Isocyanate Two-Pack Spray Painting SWMS

Suits vehicle, industrial and furniture spray painters, panel shops and coating contractors who spray two-pack paints that contain isocyanates. It covers product information, health monitoring and respirator readiness, booth ventilation, flammability, mixing, spraying, curing and clean-up.

Spray painting is not high risk construction work by itself, so no high risk construction work items are pre-ticked. A SWMS is required by law only for high risk construction work (WHS Regulation s 299); tick the items that apply if the spraying is done as part of construction work. Otherwise it works as a written safe work procedure and risk assessment.

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What Is Covered In Our Isocyanate Two-Pack Spray Painting SWMS?

The job steps run in the order the work is done, from pre-start checks to finishing up. The hazards and controls include:

• Respiratory sensitisation and occupational asthma from isocyanates
• Air supplied respirator fit and supply
• Spray booth airflow and extraction failure
• Fire and explosion from solvents and paint mist
• Static discharge during mixing and pouring
• Skin and eye contact with hardener
• Health monitoring for isocyanate workers
• Air monitoring and exposure checks
• Fumes while paint flashes off and cures
• Sanding partly cured polyurethane paint
• Solvent-soaked rags and waste
• Contaminated clothing carried out of the booth

High Risk Construction Work

No high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are pre-ticked, because this work is not high risk construction work by itself. Tick the items that apply to your job, such as a fall risk of more than 2 metres or work where powered mobile plant is moving.

Licences, Training and Competency

• Training in spray painting with isocyanate two-pack paints, and in the use, fit testing and maintenance of air supplied respirators
• Trade qualification or equivalent competency in spray painting
• Health monitoring for workers doing ongoing isocyanate work where there is a significant risk to health (WHS Regulation s 368 and schedule 14, table 14.1, item 8), carried out by or under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner with experience in health monitoring (s 371)
• Induction in this SWMS, the SDS for each product and the site rules; general construction induction training card (white card) where the work is on a construction site
• First aider on site

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• Spray Painting and Powder Coating Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2021 – Managing electrical risks in the workplace
• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (15 pages), laid out on A4 landscape pages
• Business, client, job and document details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• The high risk construction work checklist, worded as WHS Regulation s 291, and the construction project question (s 292)
• A worker and health and safety representative consultation record
• Qualifications, plant, PPE, hazardous chemicals, safety equipment, permits, references and emergency arrangements filled in for this work
• A 5 x 5 risk matrix, and job steps with initial and residual risk scores and the people responsible
• Implementing, monitoring and review requirements, an additional controls log, revision history and a worker sign-on sheet

Review and adjust it for your site, your plant and the way your crew does the job, and talk it through with your workers before work starts. If you have any trouble downloading this SWMS, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading this SWMS.