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  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Chemical Risk Assessment

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  • Workplace handling of volatile solvents requires effective exposure controls.
  • Risk Management Measures (RMMs) are crucial under REACH regulations.
  • Standard phrases in safety data sheets (SDS) and EUPhraC describe these controls.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the airborne protection provided by various workplace exposure controls.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of typical risk management measures (RMMs) for volatile solvent handling.
  • To validate existing risk assessment models.

Main Methods:

  • Laboratory simulations using ethanol as a model volatile solvent.
  • Continuous monitoring of ethanol emissions using a portable IR spectrometer.
  • Assessment of combined workplace exposure controls (e.g., containment, extract ventilation, drum pump).

Main Results:

  • The average emission reduction performance of investigated RMMs exceeded 90%.
  • Combined controls demonstrated significant effectiveness in reducing airborne solvent concentrations.
  • Results align with expectations from ESIG and ECETOC Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) models.

Conclusions:

  • Investigated RMMs are suitable for reducing airborne solvent exposure in workplaces.
  • Laboratory simulations confirm the protective potential of common exposure control strategies.
  • The findings support the predictive accuracy of the ESIG/ECETOC TRA model.