A total of 2820 oilmen regularly exposed to industrial oil were examined. Folliculites were detected in 151, furuncles in 63, hydradenitis in 58, phlegmons in 35, panaritium in 30 subjects. The number of invalidity days due to pyogenic dermatoses was 2-3 times higher among the workers exposed to deep oils than among those handling surface oils; this difference is explained by chemical composition and physicochemical characteristics of the extracted oil.

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