Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance System

Cotton dust: Number of samples, geometric mean exposures, and percent exceeding designated occupational exposure limits by industries with elevated byssinosis mortality, OSHA samples, 1990–1999

CIC - Census Industry CodePEL - permissible exposure limitREL - recommended exposure limitPMR - proportionate mortality ratioGM geometric meanmg/m³ - milligrams per cubic meter

Note:  The OSHA PEL is 0.2 mg/m3 for yarn manufacturing and cotton washing operations, 0.5 mg/m3 for textile mill waste house operations or for dust from lower grade washed cotton used during yarn manufacturing, 0.75 mg/m3 for textile slashing and weaving operations, and 1.0 mg/m3 for cotton waste processing operations or waste recycling (i.e., sorting, blending, cleaning, and willowing) and garnetting. The NIOSH REL is 0.2 mg/m3. See appendices for source description, methods, ICD codes, industry codes, agents, and list of selected states (and years) for which usual industry has been reported.

Source:  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Integrated Management Information System. National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause-of-death data.

Archived Versions: