HSL/2005/59

Quote Request

The Occupational Health & Safety Information Service

First Name:

Last Name:

Email address:

HSL/2005/59: Measurement of Airborne Isocyanate During Sanding and Bake Cycle - Results - December 2004 and March 2005 is part of the Occupational Health & Safety Information Service's online subscription. Bringing you a comprehensive selection of legislation, regulations, guidance, standards, including BSI and best practice which is updated daily, you can find documents on a wide range of subject areas such as Food & Drink, Environmental Health, Environmental Management, Fire & Offshore Safety.

Publication Date:
January 2005

ISBN:

Abstract:

In the motor vehicle repair industry (MVR) after a car or car-part has been sprayed it is often placed in a booth at elevated temperature to speed curing of the isocyanate. This is known as baking or the bake-cycle. During the bake-cycle the air to the booth is usually re-circulated which could increase airborne isocyanate concentrations inside the booth and associated ductwork. This could lead to NCO exposure if an unprotected worker entered the booth during the bake-cycle or if the booth leaked or was not cleared of residual vapour at the end of the cycle.

Similarly sanding (flatting) of car-parts painted with NCO containing materials could also be a source of exposure. Sanding is most usually done on primer paints but sometimes a finished car-part may need to be sanded back to the bare metal (i.e. topcoat, colour-cot and primer layers removed) if the spray job has not been successful.

This report evaluates the risks from these processes.

Explanatory Note:

Publisher:
Health & Safety Laboratories

About IHS
IHS, formerly known as Technical Indexes, is one of the leading global providers of critical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers in a number of industries, such as energy, defence, aerospace, construction, education, health & safety, transport. We service customers ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries and employ more than 2,300 people worldwide.