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Industry Name	Nursery and Tree Production
Description	This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) growing nursery products, nursery stock, shrubbery, bulbs, fruit stock, sod, and so forth, under cover or in open fields and/or (2) growing short rotation woody trees with a growth and harvest cycle of 10 years or less for pulp or tree stock.
Category	Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing
NAICS Code	111421
Job Tasks	High risk job tasks associated with this industry: Generate plant-derived bioaerosols Handle flowers Inhale plant mold (greenhouse worker) or slime mold (microbiologist) Mix or apply organophosphates or work in fields after an application Repeatedly inhale dust of moldy greenhouse soil Spray chlorothalonil or tetramethrin (pesticides) Use carbon disulfide as fumigant