Safe Environments Pty Limited

Site

Asbestos Check

Accreditation No.

17139

Site No.

20525

Date of Accreditation

31 Oct 2011

Address

6/5-7 Inglewood Place
Norwest, NSW 2153
Australia

safeenvironments.com.au

Contact

Mr Carl Strautins P: +61 (02) 96213706

Availability

Services available to external clients

Safe Environments Pty Limited address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Asbestos Check

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) Air Volume measurement Sampling flow rate and duration measurement ISO 19087 Workplace air — Analysis of respirable crystalline silica by Fourier-Transform; UK HSE MDHS 101/2 Crystalline silica in respirable airborne dust
Air; Membrane filters α-Quartz X-ray diffraction (XRD) in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica; NHMRC Methods For Measurement of Quartz in Respirable Airborne Dust by Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry
α-Quartz Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Analysis of Crystalline Silica in Respirable Dust by FTIR; NHMRC Methods For Measurement of Quartz in Respirable Airborne Dust by Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry;

Membrane filters Cristobalite; α-Quartz X-ray diffraction (XRD) ISO 16258-1 Workplace air – Analysis of respirable crystalline silica by X-ray diffraction – Part 1: Direct-on-filter method; UK HSE MDHS 101/2 Crystalline silica in respirable airborne dust (Direct-on-filter analyses); in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica
Cristobalite; α-Quartz Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) ISO 19087 Workplace air — Analysis of respirable crystalline silica by Fourier-Transform (Direct-on-filter method); UK HSE MDHS 101/2 Crystalline silica in respirable airborne dust
Analysis of dust Inhalable dust; Membrane filters Titanium dioxide - Rutile X-ray diffraction (XRD) in-house method SOP - Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols
Membrane filters Dust - Respirable; Volume measurement Gravimetric

AS 2985; in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols; MDHS 14/4 General methods for sampling and gravimetric analysis of respirable, thoracic and inhalable aerosols; NIOSH Method 0600 Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated, Respirable

Dust - Total; Volume measurement Gravimetric

in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols; NIOSH Method 0500 Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated, Total


Dust - Inhalable; Volume measurement Gravimetric

AS 3640; AS 3853.1: Health and safety in welding and allied processes – Sampling of airborne particles and gases in the operator’s breathing zone – Sampling of airborne particles; in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols

Analysis of the workplace environment and hazards for metals and metal compounds Dust; Filters; Welding fumes and gases Aluminium; Chromium; Copper; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Nickel; Titanium; Zinc X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

in-house method SOP - Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols

Welding fumes and gases Particulate matter; Volume measurement Gravimetric

AS 3853.1; in-house method SOP Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols;

Counting of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Air; Air - Confined spaces; Air - Indoor; Membrane filters Respirable asbestos fibres Phase contrast microscopy

National Occupational Health and Safety Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres NOHSC:3003; in-house method SOP - Asbestos Air Monitoring

Volume measurement Sampling flow rate and duration measurement

National Occupational Health and Safety Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres NOHSC:3003; in-house method  SOP - Asbestos Air Monitoring

Identification of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Bulk materials Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ISO 22262; in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification
Actinolite; Anthophyllite; Tremolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ISO 22262-1; in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

Actinolite; Anthophyllite; Tremolite X-ray diffraction (XRD)

 in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite X-ray diffraction (XRD)

in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

Actinolite; Amosite; Anthophyllite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Tremolite Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining)

ISO 22262-1; in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

Bulk materials; Non-homogenous materials (soils, dust, ores) Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Organic fibres; Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining)

AS 4964 (2004); in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

Actinolite; Amosite; Anthophyllite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Tremolite Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining) HSE HSG248 Asbestos: The analysts' guide for sampling, analysis and clearance procedures Appendix 2: Asbestos in bulk materials: Sampling and identification by polarised light microscopy (PLM); in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification
Membrane filters Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)  in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification
Actinolite; Anthophyllite; Tremolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)  in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification

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