A NIOSH health-hazard evaluation found occupational exposure to egg protein and determined that at least five workers had occupational asthma due to IgE-mediated hypersensitivity; egg-protein dust levels also exceeded prevailing exposure criteria in the evaluated facility.
Source: CDC/NIOSH: HETA 84-163 — Siouxpreme Egg Products occupational asthma evaluation ↗Dust entry
Egg-protein dust
Airborne particulate containing egg proteins generated during egg-product processing.
Airborne form
dust
The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.
Health effects
occupational asthmaIgE-mediated hypersensitivityrespiratory symptomsdust exposure concern
Evidence
Controls
- process enclosure
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust suppression
- exposure monitoring
- medical surveillance
- appropriate respiratory protection