HSE list of causative agents for contact dermatitis
Example occupationsExamples of irritants Examples of sensitisers  Agricultural workersArtificial fertilisers, cleaning products, diesel, disinfectants, dust including soil and food products, gasoline, oils, pesticides, plants, solvents, wet-work.Animal feeds, barley, cement, fungicides, germicidal products, oats; plants; pesticides, veterinary medications, wood dust, preservatives, wool. BakersAcids; detergents; wet-work.Ammonium persulphate, benzoyl peroxide, dyes, essential oils, enzymes, flavours; flour, some fruits. BartendersDetergents, disinfectants, scale- removers,wet-work.Formaldehyde, some fruits. Beauticians (Nails)Dusts, acetone, disinfectants.Ethylmethacrylate, methylmethacrylate. Butchers and abattoir workersAcids and alkalis, detergents, waste products, wet-work.Animal proteins, formaldehyde, latex rubber protein, nickel, sawdust. Cabinet makers and carpentersDetergents, glues, solvents, thinners, wood dust, wood preservatives.Colophony, dyes, fungicides, glues, turpentine, varnishes, wood dust. Carpet layersAdhesives, dusts.Adhesives, mites, fungus, animal waste. CleanersDetergents, other cleaning products, solvents, wet-work.Formaldehyde, germicidal agents. Construction workersCement, dusts, solvents, sand, wet-work, building materials.Cement, chromium, chromium compounds, cobalt, epoxy resins, nickel, resins, thiuram in gloves, wood dust. Cooks and caterersAcids and alkalis, bleaching agents, detergents, vegetable juices, wet-work. Flavours (some types), formaldehyde, garlic, sodium metabisulphite, spices (some). Dentists and dental techniciansDetergents, wet-work.Dental impression material, disinfectants, eugenol, local anaesthetics (some), mercury, methacrylates, latex rubber free protein. Doctors, nurses and othersDisinfectants, detergents, wet-work.Latex gloves, some anaesthetics, antibiotics and antiseptics, phenothiazines, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, liquid chloroxylenol. ElectriciansFibre glass, soldering fluxes.Epoxy resins, rubber, isocyanates, soldering fluxes, dusts. Floor-layersSolvents.Cement; epoxy resins; house mites; wood; wood dust. Florists and gardenersCompost, fertilisers, pesticides, wet-work, soil, preservatives.Plants, pesticides, insecticides. Foundry workersDust, sand.Chromium, cobalt, nickel, phenol/urea-formaldehyde resins. HairdressersBleaching agents, dyes, permanent wave solutions, shampoos, wet-work.Dyes, nickel, persulphates, perfumes, latex rubber protein, amine based chemicals, including parphenylene diamine (ppd). Hospital and care home workersDetergents, disinfectants, wet-work.Latex rubber protein, medicines. Metal workersCutting oils /fluids, solvents, metal shavings/dusts.Additives/preservatives in cutting fluids, chromium, nickel. MechanicsCleaners, diesel, gasoline, greases, oils, solvents.Chromium, epoxy resin, nickel. Motor vehicle repairersAggressive hand cleaning products, fuels, oils, paints, solvents.Chromium, cobalt, epoxy resins, nickel. PaintersAggressive hand cleaners, solvents, thinners, wallpaper adhesives including antibacterial/mould agents.Turpentine, thinners, chromium, formaldehyde, epoxy products, polyester resins. Photographic industry workersSolvents, wet-work.Chromium, colour developers, para-aminophenol, formaldehyde, hydroquinone; sodium metabisulphite. PrintersSolvents.Colophony, formaldehyde, metals in resins/inks, resins and hardeners, turpentine. Rubber products workersSolvents, talc, uncured rubber, zinc stearate.Colophony, dyes, rubber conditioning chemicals, different amines and epoxy resins. VeterinariansDisinfectants, wet-work.Some anaesthetics, antibiotics and antiseptics, chloroxylenol, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, latex