New Jersey Public Schools and Asbestos
By Dorothy Wigmore a long-time health and safety specialist and WEC consultant. She has worked in Canada, the U.S. and Mozambique, focusing on prevention and worker participation to fix job-related hazards.
New Jersey has many old school buildings. When districts decide to renovate or upgrade them, it’s time for NJEA members to ask about asbestos hazards.
That’s a lesson the Wayne Education Association (WEA) learned once renovations started on the oldest of 15 buildings in the district, the Preakness Early Childhood Center. Read the full article from the NJEA Review here.
Below is a list of additional resources not included in the original article.
New Jersey Department of Health
- Asbestos: https://www.nj.gov/health/ceohs/asbestos/
- Hazard Communication Standard: https://www.nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/peosh/peosh-health-standards/hazcom.shtml
- Indoor air quality standard: https://www.nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/peosh/peosh-health-standards/iaq.shtml;
- Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness Standard: https://www.nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/peosh/peosh-health-standards/record.shtml
- Right to know: https://www.nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/right-to-know/
New Jersey Education Association, Health and safety publications: https://www.njea.org/health-safety-publications/
New Jersey Government Records Council, OPRA (Open Public Records Act) for the public: https://www.nj.gov/grc/public/
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Act (and standards): https://www.nj.gov/labor/safetyandhealth/resources-support/laws-regulations/peoshact.shtml
