dusts.org
← All dusts

Dust entry

Sugar-beet pulp dust

Respirable particulate generated during sugar-beet processing and evaluated by NIOSH in a workplace health-hazard investigation.

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

silicosis concernoccupational respiratory disease concernorganic-dust exposure

Evidence

NIOSH reported that crystalline silica in high-volume and settled samples suggested sugar beet pulp dust was not biologically inert and could potentially produce silicosis in exposed workers; the evaluated exposures did not exceed OSHA standards.

Source: pdf ↗ · saved source
page 3 · Summary · 4
Although crystalline silica was not detected in any of the personal air samples for pulp dust, its presence in both the hi-vol air and settled dust samples suggests that sugar beet pulp dust is not biologically inert, but rather that it can potentially produce silicosis in exposed workers. None of the exposures during the processing of sugar beets exceeded their respective OSHA standards.

Controls