CSST Definitions – Complete Study Guide
Aggressive-method Right Ans - Removal or disturbance of building
material by sanding, abrading, grinding or other methods that breaks,
crumbles, or disintegrates intact ACM.
Amended water Right Ans - water to which surfactant (wetting agent) has
been added to increase the ability of the liquid to penetrate ACM
Asbestos Right Ans - includes chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite
asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals
that has been chemically treated and/or altered.
Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) Right Ans - Any material containing
more than 1% asbestos
Assistant Secretary Right Ans - Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, or designated representative.
Authorized Person Right Ans - any person authorized by the employer &
required by work duties to be present in regulated areas
Building/Facility Owner Right Ans - the legal entity, including a lessee,
which exercises control over management and record keeping functions
relating to a building and/or facility in which activities covered by this
standard take place.
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Right Ans - one certified in the practice
of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
Chief Right Ans - the Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health.
Class I asbestos work Right Ans - Activities involving the removal of TSI
and surfacing ACM and PACM
Class II asbestos work Right Ans - the removal of ACM which is not thermal
systems insulation (TSI) or surfacing material. This includes, but is not limited
, to, the removal of asbestos containing wallboard, floor tile and sheeting,
roofing and siding shingles, and construction mastics.
Class III asbestos work Right Ans - Repair and maintenance operations
where ACM and/or PACM is likely to be disturbed.
Class IV asbestos work Right Ans - maintenance and custodial activities
during which employees contact but do not disturb ACM or PACM and
activities to clean up dust, waste and debris resulting from Class I,II, and III
activities.
Clean Room Right Ans - An uncontaminated room having facilities for the
storage of employees' street clothing and uncontaminated materials and
equipment.
Closely resemble Right Ans - the major workplace conditions which have
contributed to the levels of historic asbestos exposure, are no more protective
than conditions of the current workplace.
Competent Person Right Ans - in addition to one who is capable of
identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working
conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and
who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them,
one who is capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace
and selecting the appropriate control strategy for asbestos exposure, who has
the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them: in
addition, for Class I and Class II work who is specially trained in a training
course which meets the criteria of EPA's Model Accreditation Plan (40 CFR
part 763) for supervisor, or its equivalent and, for Class III and Class IV work,
who is trained in a manner consistent with EPA requirements for training of
local education agency maintenance and custodial staff as set forth at 40 CFR
763.92 (a)(2). Note: For operations involving more than 100 square feet of
asbestos containing construction material as defined in subsection (r) of this
section the competent person may fulfill the requirement contained in Section
341.9 to specify a certified supervisor for asbestos related work.
Critical barrier Right Ans - one or more layers of plastic sealed over all
openings into a work area or any other similarly placed physical barrier
Aggressive-method Right Ans - Removal or disturbance of building
material by sanding, abrading, grinding or other methods that breaks,
crumbles, or disintegrates intact ACM.
Amended water Right Ans - water to which surfactant (wetting agent) has
been added to increase the ability of the liquid to penetrate ACM
Asbestos Right Ans - includes chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite
asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals
that has been chemically treated and/or altered.
Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) Right Ans - Any material containing
more than 1% asbestos
Assistant Secretary Right Ans - Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, or designated representative.
Authorized Person Right Ans - any person authorized by the employer &
required by work duties to be present in regulated areas
Building/Facility Owner Right Ans - the legal entity, including a lessee,
which exercises control over management and record keeping functions
relating to a building and/or facility in which activities covered by this
standard take place.
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Right Ans - one certified in the practice
of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
Chief Right Ans - the Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health.
Class I asbestos work Right Ans - Activities involving the removal of TSI
and surfacing ACM and PACM
Class II asbestos work Right Ans - the removal of ACM which is not thermal
systems insulation (TSI) or surfacing material. This includes, but is not limited
, to, the removal of asbestos containing wallboard, floor tile and sheeting,
roofing and siding shingles, and construction mastics.
Class III asbestos work Right Ans - Repair and maintenance operations
where ACM and/or PACM is likely to be disturbed.
Class IV asbestos work Right Ans - maintenance and custodial activities
during which employees contact but do not disturb ACM or PACM and
activities to clean up dust, waste and debris resulting from Class I,II, and III
activities.
Clean Room Right Ans - An uncontaminated room having facilities for the
storage of employees' street clothing and uncontaminated materials and
equipment.
Closely resemble Right Ans - the major workplace conditions which have
contributed to the levels of historic asbestos exposure, are no more protective
than conditions of the current workplace.
Competent Person Right Ans - in addition to one who is capable of
identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working
conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and
who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them,
one who is capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace
and selecting the appropriate control strategy for asbestos exposure, who has
the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them: in
addition, for Class I and Class II work who is specially trained in a training
course which meets the criteria of EPA's Model Accreditation Plan (40 CFR
part 763) for supervisor, or its equivalent and, for Class III and Class IV work,
who is trained in a manner consistent with EPA requirements for training of
local education agency maintenance and custodial staff as set forth at 40 CFR
763.92 (a)(2). Note: For operations involving more than 100 square feet of
asbestos containing construction material as defined in subsection (r) of this
section the competent person may fulfill the requirement contained in Section
341.9 to specify a certified supervisor for asbestos related work.
Critical barrier Right Ans - one or more layers of plastic sealed over all
openings into a work area or any other similarly placed physical barrier
