Respirator Use and Practices in Agricultural Crop Production Establishments

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Doney B ; Greskevich, Mark F. ; Groce D ; Syamlal G
• Description:
  The risk of developing respiratory diseases can be reduced by either wearing respiratory protection under the guidance of an effective respiratory protection program or using controls. In 2001, the Survey of Respirator Use and Practices gathered information on the types of respirators used, respirator use practices, and the respirator program characteristics from 40,002 randomly selected US establishments. This report presents findings of the Survey of Respirator Use and Practices for the Agricultural Production-Crops industry and compares them with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommendations. Approximately one third of all Agricultural Production--Crops establishments The risk of developing respiratory diseases can be reduced by either wearing respiratory protection under the required respirator use. Of the Agricultural Production--Crops establishments that required respirator use, (1) a written program to determine what type of respirator to use was not adopted by management in 73% of the establishments; (2) 21 % did not know whether air sampling was conducted for substances for which employees were required to use respirators; (3) 29.5% did not provide respirator training for employees; (4) employees were not assessed for medical fitness to wear a respirator or it was not known whether the employees were assessed, in 49.4%; and (5) the program administrator had received no respirator training in 29.5%. Of the Agricultural Production--Crops establishments that required respirator use, 69.5% had at least 3 indicators of a potentially inadequate respiratory protection program. The high rates of indicators of potential inadequacies suggest widespread problems with respiratory protection programs in the Agricultural Production--Crops industry, indicating a potential for improvement. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Irritants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Occupational-exposure Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Respirators Respiratory-equipment Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-protection Respiratory-protective-equipment Respiratory System Disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25-32
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034416
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2008 Oct; 12(3):25-32
• Contact Point Address:
  Mark Greskevitch, CDC, NIOSH, DRDS, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, MS HG900.2, WV 26505
• Email:
  mgreskevitch@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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