Work-related skin disease image library

Note

The images in this library are primarily for training purposes. Unmarked images are Crown copyright. Details of permissible uses can be found at:

Hands with red scaly patches
Dermatitis showing reddening of skin
Extremely swollen red hands with areas of peeling skin
Dermatitis showing swelling
Hands showing crusting, thickening and splitting of skin
Dermatitis showing crusting and thickening of skin
Hands with dry skin, red patches and splits
Allergic contact dermatitis on hairdresser's hands
Dark skined hands with light patches
Vitiligo
Hands with dry red scaly patches
Irritant contact dermatitis from excessive hand washing
Fingers with dry, irritated skin with splits
Allergic contact dermatitis from garlic
Red, split, infected lesion between fingers
Secondarily infected irritant dermatitis
Skin with raised red patches
Urticaria
Hands with thickened, peeling and split skin
Allergic contact dermatitis, first year hairdresser
Hand with redness and white raised patches
Contact urticaria from latex gloves
Legs with severe brown lesions from mid-calf to feet
Cement burns on legs
Knee with severe large white, pussy, infected lesion surrounded by redness
'Pizza knee' from a cement burn
Leg with several red lesions
Allergic contact dermatitis of the leg

Preventative measures / good control

Sinks with abrasive pads
Don't use abrasive pads to scrub hands
Gloves left in sink with chemicals
Clean, dry and store gloves away from chemicals
Person checking someone's hands
Check hands regularly
Hands being dried with paper towel
Dry hands thoroughly

Damage mechanisms

Skin cross section
Cross section of epidermis, bricks and mortar concept
Skin reaction mechanism to allergen with insert photo of hives
Type I reaction mechanism
Sensitisation and reaction mechanism
Type IV reaction mechanism

Acknowledgements

  1. Image reproduced with permission of Danderm
  2. Image reproduced with permission of Global Skin Atlas

Link URLs in this page

  1. Skin at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/index.htm
  2. Overview - Employers, employees and traineeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/index.htm
  3. Overview - What are work-related skin diseases?https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/whatare.htm
  4. Dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/dermatitis.htm
  5. Urticariahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/urticaria.htm
  6. Skin cancerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/cancer.htm
  7. Sun exposurehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/sunprotect.htm
  8. Overview - Latex allergieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/latex.htm
  9. Selecting latex gloveshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/latex-gloves.htm
  10. How does exposure happen?https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/exposure.htm
  11. Overview - How can they be prevented?https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/prevention.htm
  12. Gloveshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/gloves.htm
  13. High-risk jobshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/highrisk/index.htm
  14. What does the law say?https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/employ/law.htm
  15. Overview - H&S and medical professionalshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/index.htm
  16. Overview - Causes of skin diseasehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/index.htm
  17. Causes of Contact dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/dermatitis.htm
  18. Causes of Contact urticariahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/urticaria.htm
  19. Causes of Acneshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/acnes.htm
  20. Causes of Cancershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/cancers.htm
  21. Causes of Leucoderma (Vitiligo)https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/leucoderma.htm
  22. Structure and functions of the skinhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/structure.htm
  23. Skin infectionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/infections.htm
  24. Overview - Causative agentshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/agents.htm
  25. Skin irritants and sensitisershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/agentstable1.htm
  26. Causes of contact urticariahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/agentstable2.htm
  27. Agents that cause skin cancerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/causes/agentstable3.htm
  28. Managing exposure riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/managerisk.htm
  29. Legal requirementshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/legal.htm
  30. Information for inspectorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/inspectors.htm
  31. Training resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/trainingresources.htm
  32. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/information.htm
  33. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/publications.htm
  34. Postershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/posters.htm
  35. Overview - Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/index.htm
  36. Photographic chemicalshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/photographic.htm
  37. Tiler: Ted's storyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/tiler.htm
  38. Hairdressing: Maxine's storyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/hairdressers.htm
  39. Hairdressing: Julie's storyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/julie-hair.htm
  40. Hairdressing: Marie's storyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/marie-hair.htm
  41. Latex allergies - Nursinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/alison-nursing.htm
  42. Latex allergies - Radiographyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/pip-radiographer.htm
  43. Latex allergies - Dental practicehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/julie-dental.htm
  44. Catering industryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/catering.htm
  45. Meat processinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/meatprocessing.htm
  46. Paint manufacturinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/paint.htm
  47. Fabric coaterhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/casestudies/fabric.htm
  48. Image galleryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/imagelibrary.htm
  49. Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/statistics.htm
  50. Researchhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/research.htm
  51. Presentationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/presentations.htm
  52. Videoshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/professional/videos.htm
  53. Linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/links.htm
  54. Overview - FAQshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/index.htm
  55. General questionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/general.htm
  56. Hairdressing FAQhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/hairdressing.htm
  57. Catering FAQhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/catering.htm
  58. Cleaning FAQhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/cleaning.htm
  59. Dental practice FAQhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/faq/dental.htm
  60. Crown copyrighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/copyright.htm
  61. Global Skin Atlas copyrighthttp://www.globalskinatlas.com/
  62. Skin checks for dermatitis (Free poster)https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/assets/docs/skindermatitis.pdf
  63. Keep your top on: INDG 147https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg147.pdf
  64. COSHH Essentialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm
  65. HSE Bookshttps://books.hse.gov.uk/
  66. The National Eczema Societyhttp://www.eczema.org/
  67. Cateringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/catering/index.htm
  68. Constructionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/index.htm
  69. COSHHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm
  70. Health serviceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/index.htm
  71. Printinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/index.htm

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Updated 2024-10-18