Exposure of metalworking machine operators

Good Practice Guide for Safe Handling and Disposal of ...

water-mix MWF to prevent ill-health in machine workshops. Skin disease (dermatitis) and lung disease (occupational asthma and occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis) can occur in operators, either because their skin is regularly in contact with MWF, or because they inhale MWF mist (Sections 2.1 and 2.2).

  Machine, Operator