1. Assess the CMR risk

Once you have identified the CMR agents in your work area, you need to ask yourself the following questions in order to assess the risks:

• Which workstations are affected?

• How many employees are exposed at each workstation?

• How are products handled (brush application, spraying, application to hot surfaces, etc.)?

• How much is handled?

• How often, daily, weekly, annually?

• What are the routes of employee exposure? Inhalation, ingestion, skin?

• What preventive measures are already in place, such as working in confined spaces, capturing pollutants using localized ventilation at source, or general ventilation of the workshop?

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