Use of Respirators in – Paint Spray and Automotive Refinishing

BERKELEY - The Certification and Quality Assurance Branch of NIOSH has warned that a number of supplied-air respirators have been advertised as being NIOSH-approved when they are not. The reports of misrepresentation that have been investigated are concentrated in the paint spray and automotive refinishing industry; the Letter to All Users is intended to inform the workers who would be directly affected."The common elements of the systems that are not NIOSH-approved are typically:"1. a belt-m