Hi all!

I work in a victorian theatre, and like many buildings of that age, it has multiple locations with materielas containing asbestos. Most commonly are some of the artex paint around the building, and the surrounds of fire doors - which leads me to my story.

While working on stage, I noticed a contractor just off in the wings hammering and using tools to demolish a doorway. After checking the asbestos survey, the insulation boards were noted as containing Amosite, and Chrysotile in "low" amounts. This contractor disregarded the Asbestos survey and went about his work for at least half an hour, breaking up these boards into smaller pieces and putting them into a pile while myself and 10 other people worked nearby. Once we all realised what was going on the stage was evacuated and the local asbestos contractor was called into to do a clearup and conduct air quality tests. The air quality is now deemed at safe levels, but I have been thinking about the incident for days and the impact it may have for me later on in life.

I realise most asbestos exposures are slightly less severe than this, but would a one time exposure like this pose a serious risk??

Thank you,

BestoBoy