Selecting the Right PPE for Your Spray Booth
Even if your paint booth comes complete with advanced technology, optimal airflow, or other high-end features and functionalities, there’s always a potent risk to the safety and health of your painters. To this end, the utilization of personal protective equipment (PPE) is always mandatory for personnel who work in a spray booth environment. Paint fumes are known to have volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which can be easily ingested by a painter through inhalation or even skin absorption. With this in mind, there are both short-term and long-term health risks of ingesting VOCs. This may include persistent headaches, skin irritation, nausea, vertigo, shortness of breath,…