HSE identifies sorghum among grain types whose dust can present health risks and describes serious occupational respiratory disease associated with agricultural grain-dust exposure.
Source: HSE: Grain dust — risks from rapeseed and other grains ↗Dust entry
Sorghum dust
Dust generated during harvesting, handling, storage, or processing of sorghum grain.
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 asthma riskrespiratory disease concernallergic respiratory response
Evidence
Controls
- enclosure
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust suppression
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection