Spray Painting



                       A SAFETY TALK FOR

                      DISCUSSION LEADERS



This safety talk is designed for discussion leaders to use in

preparing safety meetings.



Set a specific time and date for your safety meeting.  Publicize

your meeting so everyone involved will be sure to attend.



Review this safety talk before the meeting and become familiar with

its content. Make notes about the points made in this talk that

pertain to your workplace.  You should be able to present the

material in your own words and lead the discussion without reading

it.



Seating space is not absolutely necessary, but arrangements should

be made so that those attending can easily see and hear the

presentation.



Collect whatever materials and props you will need ahead of time. 

Try to use equipment in your workplace to demonstrate your points.





                      DURING THE MEETING



Give the safety talk in your own words.  Use the printed talk

merely as a guide.



The purpose of a safety meeting is to initiate discussion of safety

problems and provide solutions to those problems.  Encourage

employees to discuss hazards or potential hazards the encounter on

the job. Ask them to suggest ways to improve safety in their area.



Don't let the meeting turn into a gripe session about unrelated

topics.  As discussion leader, its your job to make sure the topic

is safety.  Discussing other topics wastes time and can ruin the

effectiveness of your safety meeting.



At the end of the meeting, ask employees to sign a sheet on the

back of this talk as a record that they attended the safety

meeting.  Keep this talk on file for your records.











Spray Painting



We know that spray painting is done at a specially constructed and

ventilated booth or in the open using a hand spray gun. When we use

the term 'Paint' we include lacquer, varnish or other coatings

used in the spray gun.



We must concern ourselves with our own personal protection from

breathing hazardous fumes and vapors, or in many instances from

fire or explosion.  Spray booths must be exhausted so that fresh

air moves from the worker to the exhaust outlet in a manner that

avoids harmful concentrations of particles or toxic or harmful

fumes or vapors. It is up to us to see that this flow is not

interfered with, and that we are wearing the proper type of

respirator for the materials being used.



In small booths the linear air movement must be at least 100 feet

per minute; in larger booths the rate is at least 150 linear feet

per minute. This movement should be monitored constantly with

gauges. In some cases, a respirator helmet fed by an air line may

have to be worn by the operator.



Let's discuss some often overlooked safety precautions. Any source

of unusual heat is very dangerous. Electrical extension cords, even

temporary ones, should never be permitted in or around paint spray

booths. Anything that might generate a spark or an electric arc

should be repaired or removed. Unenclosed light bulbs can

become quite hot and reach temperatures that could set off an

explosion under certain conditions and with certain materials.



One of the more rare considerations that must at least be

investigated is whether an agent is present that can, during

extended periods of exposure, be absorbed through the skin. A check

of threshold limit values will serve as a guide in making this

determination.



In most cases, the manufacturers will label the containers, listing

the ingredients, or they will furnish the user with such a list.



Strict attention to what we have discussed and the use of common

sense will safeguard us from the hazards of spray painting.

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