Nail Salon Industry Safety

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Nail salons are mostly small businesses who employ or contract with trained professionals to provide clients with nail services including, but not limited to, nail filing and polishing, artificial nail application, and other hand-and foot-care treatments.

More than 375,000 nail technicians working in salons across the United States face possible health hazards every day. Nail technicians working in salons across the United States face possible health hazards every day. Workers exposed to chemicals found in glues, polishes, removers, emollients and other salon products may experience negative health effects such as asthma and other respiratory illnesses, skin disorders (e.g. allergic contact dermatitis), liver disease, reproductive loss, and cancer. Additionally, workers often endure muscle strains from awkward positions or repetitive motions; and have a high risk for infection from contact with client skin, nails, or blood.

Chemicals affect different people in different ways. How a chemical affects workers depends on how much of it workers are exposed to. Workers can get sick right away, or they can get sick over time.

Exposures can "add up," especially when many products are being used at the same time, when the products are used day after day, or when there is poor ventilation in the salon. If a worker uses chemicals all day, every day, they are more likely to get sick than someone who uses the same chemicals once in a while. There is a clear need for employees working in the nail salon industry to receive safety training to help ensure they can safely perform their work duties.

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Please note: Our training courses provide essential general knowledge awareness training about each topic, however an employer must provide training for the specific equipment, policies, and procedures in use at their work site(s).

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