Skin damage in the workplace happens more often then you
think, whether it be the misuse of chemical handling or long exposures that
slowly deteriorate the skin. It only takes one slip up in the work place to
cause that individual to live with irreversible damage. Lets talk about
long-term exposures that can cause skin damage. It’s a little known fact that
many truck drivers that have been trucking for years all experience skin damage
to the left side of their face due to the constant UV exposures. To many of
them it is just something that you have to deal with and comes as a part of the
job. Many will have noticeable changes in their appearance but some develop
melanoma and pass away. The fact is that just installing window tint to that
side of the truck would greatly diminish skin diseases and damage associated
with long term exposure from trucking. Also just putting on sun block can
reduce the rates of skin cancer. As for short-term skin damage chemicals are
accountable for most accidents in the workplace. You can see it here on Ohio University’s
campus. For, example with students in
the chemistry labs there are some with burns from acids and bases used in labs
improperly. People need to know that these safety rules are not to make you job
harder on you but to protect yourself. Wearing the correct safety equipment is
a must of you want to avoid permanent skin damage. Another big one is the food
service industry. Making sure people wear cut gloves and burn sleeves in
extremely important because it not only will save you money by not missing work
from a preventable burn, but also the company you work for by not having to
fill out an incidence repot and giving you a small sum of money for compensation.
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