Section 35.61. Exceptions to booth requirements

(a) All spray coating with harmful materials shall be done in booths or room booths, except under the following conditions, in which cases the sprayer shall be provided with and shall use an approved respiratory protector:

(1) The spray coating of interiors or exteriors of buildings or other structures.

(2) The spray coating of objects in the open air or in sheds open on at least two opposite sides.

(3) The spray coating of large castings, forgings, structural members, parts of machinery or other large objects, if not readily subjected to booth treatment.

(4) The spray coating of exceptionally large objects, such as railroad cars, trolley cars, automobiles or trucks.

(5) The retouching of automobile parts after repairs or similar minor or intermittent use.

(6) Other conditions when permission is granted by the Board.

(b) Unless natural or artificial ventilation is provided, the exceptions enumerated in subsection (a) are not applicable to indoor spraying when more than one pint of material to each 1,000 cubic feet of air space is sprayed per hour.

(c) Unless artificial ventilation equivalent to five air changes an hour is maintained, the exceptions enumerated in subsection (a) are applicable to the interior coating of vaults, cellars, shafts, tanks or similar confined and unventilated spaces.

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Cross References

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 35.62 (relating to respiratory protectors).