From:
Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Art Studio
Date:
Sep 14, 2018 15:20 UTC
Reply-To:
ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To:
[DCHAS-L] Art Studio
Your first problem is to find out if there are any rules. The State of Texas has exempted themselves from the OSHA regulations which have the safety, health and fire rules followed in most universities. There are four state universities in Houston and it looks like none are in the University of Texas (UT) system that has independently adopted the federal OSHA standards. I was recently at one of these Houston universities and they had NO training, NO inspections, NO collection of SDS or any other precautions in place and they actually don't have to do any of this.
That said, EPA rules do apply, and teachers taking institutional waste to a city household waste program is a violation of these rules.
The charcoal air purifier is a hazard in that high solvent area. As you surmise, it if collects the painting solvent vapors, you soon will have the charcoal and the lighter fluid all conveniently in the same box. And the very fact that painting instructor was "given" this air purifier by the school officials of some sort (they may not even have an EH&S department) indicates that no one there has a clue.
If you want some guidelines based on OSHA rules including their fire safety regulations, you can contact me off the forum and I'll send you some unedited chapters from a book on the subject that is scheduled for publication in December. Then you will at least know what should be done even though I suspect you will not be able to get anyone to do it.
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President: Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012 212-777-0062
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Art Studio
