kshepard
(Kenton Shepard, CMI)
June 9, 2008, 2:15pm
1
Here’s some good information on how to stay safe in crawlspaces…
Lots of threats to being in crawlspaces. I would begin by reading our information on diseases. http://www.icwdm.org/
You should also do a literature search on our digital commons. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm/
Stephen Vantassel, Project Coordinator, CWCP, ACP
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
School of Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
414 Hardin Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0974 U.S.A.
phone: 402-472-8961
fax: 402-472-2946
email: svantassel2@unl.edu
web site: http://icwdm.org
SNR website: http://snr.unl.edu
jkogel
(John Kogel)
June 12, 2008, 3:49am
2
Thanks Kenton. I try to wear gloves in the crawl, even though it makes for clumsy fumbling with camera. Here’s a pic from this PM, why I like gloves. Can’t you almost smell it? Squirrel is my guess.
John Kogel
www.allsafehome.ca
bkelly2
(Brian Kelly, AZ Cert. # 60234)
June 12, 2008, 7:41pm
3
kshepard:
Here’s some good information on how to stay safe in crawlspaces…
Lots of threats to being in crawlspaces. I would begin by reading our information on diseases. http://www.icwdm.org/
You should also do a literature search on our digital commons. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm/
Stephen Vantassel, Project Coordinator, CWCP, ACP
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
School of Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
414 Hardin Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0974 U.S.A.
phone: 402-472-8961
fax: 402-472-2946
email: svantassel2@unl.edu
web site: http://icwdm.org
SNR website: http://snr.unl.edu
I am probably most concerned by HantaVirus myself.
vsantos
(Vince Santos, Reg104669Cc)
June 13, 2008, 12:31am
4
:shock: Looks like HantaVirus can be inhailed when contaminated dust particles are present. As for me I never enter a crawl, or attic, without a decent respirator and filters.
bkelly2
(Brian Kelly, AZ Cert. # 60234)
June 13, 2008, 2:37am
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Yeppers Vince, anywhere there are rodent droppings, sheds, pool heaters, crawls, attics, vacant houses, etc.
jkogel
(John Kogel)
June 17, 2008, 1:35am
7
A mud fox from Friday’s crawl.
I too wear the best mask I can get.
For a dirt crawl, rainpants and a rain jacket with elastic cuffs.
I know of a fellow who lost a lung from breathing dust in Mexico, probably Hantavirus in rodent droppings.
John Kogel
www.allsafehome.ca
kshepard
(Kenton Shepard, CMI)
June 21, 2008, 3:45am
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Some diseases which can be encountered in crawlspaces can enter through the mucous membranes around your eyes.