Spray Painting Good Practices for Employees

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The responsibilities for safe working in spray painting operations are outlined for management, supervisory staff and painters. Particular hazards in the compressed air, airless, and electrostatic application processes are described. The hazards of spray painting include chemicals which can be harmful when inhaled, ingested, or absorbed by the skin, and fires and explosions from the solvents involved. Ventilation is the primary means of preventing all types of hazard. Basic rules for fire prevention are given. Respiratory protective equipment, eye and skin protection and protective clothing and their use are described. Accident prevention inspections, personal care and emergency measures conclude the safety measures to be used in spray painting operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Eye Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Solvents
• Keywords:
  Eye-protective-equipment Hazardous-materials Medical-care Occupations Organic-solvents Personal-protective-equipment Safety-practices Supervisory-personnel Toxic-substances Work-operations
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057165
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-266259
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-178, 1976 Apr; :1-22
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209236/cdc_209236_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 927.79 KB ]