Dust entry

Synthetic flock dust

Airborne synthetic-fiber particulate generated in flock-processing and textile operations.

Airborne form

fiber

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

flock worker's lung concernlung fibrosis concernoccupational asthma concernrespiratory disease concern

Evidence

A NIOSH-indexed case study describes flock worker's lung in the context of occupational exposure to synthetic fibers and identifies respiratory disease, lung fibrosis, and occupational asthma as relevant health concerns; this is case-study evidence and not a universal risk estimate for every synthetic fiber.

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Flock worker's lung: a case study ... Keywords include occupational exposure, respiratory system, occupational-respiratory-disease, lung-fibrosis, bronchial-asthma, synthetic-fibers, and synthetic-fibers industry.

Controls

enclose fiber cutting and flocking
local exhaust ventilation
respirable particulate monitoring
housekeeping
appropriate respiratory protection
medical surveillance