on 15/7/04 6:46 pm, Helen Hannar at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Dear List,
> I have a rather strange case at the momement.
> An employee has complained of a reaction to an exernal paint product that
> is used for painting the safety lines outside of her workplace. She has no
> respiratory symptoms, no rhinnitis, no watering eyes etc.
>
> Her reaction is that she feels tired when the paint is in use and has
> fainted on 3 occaisions when the paint was in use outside and she was in
> the building, 3 well ventilated rooms away. There was minimal paint smell,
> in fact colleagues did not even realise any painting was being done.
>
> Her employer has removed her from any area within contactable range of
> external painting work and has offered to redeploy her to another unit.
>
> The company has ordered environmental sampling when the paint is in use,
> by roller as there is no spray painting. They are a little cynical of her
> reaction and a recent GP report failed to mention any stated reaction to
> the fumes that she was supposed to have attended her GP for. They now wish
> to test for any allergies and reaction.
> Would allergy testing indicate such a reaction to any components of a
> paint product?? The data sheets indicate low hazard and the manufacturers
> have not heard of such a reaction before, given the distances from the
> actual painting being performed.
>
> Grateful for any response,
> Many thanks, Helen
>
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How interesting .... just a thought and playing devil's advocate but .... If
the possible exposure to this paint is going to be just a "one off" and her
exposure is not likely to be repeated is there any point in going down the
route of checking for sensitivities? Allergy testing is not a particularly
pleasant procedure not is it without risk in itself. There is also the costs
of referral to consider.
Anne
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