I work underground as a coal miner. How can I minimize damage to my skin and stuff while working in such harsh conditions?
I work underground as a coal miner. How can I minimize damage to my skin and stuff while working in such harsh conditions?
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I feel like a career change is your best bet.
This isn't reddit. You don't have to post useless, quippy one liners. I'm sure the author is aware their job isn't great for their skin.
And you don't have to assume that I wasn't serious. Why does lemmy have such a preoccupation with Reddit?
It's extremely Reddity to assume occupational hazards are a choice.
It's really ignorant to assume that some occupations aren't more hazardous than others. All employers and employees should work towards mitigating those hazards, but they do so in priority with immediate and long term health impacts. And with all due respect to OP, skin condition in a coal mine is likely superceded by death, dismemberment and long term respiratory dysfunction. Which good on op for attempting to deal with it herself.
You sound like a kkkracker ngl
And you all sound like you've never worked a day in your life. Ngl.
lol what the fuck are you talking about?
God go to hell you insensitive asshole. Thanks yes. You hurt my feelings irl. Feel accomplished.
Fuck you. The sacrifices i make arent just for me you individualist dick. I want a house for my husband. I want to stop rellying on my familly for everything. I want to be able to do something anything that makes me feel like less of a drain.
Ive suppressed my whole life and all i wanted to see is if on the weekends i can put on a wig and not look like an orc in a dress.
Youre the reason i feel so helpless. I refuse to sacrifice other people so i can feel confortable in my skin. This job is my last best chance and im not throwing it away so i can look pretty.
Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you.
Yes i cried. Im so fucking trolled right now.
Look, I honestly wasn't trolling. Industrial jobs are inherently very tough on the body. I've worked in the steel industry for quite a few years. Skin in particular will take the brunt of the damage. Although in coal, unless you are dedicated to using your ppe religiously it may be your respiratory system that is going to suffer. Most people here won't have any clue what a coal mine will do to your skin. Is your environment wet, dry, humid, hot. I imagine most will envision dust, lots of dust. I suspect probably that your lack of exposure to sunlight due to working a mine is going to work in your favor, but if you are exposed to anything that irritates your skin, a dermatologist would be a good start. What do your co-workers look like? Those that have worked the mine for many years, what skin conditions are misty prevalent? For lots of us in industry, we use our hands a lot, so scarring and dry skin from washing is common. We will often wear latex free gloves under our regular gloves if we know our gloves will get saturated. My point initially was that if it was such large concern a different career is likely you're best option. If the coal industry is really your preference you may have to accept that a hard job can be hard on the body. A good skin care routine that anyone would perform will likely do the job. I'm really sorry if I came off flippant. I didn't mean to, and I didn't mean to upset you.
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No job is inherently tough on the body. That's a cost saving decision made by management. They decide your skin doesn't matter because it doesn't cause worker's comp claims, so they write it off as simply being part of the job and leave it up to workers to find ways to cope.
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Work isn't a choice. "Get a different job lol!" Fuck off.
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