NDLI: Occupational skin hazards and prevalence of occupational skin diseases in shoe manufacturing workers in Indonesia

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Author	Febriana, Sri Awalia Soebo, Hardyanto Coenraads, Pieter Jan
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Shoe manufacturing workers are exposed daily to an extensive range of potential physical and chemical occupational hazards. Shoe manufacturing in Indonesia is one of the industrial sectors that has shown sustained growth amongst the newly industrialized countries (NICs). In this study, we investigated the possible potential exposure of the workers to physical and occupational hazards and determined the prevalence of occupational skin diseases at a shoe manufacturing factory in Indonesia.A cross-sectional study on the observation of the working process and an inventory and risk assessment of exposure to the chemicals used. Classification of chemicals as potential sensitizers/irritants and qualitative assessments of these chemicals were done. Workers were examined and interviewed using the Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire-2002/LONG.The risk of Occupational skin diseases (OSD) at the shoe factory was mainly related to the exposure of the workers’ skin to potential physical and chemical hazards in hot and humid environmental conditions. From a total of 514 workers, 8.5 % reported current OSD and 4.8 % reported a history of OSD. Occupational skin diseases were diagnosed in 29 % of the workers by dermatologists and 7.6 % had an occupational contact dermatitis (OCD). Of the 39 workers with contact dermatitis, 33 consented to being patch tested, 14 (3 %) workers showed a positive results and considered as having an occupational allergic contact dermatitis (OACD) and 25 (4.9 %) had an occupational irritant contact dermatitis (OICD).We observed a repeated and prolonged exposure of the workers to numerous physical and chemical skin hazards at this factory.
Starting Page	185
Ending Page	194
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400131
Journal	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume Number	87
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14321246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2013-02-07
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Shoe manufacturing Occupational skin diseases Skin exposure Environmental Health Rehabilitation Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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