Epoxy‐based production of wind turbine rotor blades: occupational dermatoses

Contact Dermatitis - Tập 50 Số 6 - Trang 329-338 - 2004
Ann Pontén1, Ole Carstensen2, Kurt Rasmussen2, Birgitta Gruvberger1, Malin Isaksson1, M. Bruze1
1Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, and
2Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Herning, Denmark

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Occupational dermatoses were investigated in a factory producing rotor blades for wind turbines by an epoxy‐based process. In a blinded study design, 603 workers were first interviewed and thereafter clinically examined. Based on a history of work‐related skin disease, clinical findings of dermatitis, or both, 325 (53.9%) of the workers were patch tested with a specially profiled occupational patch‐test series and the European standard patch‐test series. Calculated on all investigated workers, 17.1% of the workers were diagnosed with occupational dermatoses caused by work. Occupational allergic contact dermatitis was found in 10.9% of the workers. The estimated frequency of irritant contact dermatitis caused by work was 6.1%. Dermatitis on the hands was associated with contact allergy to epoxy resin (P = 0.017). The number of days on leave before the clinical examination was negatively associated with the presence of dermatitis (P = 0.001). Among workers employed 7–12 months, the frequency of occupational contact allergy was higher than that among workers employed for ≤6 months (P = 0.004). Females both washed their hands more often (P < 0.001) and used more moisturizers/protection creams at work (P < 0.001) than males. No sex differences were found concerning dermatitis on the hands.

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Contact Dermatitis

Tập 50 Số 6

329-338

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