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Related Safety and Health Topics Pages
Other Resources
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OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database. OSHA and EPA jointly
developed and maintain the OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database
as a convenient reference for the occupational safety and health
community.
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Small Business Handbook. OSHA
Publication 2209-02R, (2005). Also available as a 260 KB
PDF, 56 pages.
Assists in identifying topics that are applicable
to all covered industries, including autobody shops.
Provides help to small business employers in meeting the
legal requirements imposed by the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 and achieve an in-compliance status
before an OSHA inspection.
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Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities to Automotive
Service Technicians and Mechanics, 2003 to 2005. US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Report, (2007, May 23).
Reports that mechanics are more likely than the average worker to
be injured or killed on the job, as evidenced by higher rates of
fatalities and injuries and illnesses. Their fatality rate was 5.3
per 100,000 employed in 2005, which was higher than the rate of
4.0 per 100,000 employed for all occupations combined.
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Automotive Refinishing Partnership. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). A voluntary program that works
in partnership with the collision repair industry to promote best
practices and technologies that reduce toxic emissions of diisocyanates,
organic solvents, heavy metals, and other hazardous air pollutants.
The program encourages the development of safer paint products
and conducts train-the-trainer best practices workshops to promote
outreach to shops across the country.
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Auto
Body Certification Program. State of Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management. Includes a historical perspective,
new research findings, program elements, certification workbook, and more.
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Compliance
Assistance Program (CAAR) for Automotive Repair Shops.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Features Florida's
DEP program, which is designed
to improve the environmental compliance of regulated facilities.
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