Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products

Description

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) growing trees for reforestation and/or (2) gathering forest products, such as gums, barks, balsam needles, rhizomes, fibers, Spanish moss, ginseng, and truffles.

Category

Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing

NAICS Code

113210

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this industry:

• Generate plant-derived bioaerosols
• Manufacture rosin core solder (colophony) and rubber tires (tall oil)
• Mix or apply organophosphates or work in fields after an application
• Repeatedly debark maple trees to obtain sap
• Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols containing mold (asthmogenic)
• Repeatedly inhale dust of moldy greenhouse soil
• Spray chlorothalonil or tetramethrin (pesticides)
• Use carbon disulfide as fumigant