Safe Environments Pty Limited

Site

Asbestos Check

Accreditation No.

17139

Site No.

20525

Date of Accreditation

31 Oct 2011

Address

Unit 4 / 40 Bessemer St
Blacktown, NSW 2148
Australia

safeenvironments.com.au

Contact

Mr Carl Strautins P: +61 (02) 96213706

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) 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 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances (MDHS) 101/2 Crystalline Silica in Respirable Dust and in house method Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica
Analysis for respirable quartz Filters α-Quartz Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (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
α-Quartz X-ray diffraction (XRD) NHMRC Methods For Measurement of Quartz in Respirable Airborne Dust by Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry and in-house method Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica
Analysis of dust Filters Dust - Total; Volume measurement Gravimetric

NIOSH Method 0500 Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated, Total;

Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols
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;

Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols
Dust - Respirable; Volume measurement Gravimetric

AS 2985; MDHS 14/4 General methods for sampling and gravimetric analysis of respirable, thoracic and inhalable aerosols; NIOSH Method 0600 Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated, Respirable; 

Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Airborne Contaminant Monitoring: Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols
Filters; Inhalable dust Titanium dioxide - Rutile X-ray diffraction (XRD) in-house method SOP - Sampling and Gravimetric Analysis of Aerosols
Analysis of the workplace environment and hazards for metals and metal compounds Dust; Filters; Welding fumes and gases Titanium 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; 

Safe Environments Standard Operating Procedure (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 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
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
Identification of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Bulk samples Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ISO 22262, in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification
Actinolite; Anthophyllite; Tremolite X-ray diffraction (XRD)

 in-house method SOP - Asbestos Identification
Actinolite; Anthophyllite; Tremolite Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ISO 22262-1, 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 samples; Non-homogenous materials (soils, dust, ores) Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Organic fibres; Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining)

AS 4964 and 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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