Safety Flash
Safety alert regarding the product ‘Eurogrit’: Asbestos contamination
Safety alert regarding the product ‘Eurogrit’: Asbestos contamination
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/17
- AsbestosHazardous Substances
- Asbestos
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Summary
This safety flash reproduces a manufacturer’s recall statement concerning chrysotile contamination in Eurogrit coal-slag blasting abrasive. The statement describes small quantities of asbestos fibres, notes that increased risks from prolonged unprotected exposure cannot be ruled out, and requests non-use, with packaging precautions and arrangements for disposal information.
Classifications: Asbestos; asbestos fibres; asbestos fibers.
Summary
A member has passed to us a safety alert regarding the product ‘Eurogrit’, an aluminium silicate (coal slag) blast cleaning abrasive, which has been contaminated with asbestos (Chrysotile).
IMCA SF 27/17. Themes: asbestos, hazardous substances.