Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other

Description

All other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers not classified separately above. [SOC] Processes in textile factories are increasingly enclosed and mechanized. Dyes are the most common cause of allergic contact dermatitis in the textile industry. Modern durable press fabics release little formaldehyde and rarely cause skin disease. [Marks, p. 347-50] Other potential causes of allergic contact dermatitis include chromates, nickel, epoxy resins, rubber chemicals, and p-phenylene diamine.

Category

Textile, Apparel & Furnishings

SOC Code

51-6099

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Dye fur with compounds containing amines
• Grind, mix, or weigh dyes or apply dyes to textiles
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Inhale or handle nitrogen compounds that can induce methemoglobinemia
• Prepare, card, or spin natural vegetable fibers (a heavy exposure)
• Produce silk (sericulture)
• Repeatedly prepare, card, or spin natural vegetable fibers
• Use chromates or dichromates in tanning