Public Service Announcement.

[koikeeper]

With Guitars

But a serious topic is dust.
If you are a dry sift person one should be aware of the amount of dust that gets tossed up from the process.
Also there was a person employed by a dispensary that had a medical issue from the amount of dust generated from the rolling process.
Noticed it in two ways, one higher than normal and noticed a high percentage when I blew my nose.
It is really for people working in close quarters ventilation is a good thing.

You may return to your regular scheduled day....

 

[curious2garden]

With Guitars

But a serious topic is dust.
If you are a dry sift person one should be aware of the amount of dust that gets tossed up from the process.
Also there was a person employed by a dispensary that had a medical issue from the amount of dust generated from the rolling process.
Noticed it in two ways, one higher than normal and noticed a high percentage when I blew my nose.
It is really for people working in close quarters ventilation is a good thing.

You may return to your regular scheduled day....

N95s are relatively cheap and considering incipient H5N1 you might consider a box? What was the medical issue from the dust?

 

[koikeeper]

N95s are relatively cheap and considering incipient H5N1 you might consider a box? What was the medical issue from the dust?

I was thinking of listing the link to the stories. Respiratory issues. The other thing to watch in closed or confined area is bat guano.
The issue is not here I was raised in a chemistry lab been a TIG welder for 50 years. So I am up on ventilation and safety procedures.
My aunt was an organic chemist when she was in grad school spent weekends with her in the lab, was still in grammar school.
When she was chair of chem dept I took care of all computer and instrument installs, it is the 70's and I am 18 and have a key to the chemistry stockroom.

 

[Shane Karmann]

Airborne microbes/fungi can take up residence in the lungs and cause pneumonia and scarring. I had a couple colleagues in museum work who developed problems from long term exposure to ancient paper and textiles. A lot of our work was constant housekeeping and masks weren't really a thing for us in the previous millenium.

 

[koikeeper]

This is from Massachusetts they also warn of a fire hazard.

Fatal Occupational Asthma in Cannabis Production

This report describes a death attributed to occupational

www.cdc.gov

Report: Legal Cannabis Industry Worker Died After Breathing Marijuana Dust

In what could be the first recorded death of its kind in the legal marijuana-industry, a cannabis worker in Massachusetts died while filling joints, a federal report said.

www.forbes.com

Bat Feces Used to Fertilize Cannabis Is Linked to 2 Deaths

Two men in Rochester, N.Y., died after being infected with a rare fungus found in bat feces, which is sometimes used as fertilizer, researchers wrote in a medical journal.

www.nytimes.com

You need a 115 lbs ingested in one sitting to OD on Cannabis, really thinking that the only way to hurt yourself with cannabis would be to drop the 115 lbs on your head from a height of about ten feet......

 

[Dboybudz]

This is from Massachusetts they also warn of a fire hazard.

Fatal Occupational Asthma in Cannabis Production

This report describes a death attributed to occupational

www.cdc.gov

Report: Legal Cannabis Industry Worker Died After Breathing Marijuana Dust

In what could be the first recorded death of its kind in the legal marijuana-industry, a cannabis worker in Massachusetts died while filling joints, a federal report said.

www.forbes.com

Bat Feces Used to Fertilize Cannabis Is Linked to 2 Deaths

Two men in Rochester, N.Y., died after being infected with a rare fungus found in bat feces, which is sometimes used as fertilizer, researchers wrote in a medical journal.

www.nytimes.com

You need a 115 lbs ingested in one sitting to OD on Cannabis, really thinking that the only way to hurt yourself with cannabis would be to drop the 115 lbs on your head from a height of about ten feet......

Pretty crazy I actually turned down this exact job and this exact location few years ago,but wanted me to trim buds all day for minium wage. I said f that,I get sick of trimming my own after a hour. Just crazy it's that same place,wow.

 

[Laughing Grass]

Pretty crazy I actually turned down this exact job and this exact location few years ago,but wanted me to trim buds all day for minium wage. I said f that,I get sick of trimming my own after a hour. Just crazy it's that same place,wow.

I can't believe there are commercial growers still hand trimming

 

[koikeeper]

I can't believe there are commercial growers still hand trimming

Think you have a better product if done manually. Think Cuban cigars.
Don't think there is any other way to trim a 12 inch cola.
Most of the places are semi mechanized in there process and that helps to generate a lot of dust.
There are just some industries that dust is a killer, was installing an alarm system in a pillow factory. Down dust and a spark instant fire.
About two weeks after alarm install they burned down.
It is an industry that has to change as it becomes more legal. You need hoods and dust control equipment. If you are a DIY you need to be aware to do certain operations in well ventilated location.