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A little rant about the workplace

sara6389sara6389 member
edited October 2014 in April 2015 Moms
I have a job probably none of you have even heard of. I process human tissue for transplant which involves lots of saws, drills, and sharp objects. Anywho, we breathe in bone dust on a regular basis which I read was only unsafe if there was fungus in the bone like from a 100 year old rotting skeleton. One of my coworkers told someone to tell me that its bad for the baby to breathe the bone dust. I was thinking, "whatever, she's probably just trying to get under my skin." I talked to my manager and he just said its bad to breathe dust in reguarless of what kind it is, but the baby isn't breathing it so it's nothing to worry about. He gave me a dust mask which I can barely breathe through Lol. I have a hard enough time breathing sometimes without anything on my face with this increased blood volume. Better safe then sorry I guess, even though I feel I may pass out.
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  • jk3610jk3610 member
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    Couldn't resist, @souptin.  Be careful at work, OP.
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    angi3o said:

    CivilMommy said:

    You guys don't normally wear a mask when sawing dead body parts?


    Right?!?! What if bone or pieces of flesh flew in your friggen mouth?!?!
    Ew, ew, ew.
    We do wear surgical masks, because if not then yes that would definitely happen Lol. But those masks don't keep us from breathing in dust particles. When I wear a dust mask I have to wear the surgical mask over that. We have to suffocate to be truly safe.
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    sara6389 said:
    I have a job probably none of you have even heard of. 
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    Together since 5.16.05 (16 & 19yo)
    Married since 3.6.10 (21 & 24yo)
    Baby Olivia coming 4.14.15 <3 (26 & 29yo)

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  • CivilMommyCivilMommy member
    sara6389 said:

    You guys don't normally wear a mask when sawing dead body parts?


    Right?!?! What if bone or pieces of flesh flew in your friggen mouth?!?! Ew, ew, ew.
    We do wear surgical masks, because if not then yes that would definitely happen Lol. But those masks don't keep us from breathing in dust particles. When I wear a dust mask I have to wear the surgical mask over that. We have to suffocate to be truly safe.

    Oh - ok...that sounds better.  N95 masks protect against dust and are pretty breathable.  is that an option?  they do get hot in there though.


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  • sara6389sara6389 member
    Not sure what we have, but they are like wearing a pillow on your face. No one even wears the things to begin with so I doubt they would get something for just one person. I believe they are in the process of validating a new hood for us though that literally looks like a space helmet. As goofy as it looks, I cannot wait.
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