Centre for Workplace Health, Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 9JN, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Aug;61(5):335-40. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqr096.
Nail salons are a rapidly expanding small business sector. Environmental health practitioners have raised concerns about potential health and safety issues.
To establish the extent of work-related health issues reported by nail salon technicians, their knowledge of health and safety regulations and of the products used.
Nail technicians completed a researcher-administered questionnaire, and responses were compared to those of non-exposed office-based control subjects.
In all, 39 of 588 nail salons approached agreed to participate (7%), with all 71 (100%) of the available nail technicians within these salons completing study questionnaires. The majority of the nail technicians (99%) had received training that had included aspects of health and safety and most reported being aware of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations (59/70, 84%) and risk assessments (65/70, 93%). Compared to the control group, the nail technicians reported statistically significant increased levels of work-related neck (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.6-15.6), shoulder (15.0, 3.1-71.8), wrist/hand (3.6, 1.2-10.7) and lower back problems (3.5, 1.0-12.5). Work-related nasal symptoms were also significantly more common in nail technicians (6.2, 1.3-30.7).
This study demonstrated a higher prevalence of a range of musculoskeletal problems and respiratory symptoms reported by nail technicians compared to office-based controls. An ergonomic and exposure assessment of work practices in this industry is warranted to identify the working practices associated with these symptoms, in order to inform best practice, supplement industry and regulatory guidance and develop appropriate practical work-based training.
美甲沙龙是一个快速发展的小型企业部门。环境卫生从业者对潜在的健康和安全问题表示担忧。
确定美甲沙龙技师报告的与工作相关的健康问题的程度、他们对健康和安全法规以及所用产品的了解程度。
美甲技师填写了一份研究者管理的问卷，将其与非暴露于办公室的对照组的回答进行比较。
总共，有 588 家美甲沙龙中有 39 家（7%）同意参与，这些沙龙中的所有 71 名（100%）可用美甲技师都完成了研究问卷。大多数美甲技师（99%）接受过包括健康和安全方面的培训，大多数人表示了解《有害物质控制条例》（59/70，84%）和风险评估（65/70，93%）。与对照组相比，美甲技师报告的与工作相关的颈部（OR 5.0，95%CI 1.6-15.6）、肩部（15.0，3.1-71.8）、手腕/手部（3.6，1.2-10.7）和下背部问题（3.5，1.0-12.5）的发生率显著增加。与工作相关的鼻症状在美甲技师中也明显更为常见（6.2，1.3-30.7）。
本研究表明，与办公室对照组相比，美甲技师报告的一系列肌肉骨骼问题和呼吸道症状更为普遍。有必要对该行业的工作实践进行人体工程学和暴露评估，以确定与这些症状相关的工作实践，从而为最佳实践提供信息，补充行业和监管指导，并制定适当的实际基于工作的培训。
