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Chemical and mechanical trauma to the skin in a rubber fabricating facility
Author(s) -
Klemme Jay C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700080415
Subject(s) - medicine , skin irritation , irritation , natural rubber , nail (fastener) , data scrubbing , traction (geology) , dermatology , surgery , composite material , waste management , metallurgy , materials science , geomorphology , engineering , immunology , geology
Frequent hand‐washing using organic solvent caused chronic irritation on the hands of workers in a rubber fabricating facility. Mechanical traction applied to the skin of the thumbs and fingers and scrubbing of chemically traumatized skin during washing appeared to contribute to fissuring and nail bed separation.