Information regarding to occupational relationships (I)

Ref.

Title

Task performed

(relationship between cases )

Agent/risk exposure

Environmental spread

Exposure circumstances

Concurrent facts

Cases location

11

Contact dermatitis from methylisothiazolinone in a paint factory

Pouring additives into a mixing container in the production of water-based paints

Methylisothiazolinone

-

Innovation Processes (new preservative)

Poor working conditions

-

12

An epidemic of occupational contact dermatitis from an acrylic glue

Examine coils for defects and manual disassemble the defective ones

Acrylic glue

-

Innovation Processes (new glue)

Poor working conditions

-

13

Concomitant contact allergy to the resins, reactive diluents and hardener of a bisphenol A/F-based epoxy resin in subway construction workers

Insertion of iron bars into concrete

walls in the construction of new subway

stations

Bisphenol A/F-based epoxy resin system

-

Innovation Processes (new resin)

Poor working conditions

-

14

Allergic contact dermatitis from dicyclohexylmethane- 4,4’-diisocyanate

Cleaning a centrifuge after a massive contamination of DMDI

Isocyanate dicyclohexylmethane-4,4’-diisocyanate (DMDI),

Additional cases due to an environmental spread of the agent

Conventional products in the task performance

Non-routine operations

-

15

Occupational allergic contact dermatitis in a company manufacturing boards coated with isocyanate lacquer

Operators by the machine lacquer

Ddiphenylmethane-4,40

-diisocyanate (MDI)

-

Innovation Processes (new lacquer)

Processes developed improperly

-

16

New-onset asthma associated with exposure to 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole

Charge AMT into production vessel

3-amino-5-mercapto- 1,2,4-triazole (AMT)

Environmental spread. No additional cases

Conventional products in task performance

-

Task siting place

17

Epidemiologic investigation of immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy among abattoir workers exposed to porcine brain.

Removing porcine brains with compressed air

Aerosol nervous tissue

Additional cases due to an environmental spread of the agent

Conventional products in task performance

Poor working conditions

Task siting place

18

Trichloroethylene: Parkinsonism and complex 1 mitochondrial neurotoxicity

Degreasing metal parts

Trichloroethylene

Additional cases due to an environmental spread of the agent

Conventional products in task performance

Poor working conditions Processes developed improperly

Task siting place