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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
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Job Tasks
High risk job tasks associated with this job:
Apply organochlorine insecticides
Contaminate skin or inhale spray while using pentachlorophenol
Enter silo one to ten days after filling with silage
Generate grain dust
Generate insect-derived bioaerosols
Generate plant bioaerosols processing or packing food products
Generate plant-derived bioaerosols
Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
Handle flowers
Handle infected rodents (bite)
Handle infected rodents (inhalation or percutaneous exposure)
Handle infected skunk, raccoon, bat, fox, other carnivore, or woodchuck (bite)
Inhale bioaerosols of moldy compost
Inhale bioaerosols of moldy hay, silage, straw, or grain
Inhale mite allergens while farming or handling flour or grain
Inhale plant mold (greenhouse worker) or slime mold (microbiologist)
Mix or apply organophosphates or work in fields after an application
Operate internal combustion engine with inadequate ventilation
Plow, dig, or excavate soil in endemic area
Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols of moldy sugarcane bagasse
Repeatedly inhale dust of moldy greenhouse soil
Repeatedly inhale dust of moldy tobacco
Saw or sand arsenic-treated wood
Saw or sand creosote-treated wood
Spray chlorothalonil or tetramethrin (pesticides)
Touch (e.g., barefooted) contaminated soil in endemic area
Touch plants containing thorns, splinters, or spaghum moss
Work or swim in contaminated water (percutaneous exposure)
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