Preventing Asthma and Death from MDI Exposure During Spray-on Truck Bed Liner and Related Applications

Document

Preventing Asthma and Death from MDI Exposure During Spray-on Truck Bed Liner and Related Applications

Related Materials

• Peer Reviewers’ Comments [PDF - 15 KB]
• Response to Peer Reviewers’ Comments [PDF - 15 KB]

Required Elements for Initial Public Posting

Title: Preventing Asthma and Death from MDI Exposure During Spray-on Truck Bed Liner and Related Applications

Subject: Expansion on existing related reports, using updated exposure data and control strategies.

Purpose: To alert facility owners, MDI distributors, and workers of the respiratory and dermal hazards associated with the use of aerosolized MDI; to educate health professionals in identifying and eliminating respiratory hazards at spray-on bed liner facilities; and to provide general engineering control designs and work practice recommendations to reduce or eliminate worker exposures to MDI in the spray-on truck bed liner industry. (Note: the bed liner is an isocyanate-based polyurethane or polyurea coating; it contains di- and polyfunctional isocyanates with varying percentages of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI monomer), MDI prepolymers, and polymeric MDI.)

Timing of Review: March through May 2005

Primary Disciplines or Expertise Needed for Review: Risk assessment, toxicology, industrial hygiene

Type of Review: Individual

Number of Reviewers: 4

Reviewers Selected by: NIOSH

Public Nominations Requested for Reviewers: No

Opportunities for the Public to Comment: Yes

Peer Reviewers Provided with Public Comment Before Their Review: No

Peer Reviewers:

Dale Krupinski II
Academic and Professional Credentials: C.I.H., C.S.P., M.P.H.
Organizational Affiliation: Industrial Hygienist, Office of Construction Services, Directorate of Construction, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience: OSHA regulation compliance, industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health standards
Recommended by: NIOSH

Dennis O’Brien
Academic and Professional Credentials: Ph.D., C.I.H., P.E.
Organizational Affiliation: Industrial Hygienist, Health and Safety Department, Internation Union, UAW Detroit, MI
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience: Industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health
Recommended by: NIOSH

Roy Rando
Academic and Professional Credentials: Sc.D., C.I.H.
Organizational Affiliation: Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience: Etiology and epidemiology of occupational and environmental lung disease; exposure assessment and environmental characterization
Recommended by: NIOSH

Susan Tarlo
Academic and Professional Credentials: MD, B.S., F.R.C.P.(C)
Organizational Affiliation: Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Areas of Expertise, Discipline, or Relevant Experience: Clinical practice and research in occupational and environmental lung diseases and allergic responses, especially occupational asthma; occupational and environmental airway disease
Recommended by: NIOSH

Charge to Peer Reviewers:

Charge to Peer Reviewers [PDF - 21 KB]