Dust entry

Mushroom casing dust

Organic dust released during mushroom casing-line and casing-material operations.

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

Mushroom Workers Lunghypersensitivity pneumonitisrespiratory disease riskorganic-dust exposure

Evidence

A NIOSH mushroom-farm HHE reported that compost-handling operations on the wharf, spawn line, and casing line had the highest concentrations of organic dusts and fungal/bacterial constituents reported to cause Mushroom Workers Lung.

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Compost handling operations on the wharf, spawn line, and casing line had the highest concentrations of organic dusts, including many of the fungal/bacterial constituents reported to cause MWL.

Controls

casing-line enclosure
local exhaust ventilation
dust suppression
exposure monitoring
medical surveillance
appropriate respiratory protection