Title: Health Risks Associated With Auto Body Painting Materials | It Still Runs
Headings: Health Risks Associated With Auto Body Painting Materials
Health Risks Associated With Auto Body Painting Materials
Flammable Substances and Burns
Airborne Sanding Particles
Airborne Paint Fumes and Chemicals
Impact Dangers and Blindness
Welding Fumes
Direct Chemical Contact
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Content: Sprayed airborne paint chemicals include chromium, cadmium and lead. Primer and sealer paints contain aliphatic isocyanates and ethyl acetate. Clear coat paints contain toluene, petroleum naphtha and mixed dibasic esters. Metal cleaning and body trim work contains epoxy resins, methylene chloride, styrene and adhesive fumes. All of these airborne chemicals can cause respiratory inflammation or disease, as well as skin rashes and inflammations, allergic reactions, nerve and brain damage, nausea, organ failure, headache and vomiting. Impact Dangers and Blindness
Auto body and paint workers use high-speed rotational tools for sanding, grinding and refinishing. Drills, orbital sanders, buffers, sand and bead-blasters, and air compressor nozzles can eject or throw metal or soft objects into the eyes of the worker. Orbital sanders and wire wheels can throw high-speed objects into the face or the body, causing eye injury or blindness. Approved safety goggles negate this hazard. Welding Fumes
Stainless steel welding gives off toxic fumes, resulting from residual cleaning chemicals and surface paint chemicals, including primers, and oxidized-heated metals.