Cutting fluids. their use and effects on the skin

Zugerman, C.; Zugerman, C

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Cutting fluids. their use and effects on the skin

Zugerman, C.

Occupational Medicine 1(2): 245-258

1986

ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X

PMID: 2956708

Document Number: 276899

Metalworking fluids are liquids that flow or are sprayed over metal that is being altered mechanically or physically. Cutting fluids tend to be alkaline and are often soap-like. As such they denature keratin, defat the skin, and remove water from it, causing dryness, fissures, and frank eczematization. Cutting oil dermatitis is a difficult problem for the involved worker who must continue to support his family despite the presence of this progressive, pruritic, and painful eruption.