panel less than 1m2, fixed in with nails or screws [PDF]
- A5. Cleaning light fittings attached to Asbestos insulating board [PDF]
- A6. Repairing minor damage to Asbestos insulating board [PDF]
- A7. Painting undamaged Asbestos insulating board [PDF]
Safe work with undamaged Asbestos materials
- A8. Enclosing undamaged Asbestos materials to prevent impact damage [PDF]
- A20. Laying cables in areas containing undamaged Asbestos materials [PDF]
- A34. Removing pins and nails from an Asbestos insulating board panel [PDF]
Removal and replacement of other Asbestos containing materials
- A17. Removing Asbestos paper linings [PDF]
- A18. Removing Asbestos friction linings [PDF]
- A19. Removing an Asbestos fire blanket [PDF]
- A21. Removing Asbestos-containing bituminous products [PDF]
- A22. Removing metal cladding lined with Asbestos-containing bitumen [PDF]
- A23. Removing Asbestos-containing floor tiles and mastic [PDF]
- A24. Removing flexible Asbestos duct connectors (gaiters) [PDF]
- A25. Removing compressed asbestos fibre gaskets and Asbestos rope seals [PDF]
- A30. Removing an Asbestos-containing ‘arc shield’ from electrical switchgear [PDF]
- A31. Removing a single Asbestos-containing gas or electric heater [PDF]
- A32. Replacing an Asbestos-containing part in a ‘period’ domestic appliance [PDF]
- A33. Replacing an Asbestos-containing fuse box or single fuse assembly [PDF]
- A37. Removing Asbestos-containing mastic, sealant, beading, filler, putty / fixing [PDF]
Fly-tipped waste
Equipment and method sheets
- EM1. What to do if you uncover or damage materials that contain [PDF]
- EM2. Training [PDF]
- EM3. Building and dismantling a mini-enclosure [PDF]
- EM4. Using a class-H vacuum cleaner for Asbestos [PDF]
- EM5. Wetting Asbestos materials [PDF]
- EM6. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [PDF]
- EM7. Using damp rags to clean surfaces of minor Asbestos contamination [PDF]
- EM8. Personal decontamination [PDF]
- EM9. Disposal of Asbestos waste [PDF]
- EM10. Statement of cleanliness after textured coating removal [PDF]
Duty to manage
- Manage buildings? You must manage Asbestos [PDF 343KB]
- A short guide to managing Asbestos in premises [PDF76KB]
- Notice to governors, proprietors and head teachers of schools in England and Wales about the duty to manage the risk from Asbestos in buildings [PDF 81KB]
- Duty to manage checklist [PDF 122KB]
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