MoD Health & Safety Handbook 

JSP 375 Vol 2 

43  MOD personnel who previously suffered unprotected exposure to asbestos and because of this are 

currently subject to medical surveillance, etc., should continue to be subject to medical surveillance, etc. 

44  Where, as a result of medical surveillance, an employee is found to have an identifiable disease or 

adverse health effect which is considered by a relevant doctor to be the result of exposure to asbestos 

at work the line manager must: 

44.1 

Ensure that a suitable person informs the employee accordingly and provides the 

employee with information and advice regarding further medical surveillance; 

44.2 

Review the risk assessment; 

44.3 

Review any control measures taken to comply with regulation 10; 

44.4 

Consider assigning the employee to alternative work where there is no risk of further 

exposure to asbestos, taking into account any advice given by a relevant doctor; and 

44.5 

Provide for a review of the

health of every other employee who has been similarly 

exposed, including a medical examination (which shall include a specific examination of the chest) 

where such an examination is recommended by a relevant doctor or by the Health and Safety 

Executive. 

ACCIDENTAL AND INCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE ASBESTOS DUST   ANNOTATION 

OF PERSONAL FILES 

45  Where any MOD personnel, Civilian or Service are accidentally or incidentally exposed to asbestos 

dust, or believe they may have been exposed to airborne asbestos dust above the HSE Control Limits 

applying at the time, while working in a MOD owned or controlled location or on official MOD duty 

elsewhere, can have a note to that effect placed on their personal files.  If it is practicable management 

should take steps to achieve this, but there will be cases when employees cannot be identified locally; in 

such cases publicity of the event can be arranged, for example by the issue of a DCI(Gen). 

46  Some staff, while not actually working with asbestos, will have worked in environments where 

asbestos may have been present (on board ships, in workshops and offices) during their careers in 

MOD, and they may also wish to have their record of work in an environment containing asbestos 

annotated on their files. 

47  Annotation of Civilian and Service files should be by the use of MOD Form 960 

Asbestos   

Personal Record Annotation

.  A revised version was introduced in 1997, replacing the earlier Form 960 

Asbestos   personal record annotation   self certification

, Form 961 

Record of work in an environment 

containing asbestos

 and Form 962 

Asbestos   personal record annotation   management certification

. 

48  Notification requires 3 copies suitably acknowledged by the holder of the individual s personal file.  

One copy will be placed on the personal file; the other 2 copies will be returned to the individual 

concerned, who may if they wish pass one on to their general medical practitioner (Civilians) or Service 

general medical practitioner (Service personnel). 

STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION AND LABELLING  

49  Raw asbestos or waste which contains asbestos must not be Stored; Received into or dispatched 

from any place of work; or Distributed, except in a totally enclosed distribution system, within any place 

of work, unless it is in a suitable and sealed container clearly marked identifying it as asbestos.  JSP 445 

should be complied with if asbestos is transported within MOD.  Waste containing asbestos should be 

labelled clearly and disposed of using an appropriate procedure. 

ASBESTOS IN PREMISES 

50 The management of asbestos in premises is covered in Leaflet 

54

. 

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April 2003 

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