Open AccessOccupational Risk Assessment on Allergic Contact Dermatitis in a Resin Model Making Process
Author(s) -
Chang TaYuan,
Lee Lukas JyuhnHsiarn,
Wang JungDer,
Shie RueiHao,
Chan ChangChuan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.46.148
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , occupational hygiene , medicine , occupational safety and health , hygiene , family medicine , occupational medicine , environmental health , library science , management , political science , occupational exposure , law , pathology , politics , economics , computer science
Occupational dermatit is occurred mainly in construction, electronics and painting industries 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 and related compounds through direct dermal contact, but some studies reported that airborne chemical exposure could also cause ACD. Allergic dermal symptoms were related to qualitative exposures to chemicals in these studies. There were only a few studies trying to associate allergic dermal reaction with quantitative chemical exposures . 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.