Three bags of old Mr Fluffy asbestos have been stored under a home in Macgregor – presumably left behind when the home was part of the federal government clean-up in the late 1980s.
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The bags were left unsealed.
ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe said his agency was dealing with a potentially serious Mr Fluffy discovery each week on average since the government urged all 1050 Mr Fluffy homeowners to get an inspection.
WorkSafe ACT was advised of the discovery – made last week during an inspection carried out by Robson Environmental – and is conducting an investigation.
Mr McCabe said the bags “appear to have been there for a very long time”.
But as the bags were in a contained area beneath the house and the only access was via the garage, he said the amosite fibres presented no immediate risk to the residents.
WorkSafe had engaged an independent assessor who took samples and secured other evidence on Monday.
Mr McCabe said he was awaiting the test results before the next steps could be determined but confirmation it was amosite asbestos would mean the bags would need to be sealed and buried in a controlled clean-up.
