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Posted By notsothicko
Do any organsiations out there provide sunblock for personnel working outside during the summer months?
Following a risk assessment for outside working it has been highlighted that exposure to the sun creates a risk of skin damage and sunblock should be provided.
This surely could create other health issues in the event of allergy etc ??
Any advice much appreciated - Thanks
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Posted By Descarte
This specific issue has been raised many times before, a search of the forums via the search option would yield faster and more results and information than you will get responses to this post.
Though the overall answer is still contested I believe
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Posted By M J Matthews
HI
I have had some issues with employees working outside in hot weather, what I did was to ask them all what they would normally use when they were on holidays etc and if they had ever had any reactions, I then then provided the individuals with their prefered sunblock, Just a question then on how you check they apply it when required, and ensuring that they also wore the clothing provided in this case 'T' shirts with round necks and 3/4 sleeves, with base ball caps.
Regards
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Posted By CRN Baker
Same procedure with us, the mechanics tell us their favoured brand and we supply that in Factor 50+, same brand aftersun and ensure that they're wearing baseball caps and good coverage t-shirts. The only thing we changed last year was we supplied hi vis t-shirts instead of their uniform and a hi vis to minimise them getting heat stoke. We also instigated additional breaks for them to get out of the sun and rehydrate.
Hope that helps.
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Posted By Chris Packham
As I have stated in another thread:
There are two types of sun protection cream. One relies upon chemical action to protect, the other contains pigments, such as Titanium Dioxide and Zinc oxide. For occupational provision I would always use the latter. There is a slight risk that the former will cause photosensitisation in a small number of people, i.e. they become permanently hypersensitive to UV - just the opposite of what you would like to achieve!
The other reason for choosing the physical type of product is that this also provides some protection against UVA. It is important to note that the "factor" only applies to UVB. For UVA there is a separate star system.
UVA is the range of UV wavelengths that causes premature skin ageing, depresses the immune system and has also been shown to be able to contribute to the development of skin cancer.
Chris
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