If Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) or Presumed Asbestos Containing Material (PACM) is identified in a facility, who is responsible for training contract cleaning employees?

The owner of the contract cleaning firm is responsible for providing the training and paying for it. This applies to those workers who provide routine cleaning of a building. Training requirements can be found at 1910.1001(j)(7) and housekeeping at 1910.1001(k).

It does not include maintenance activities, repair, removal, or other construction work involving disturbance or removal of ACM or PACM. Neither does it include clean-up and disposal of dust or debris resulting from construction, renovation, removal, repair, or maintenance activities. Performance of these tasks by employees may trigger additional obligations. Workers who are involved in cleaning areas that have been contaminated with asbestos containing dust or debris from a project involving asbestos come under the Construction Industry Standard at 1926.1101.