Asbestos Occupations
If you worked in one of the following trades or job occupations, it is likely that you were exposed to asbestos throughout your career. Additionally, if you were a family member of someone working in these occupations, you may have experienced second-hand exposure to asbestos. Both groups mentioned are at a higher risk of developing mesothelioma (asbestos cancer).
Workers at Risk for Asbestos Exposure
Click on each occupation below to learn more about how exposure may have occurred:
- Aeronautical Engineers
- Aircraft Mechanic
- Auto Mechanics
- Blacksmiths
- Boilermakers
- Brick and Stone Masons
- Bulldozer Operators
- Cabinet makers
- Carpenters
- Chemical Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Construction Workers
- Crane Operators
- Draftsmen
- Drill Press Operators
- Drywall Tapers
- Electric Power Linemen
- Electrical Engineers
- Electricians
- Firefighters
- Forge Men
- Freight and Material Handlers
- Furnace/Smelter Operators
- Garage Mechanics
- Grinding Machine Operators
- Hairdressers
- Heavy Equipment Mechanics
- Home Inspectors
- Household Appliance Installers
- HVAC Workers
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Plant Workers
- Insulators
- Iron Workers
- Machinists
- Mechanical Engineers
- Merchant Marines
- Metal Lathers
- Millwrights
- Mixing Operators
- Molders
- Oil Refinery Workers
- Operating Engineers
- Painters
- Pipefitters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Police
- Power Plant Workers
- Railroad Workers
- Road Machine Operators
- Roofers
- Sailors and Deckhands
- Sales Engineer
- Sawyers
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Shipyard Workers
- Stationary Engineers
- Steamfitters
- Structural Metal Craftsmen
- Telephone Repairmen
- Textile Operator
- Tile Setters
- Tinsmith
- Tool makers
- Weavers
- Welders
