In-Depth Survey Report: Experimental and Numerical Research on the Performance of Exposure Control Measures for Aircraft Painting Operations, Part II.

摘要

Since 2008, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH) have been collaborating with Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NAVFAC ESC) engineers and Navy Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) industrial hygienists to evaluate ventilation in a Navy aircraft painting hangar. The Navy seeks to keep worker exposures to air contaminants, including hexavalent chromium (CrVI), hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), and others, at levels that meet regulatory health and safety standards, while limiting the environmental footprint, i.e. energy use, and operational costs of painting hangar ventilation. All project work, including the present study, refers to Naval Base Coronado, Building 465, Bay 6, in San Diego, California.