Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover

Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing food crops (except mushrooms) under glass or protective cover.

Category

Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing

NAICS Code

111419

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this industry:

• Generate plant bioaerosols processing or packing food products
• Inhale bioaerosols of moldy compost
• Mix or apply organophosphates or work in fields after an application
• Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols containing mold (asthmogenic)
• Repeatedly inhale dust of moldy greenhouse soil
• Spray chlorothalonil or tetramethrin (pesticides)
• Use carbon disulfide as fumigant