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Posted By ian
Good morning all
Does anyone have a Risk Assessment or details, related to the risks associated with finished polyurethane products i.e. polyurethane foam.
We have a contractor stripping 'finished product' insulation from heating tanks. The dust is considered to be an irritant. We are advising the contractor to ensure compliance with COSHH - definition of dust i.e. concentration in air equal to or greater than 10 mg.m -3 8 hour TWA of inhalable dust or 4 mg.m-3 8 hour TWA of respirable dust.
The contractor has provided his operatives with air feed masks, coveralls & gloves.
My contractor is concerned that there may be more significant ('sinister') risks, when working with this unpleasant dust.
Any occupational health information/advise would be most appreciated
Ian
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Posted By Chris Packham
Ian
Two years ago I did some work for a company producing polyurethane foam. One of the things we did was to measure scrap foam that had been returned, some of it 10 - 15 years old, to see if we could detect free isocyanate. In several cases the results were positive! We also had significant positive results on more recently produced foam in their finished product warehouse.
I have a picture of the pads we used. If you are interested contact me direct.
Chris
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