NIOSH identifies mold spores in maple bark as an exposure associated with maple bark stripper’s disease, a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Source: CDC/NIOSH: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ↗Dust entry
Maple-bark stripper dust
Organic dust containing mold spores generated during maple-bark stripping and 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
hypersensitivity pneumonitisinterstitial lung disease concernrespiratory inflammation
Evidence
Controls
- process enclosure
- dust suppression
- ventilation
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection