New Zealand Guidelines for the Management and Removal of Asbestos 3rd Edition
APPENDIX E: EXAMPLES OF ABESTOS-CONTAMINATED MATERIALS
(This is not an exhaustive list)
A
Air conditioning ducts; exterior or interior acoustic and thermal insulation
Arc shields in lift motor rooms or large electrical cabinets
Asbestos-based plastic products such as electrical insulates and acid-resistant compositions or aircraft seats
Asbestos ceiling tiles
Asbestos cement conduit
Asbestos cement electrical fuse boards
Asbestos cement in the use of formwork when pouring concrete
Asbestos cement internal flues and down pipes
Asbestos cement moulded products such as gutters, ridge cappings, gas meter covers, cable troughs and covers
Asbestos cement pieces for packing spaces between floor joists and piers
Asbestos cement (underground) pits, as used for traffic control wiring, telecommunications cabling etc
Asbestos cement render plaster mortar and course work
Asbestos cement sheet
Asbestos cement sheet behind ceramic tiles
Asbestos cement sheet internal over exhaust canopies such as ovens, fume cupboards.
Asbestos cement sheet internal walls and ceilings
Asbestos cement sheet underlays for vinyl
Asbestos cement storm drain pipes
Asbestos cement water pipes (usually underground)
Asbestos-contaminated laminates (Formica used where heat resistance is required in ships, for example)
Asbestos-contaminated peg board
Asbestos felts
Asbestos marine board such as marinate
Asbestos mattresses used for covering hot equipment in power stations
Asbestos paper used variously for insulation, filtering and production of fire-resistant laminates
Asbestos roof tiles
Asbestos textiles
Asbestos textile gussets in air conditioning ducting systems
Asbestos yarn
Autoclave/sterilizer insulation
B
Bitumen-based waterproofing such as malthoid, typically on roofs and floors but also in brickwork
Bituminous adhesives and sealants
Boiler gaskets
Boiler insulation, slabs and wetmix
Brake disc pads
Brake lining
C
Cable penetration insulation bags (typically Telecom)
Calorifier insulation
Car body filters (not common)
Caulking compounds, sealants and adhesives
Cement render
Chrysotile wicks in kerosene heaters
Clutch faces
Compressed asbestos cement panels for flooring, typically verandas, bathrooms and steps for demountable buildings
Compressed asbestos fibres (CAF) used in brakes and gaskets for plant and automobiles
D
Door seals on ovens
Door seals on kilns
Door seals on furnaces
Door seals on refrigeration units
E
Electric heat banks - block insulation
Electric hot water services - normally not asbestos but some millboard could be present
Electric light fittings - high wattage insulation around fittings (and bituminized)
Electrical switch boards
Exhausts on vehicles
F
Filler in acetylene gas cylinders
Filters - beverage/wine filtration
Fire blankets
Fire curtains
Fire door insulation
Fire-rated wall rendering containing asbestos with mortar
Fire-resistant plasterboard, typically on ships
Fire-retardant material on steel work supporting reactors on columns in refineries in the chemical industry
Flexible hoses
Floor vinyl sheets
Floor vinyl tiles
Fuse blankets and ceramic fuses in switchboards
G
Galbestos roofing materials (decorative coating on metal roof for sound proofing)
Gaskets - chemicals refineries
Gaskets - general
Gauze mats in laboratories/chemical refineries
Gloves - asbestos
H
Hair dryers - insulation around heating elements
Header (manifold) insulation
I
Insulation blocks
Insulation in electrical reheat units for air conditioner systems
L
Laboratory bench tops
Laboratory fume-covered panels
Laboratory ovens - wall insulation
Lagged exhaust pipes on emergency power generators
Lagging in penetrations in fireproof walls
Lift shafts - asbestos cement panels lining the shaft at the opening of each floor, and asbestos packing around penetration
Limpet asbestos spray insulation
Locomotives - steam/lagging on boilers, steam lines, steam dome and gaskets
M
Mastics
Millboard between heating unit and wall
Millboard lining of switchboxes
Mortar
P
Packing material for gauges, valves, etc - can be square packing, rope or loose fibre
Packing material on window anchorage points in high-rise buildings
Paint, typically industrial epoxy paints
Penetrations through concrete slabs in high buildings
Pipe insulation including moulded sections, water mix type, rope braid and sheet
Pitch-based (Zelemite, asbestos Lebah, for example) electrical switchboard
Plaster and plaster cornice adhesive
R
Refractory linings
Refractory tiles
Rubber articles - extent of usage unknown
S
Sealant between floor slab and wall, usually in boiler rooms, risers and lift shafts
Sealant or mastic on windows
Sealants and mastic in air conditioning ducting joints
Spackle or plasterboard wall jointing compounds
Sprayed insulation - acoustic wall and ceiling
Sprayed insulation - beams and ceiling slabs
Sprayed insulation - fire retardant sprayed on nut internally for bolts holding external wall panels
Stoves - old domestic type wall insulation
T
Tape and rope lagging and jointing
Tapered ends of pipe lagging where lagging is not necessarily asbestos
Tilux sheeting in place of ceramic tiles and bathrooms
Trailing cable under lift cabins
Trains - country - guards vans - millboard between heater and wall
Trains - Harris Cars - sprayed asbestos between steel shell and laminex
V
Valve, pump etc. insulation
W
Welding rods
Welding asbestos cable sheath
