Dust entry

Mushroom-wharf compost dust

Organic dust released while handling and unloading mushroom compost on farm wharf 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 identified compost handling on the wharf as one of the operations with 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

enclosed compost unloading
local exhaust ventilation
dust suppression
exposure monitoring
medical surveillance
appropriate respiratory protection