Responding to a request from the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), OSHA has confirmed that air-purifying respirators are acceptable to protect workers from exposure to diis..
Responding to a request from the Alliance for the
Polyurethanes Industry (API), OSHA has confirmed that
air-purifying respirators are acceptable to protect workers
from exposure to diisocyanates.
Under prior regulations, the use of supplied-air
respirators was required to protect workers from excessive
exposure to gases and vapors with poor odor-warning
properties. These include common diisocyanates such as
methylene biphenyl isocyanate.
"Many workers in the polyurethane industry welcome
the option of using air-purifying respirators because they
provide adequate protection while improving mobility and
visibility and ar
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