Other Resources

There are many websites related to health and safety in autobody shops. We recommend the following sites:

U. S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

• Autobody Repair and Refinishing: Hazards & Solutions
• Control Technology for Autobody Repair and Painting Shops by Heitbrink
• Occupational asthma
• Isocyanates
• Safety and health management for the shop
• Additional information

U. S. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

• Isocyanates
• Asthma
• General site
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to HDI [or download as a Word document]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Hexamethylene Diisocyanate (HDI) information
• Reducing air pollution from auto body shops
• Design for the Environment: autobody shop project
• CCAR (especially the Virtual Body Shop)

British Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Remember: Britain has different laws than the U.S.!

• Intro to Motor Vehicle Repair (MVR)
• Health problems caused by MVR
• Guidance Sheet MR01 Mixing ventilation (pdf)
• Guidance Sheet MR02 Spraying (pdf)
• Guidance Sheet MR03 Gun cleaning (pdf)
• Guidance Sheet G402 Health surveillance for asthma (pdf)
• Asthma:
  • home
  • about asthma
  • vehicle spray painters
  • how many people get asthma or COPD from work?
  • case studies 1
  • case studies 2
• Guidance Sheet MR05 Isocyanate - small tasks (pdf)
• Guidance Sheet FD14 LEV systems (pdf)
• Skin or eye contact: [Guidance Sheet S100 Controls (pdf)][Guidance Sheet S101 PPE (pdf)]
• HSE free leaflets

Canada

• Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers: Isocyanates [choose a topic at the bottom of page]
• IRSST: Guide for the safe use of isocyanates
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Asthma

Boston Public Health Commission

• Safety tips for autobody shops (pdf)

California Department of Health Services

• Isocyanates

California Department of Toxic Substances Control

• Auto Body and Paint Shops Project
• Health and Safety Resources

Connecticut Department of Public Health

• Focus on Auto Repair - January, 2006 newsletter (pdf)

Massachusetts Dept of Public Health

• Work-related asthma in Michigan causes death - April, 2007 bulletin (pdf)

Michigan State University

• Project SENSOR newsletters (Spring 1997 Isocyanate-induced asthma)

Montana State University Extension Service

• Pollution Prevention Information Center and EPA guides for autobody shops: select a section and press "Go"

New York State Dept of Health

• Consumer information and websites

Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association

• Checklist to help autobody shops comply with environmental, fire, and health & safety regulations

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

• Autobody Program Workbook: look in table of contents for issues of interest to you
• Fact sheets
• Safety Concerns in the Autobody Shop (pdf)
• Pollution prevention

University of Northern Iowa

• STAR4D: Spray Technique & Research

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

• Health & Safety Needs Assessment (pdf)
• Asthma Surveillance (SHARP)

Other Sites

• Alliance for Polyurethanes Industry: health effects of diisocyanates (pdf)
• Australia: fact sheet on lead in auto paints
• Neomedicus: good video about asthma