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Proof of what your painters are breathing

VOC Air Monitoring

KPA measures what your painters, prep techs and mixing-room staff actually breathe on a normal shift, has a certified lab analyze it, and turns the results into the respirator decisions and cartridge schedule OSHA expects you to back up.

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VOC Air Monitoring & Respiratory Exposure Assessment

Replace the respirator guess with lab data from your own shop

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KPA VOC Air Monitoring

Your KPA consultant already knows your booth, your mixing room and who wears what. The badge results, the lab report and the updated respiratory protection program go into the same record as the rest of your EHS work, so your next visit starts from real numbers.

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Badge Sampling, Lab Analysis & Respirator Guidance


The sampling kit ships to your store. Your people wear badges through an ordinary shift of mixing, spraying, sanding and cleanup. A certified lab reports what was in the air, and a KPA consultant reads every result and tells you what it means for the respirators on your wall.

Personal Sampling Built Around Real Work

  • Full-shift badges worn by painters, prep techs and mixing-room staff
  • Kits shipped to your facility, typically 7 to 10 days after contract processing
  • Step-by-step sampling instructions, so nobody has to guess
  • Exposure groups set by task: spraying, mixing, sanding, solvent wipe-down and cleanup
  • Coverage outside the booth, at prep stations and touch-up areas where ventilation is weakest

 

Certified Laboratory Analysis

  • Eight common refinish solvents: acetone, ethyl acetate, MEK, MIBK, toluene, xylenes, Stoddard solvent (mineral spirits) and ethylbenzene

  • Time-weighted averages compared against OSHA permissible exposure limits

  • Results checked against your respirators' maximum use concentration

Respiratory Protection Program Updates

  • A written exposure assessment for your respiratory protection program

  • Respirator selection confirmed, or corrected, against measured levels

  • A custom organic vapor cartridge change-out schedule built on your data, not the calendar

  • Records organized the way an OSHA inspector will ask for them

  • Retest guidance when coatings, ventilation, volume or tasks change

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Regulatory Spotlight

OSHA Respiratory Protection: Exposure Data and Cartridge Change Schedules

Most shops choose respirators by habit and change cartridges on a schedule nobody remembers setting. OSHA's respiratory protection standard (29 CFR 1910.134) asks for something more specific: a reasonable estimate of what each employee is exposed to, and a written basis for every respirator decision. If you can't make that estimate, the standard says to treat the air as immediately dangerous to life or health, which usually means the most protective and most expensive respirator there is. Respiratory protection was OSHA's fifth most cited standard in fiscal year 2025.

VOC badges capture solvents, not isocyanates. OSHA hasn't set exposure limits for some of the isocyanates in automotive clearcoats and hardeners, and NIOSH has warned for decades that they cause occupational asthma. 

In 2026, a serious OSHA violation carries a penalty of up to $16,550, and a willful or repeat violation up to $165,514. 

Exposure Assessment

  • Employers must identify and evaluate respiratory hazards, including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures (1910.134(d)(1)(iii)).

  • Exposures are judged against OSHA's limits in 29 CFR 1910.1000. The 8-hour limit for toluene is 200 ppm; for xylene and ethylbenzene, 100 ppm.
  • An SDS lists what's in the can. It can't tell you what's in the air at the mixing bench at 3 p.m.

Cartridge Change-Out Schedules

  • A cartridge changed every Friday is a habit, not a change schedule. For gases and vapors, OSHA requires an end-of-service-life indicator or a schedule based on objective information (1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)).

  • The written program has to describe the data that schedule relies on.

  • When products, ventilation or tasks change, the assessment needs another look.

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EHS Done Right: A Complete Compliance Checklist for Auto Dealers

Running a dealership isn’t just about selling cars. It’s about protecting your team and meeting strict safety and regulatory standards. This checklist gives you a clear path to building an EHS program that actually works.

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FTC Warning Letters: Dealer Checklist for Transparent Advertising

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