FACTS
- A significant health effect in the plating workplace is nickel dermatitis. This is a phenomenon associated with soluble nickel compounds or nickel metal dissolved in sweat that penetrates skin causing an allergic reaction in genetically predisposed individuals. As a workplace exposure, this is probably a greater risk than is lung cancer by inhalation of aerosols of nickel sulfate, chloride or sulfamate.
- Metal plating workers are exposed to a multitude of hazardous chemicals, which may cause poisoning, chemical burns, damage to the respiratory system, allergies, etc. They may be injured by falls on wet floors, may suffer cuts and pricks […]
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