Generate grain dust

Comments

Occupational asthma was reported in 40% of 610 grain elevator workers. Implicated allergens include grain mites and grain dust. [Malo] Chronic exposure to grain dust can cause chronic bronchitis. [Rosenstock, p. 323]

Job Task Category

Processing Materials

Reference Link

Exposed To

Allergens

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Asthma, occupational
• Grain fever
• Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Agricultural Equipment Operators
• Agricultural Production Workers, All Other
• Animal Breeders
• Animal Scientists
• Crushing, Grinding & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators
• Farmers & Ranchers
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
• Packaging and Filling Machine Tenders and Operators
• Packers & Packagers, Hand
• Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
• Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine
• CROP PRODUCTION
• Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
• Other Animal Food Manufacturing
• Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
• Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)