NIOSH FACE Program: What's New | CDC/NIOSH

The NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program has recently added the following information in the "What’s New – 2011" section on the FACE website.
New State FACE Publications and Products
.Michigan FACE Hazard Alert - Methylene Chloride Causes Death of Three MI Bathtub Refinishers
..Michigan FACE Report - Tub Refinisher Died Due to Methylene Chloride Overexposure While Stripping a Bathtub
...California FACE Report - Horticulture Nursery Owner Dies When He Slips and Falls off a Tractor
This newly released FACE information can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/whatsnew.html　

New FACE Spotlight
....Michigan FACE Report: Tub Refinisher Died Due to Methylene Chloride Overexposure While Stripping a Bathtub

OSHA has identified at least 13 worker deaths since 2000 related to bathtub refinishing with stripping agents containing methylene chloride.　 　

In the majority of the identified cases, the workers were working alone, in poorly ventilated bathrooms, with inadequate respiratory protection and little or no training on the hazards of the chemicals they were using.　 Since 2006, three bathtub refinishers in Michigan have died as a result of similar circumstances.　

Michigan FACE has investigated one of these cases and issued a hazard alert to inform employers and workers of the hazards of working with methylene chloride-based stripping agents, safe work practices when using them and alternative paint stripping chemicals and processes.

This new FACE Spotlight can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/

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