Man dies after inhaling fungal spores

[scotspine1]

Maybe time to wear a dust mask when shovelling composting woodchips?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1026153/Gardener-dies-breathes-deadly-fungus-rotted-leaves-compost-heap.html

[Mr Ed]

My Irish Setter got Aspergillosis in his nose as a puppy from playing on rotting woodchip. I had to pay £3500 for specialist Vet to repeatedly wash his nasal cavity's out with a special fungicide. They had to drill into his forehead, and pour the fungicide into his sinus cavaty's. saved his life though.

[Bundle 2]

No -one in their right mind reads the mail for christ sake...!!!

[Mr Ed]

No -one in their right mind reads the mail for christ sake...!!!

 

Did you have a pertinent point to make about the issue rasied...?

[andythesquirel]

Years ago when I briefly worked for a LA in the yards shoveling dried woodchip, we were very aware of the dust spores. Old workmen didn't need lots of H&S lessons, they knew from experience and passed on the concerns. I haven't been involved in the industry for years, and would be interested if basic health concerns/precautions are passed on by people nowadays, or is it left to office training.

I think this links in with the thread about training from ARBOCOP as in the old days health issues like this were learnt in an apprenticeship.

[David oakman]

On the woods departments H&S riskassessments it says contact with fugal spores LOW maybe i need to change it to at least medium. also i know a forester who died of lymes disease a tick bite and this is not even on there i asked for the risk assessment to be updated 4 years ago.

[Patchwork]

the mail seems intent of scaring the **** out everyday people. now the people who read it have yet another worry

[skyhuck]

now the people who read it have yet another worry

 

I don't, as I don't have AIDS or Asthma.

[Patchwork]

haha, i ment in genral. seems the media has turned into some sort of house of horrors, hell bent on scaring the sense out of people in their everyday lives.

[skyhuck]

haha, i ment in genral. seems the media has turned into some sort of house of horrors, hell bent on scaring the sense out of people in their everyday lives.

 

Only people who do not read all the facts.