LuckyLlamas
11-08-16, 01:49
Hi, new to this forum, but I've had so many health anxiety things, joining seemed inevitable.
My latest health obsession is concerning silicosis. I work in a stockroom and there is a small electrical room that connects to the stockroom. It was being cleaned out do to a fire inspection, and the person who cleaned out the room was just tossing things into a trashcan. I soon noticed a reddish powder in the bag and all over the floor. As I went to throw the trash bag into the dumpster outside, the bag of sanded grout fell out of the trash bag and created a cloud of dust. I managed to avoid it (I think) and as I picked up the grout bag and tossed it into the dumpster, there was another "dust explosion". Once back inside, I cleaned up the grout powder on thr ground, trying my hardest not to inhale it, but I didn't get all of it (maybe a couple small piles here or there).
Anyways, I have asthma and I have been wheezing ever since I researched what "sanded grout" was. It scared me straight. Now, I'm freaking out that I have silicosis or I'm on the verge of getting it. Even though it was cleaned up, I wonder how much got into my lungs as it was being swept up and dumped into the trash can. I'm even scared to go back because it might still be in the air. I read that most of the people who get this lung disease work in mining or construction, but that doesn't really make me feel any better. :shrug:
Anybody else ever have any experiences with grout powder and any symptoms for silicosis? just the mere fact that symptoms don't pop up right away is terrifying enough.
My latest health obsession is concerning silicosis. I work in a stockroom and there is a small electrical room that connects to the stockroom. It was being cleaned out do to a fire inspection, and the person who cleaned out the room was just tossing things into a trashcan. I soon noticed a reddish powder in the bag and all over the floor. As I went to throw the trash bag into the dumpster outside, the bag of sanded grout fell out of the trash bag and created a cloud of dust. I managed to avoid it (I think) and as I picked up the grout bag and tossed it into the dumpster, there was another "dust explosion". Once back inside, I cleaned up the grout powder on thr ground, trying my hardest not to inhale it, but I didn't get all of it (maybe a couple small piles here or there).
Anyways, I have asthma and I have been wheezing ever since I researched what "sanded grout" was. It scared me straight. Now, I'm freaking out that I have silicosis or I'm on the verge of getting it. Even though it was cleaned up, I wonder how much got into my lungs as it was being swept up and dumped into the trash can. I'm even scared to go back because it might still be in the air. I read that most of the people who get this lung disease work in mining or construction, but that doesn't really make me feel any better. :shrug:
Anybody else ever have any experiences with grout powder and any symptoms for silicosis? just the mere fact that symptoms don't pop up right away is terrifying enough.