Sickness absence due to occupational dermatoses in a prefabrication construction factory

Contact Dermatitis
C L Goh

Abstract

In a study of sickness absence due to occupational dermatoses among 360 construction workers in a prefabrication construction factory in 1984, we found 3 workers with allergic contact dermatitis from chromate in cement who required medical leave. There were 5 sickness absence spells due to occupational dermatoses and the number of days lost due to occupational dermatoses was 53 days for the year. This averaged out at 0.01 spells per worker per year, 0.15 days per worker per year and 15 days per spell. It appeared that the number of workers requiring sickness absence from occupational dermatoses was low, but that those with the condition required about 2 weeks of sickness absence. Allergic contact dermatitis from chromate in cement appeared to be the only occupational dermatosis causing sickness absence in the factory.

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Jan 1, 1979·Contact Dermatitis·S FregertE Sandahl
Nov 1, 1984·Contact Dermatitis·C L Goh, S D Soh

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Oct 1, 1986·Contact Dermatitis·C L GohS J Ngui
Oct 1, 1995·Contact Dermatitis·L Condé-SalazarM A Gonzalez
Jan 1, 1987·Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health·C L Goh, S F Kwok
Jan 1, 1989·The British Journal of Dermatology·C L Goh
Apr 8, 2004·Toxicology and Industrial Health·Chris Winder, Martin Carmody

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