Health and Safety Executive

Myth 6: "It's only a touch-up job, I can do that in the workshop"

Truth 6:

One in 10 of people who get asthma from isocyanates in bodyshops is not a sprayer. This means they are getting exposed some other way. One of those ways is by people spraying outside the spray booth. Perhaps it is because the job is short or the booth is already in use. But the fact is that large quantities of paint mist are spread throughout the workshop endangering the health of anyone in the vicinity


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Updated 02.09.09