Hello All,

Has anyone heard of runny and itchy nose in Laundry sorter?

We have 8/10 workers in laundry complaining of runny and itchy nose. An assessment was done and it was found that their was poor ventilation in the department as their is limited route for cotton fibres to exit the building. During summer they can open a large door to allow ventilation but come winter month they have to shut that door as it will be too cold to work.

I have looked for any evidence in this topic but the closest i got was cotton harvester /workers that may experience respiratory symptoms. It appears that the worker i am concerned with only sort and distrIbute clean linen  to wards and departments and their is not sufficient exposure to cotton.

We have written to management to advice adequate ventilatory  n the department by installing a mechanism that will waft out fine fibres' to consider PPE to cover nose, hair and overalls, warm clothing during winter  and recommend the workers to attend for spiro. Is their anything else we should be doing?

Regards

Thelma

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