Occupational Risk Assessment on Allergic Contact Dermatitis in a Resin Model Making Process

Occupational dermatitis occurred mainly in construction, electronics and painting industries 1-6) in previous studies but was not reported in the automobile industry before. The cases of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in these studies were mainly caused by exposures to epoxy resin 1-5) and relate...

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Published in:Journal of Occupational Health 2004-03, Vol.46 (2), p.148-152
Main Authors: Chang, Ta‐Yuan, Lee, Lukas Jyuhn‐Hsiarn, Wang, Jung‐Der, Shie, Ruei‐Hao, Chan, Chang‐Chuan
Format: Article
Language:jpn ; eng
Subjects:
Adult
Allergens - toxicity
Allergic contact dermatitis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - epidemiology
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - etiology
Dermatitis, Occupational - epidemiology
Dermatitis, Occupational - etiology
Epoxy resin
Epoxy Resins - toxicity
Hand - pathology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Model manufacturer
Occupational Exposure - adverse effects
Risk Assessment
Taiwan - epidemiology
TPGME
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Summary:Occupational dermatitis occurred mainly in construction, electronics and painting industries 1-6) in previous studies but was not reported in the automobile industry before. The cases of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) in these studies were mainly caused by exposures to epoxy resin 1-5) and related compounds 6-9) through direct dermal contact, but some studies reported that airborne chemical exposure could also cause ACD 10-13). Allergic dermal symptoms were related to qualitative exposures to chemicals in these studies 1-13). There were only a few studies trying to associate allergic dermal reaction with quantitative chemical exposures 14, 15). In this study, we applied the risk assessment method to investigate one ACD case in an automobile company. By completing all four steps in risk assessment, i.e. hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment and risk characterization, we were able to demonstrate that the autoworker's dermatitis was attributable to a particular group of chemicals with certain amounts of cumulative exposures through a specific exposure route in the model manufacturing process.
ISSN:1341-9145
1348-9585
1348-9585
DOI:10.1539/joh.46.148