Health alert: important information for applicators of polyurethane spray-on bed liners

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health. Public Health Services Branch. Consumer, Environmental and Occupational Health Service. Environmental & Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  Exposure to diisocyanates can cause: 1. Lung and eye irritation 2. Work-related asthma 3. Other lung diseases 4. Allergic dermatitis 5. Death. Protect yourself: Work in a well-ventilated room or spray booth. Wear a supplied-air, full-face respirator after you have received training and medical approval. Get Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for polyurethane products and follow safety precautions. Protect your skin and eyes from contact with diisocyanate-based materials. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Eye Lung Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Polyurethanes Protective Clothing Public Health Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sense Organs Skin Ventilation Women

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• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Diseases Employee-exposure Employee-health Employees Eye-protection Eyes Humans Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Polyurethane-foams Public-health Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respirators Respiratory-protection Respiratory-protective-equipment Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Skin-exposure Skin-irritants

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• Publisher:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043729
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), 2006 Jan; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040930
• Source Full Name:
  Health alert: important information for applicators of polyurethane spray-on bed liners
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6fa30d4277d8114106c32c169346e0954dacaefe729c084a0468278fb642ddf0c5a2f2281b7583ce055b0b39a96c412fbe6ce7eed8e23c4822a02875c1151d98
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195550/cdc_195550_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 463.82 KB ]