If you worked in one of the following trades or job occupations referenced below, it is likely that you were exposed to asbestos throughout the duration of your career. Additionally, if you were a family member of someone working in one of these occupations, you may have experienced second-hand exposure to asbestos. Both of these 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:
- Aircraft Mechanic
- Auto Mechanics
- Blacksmiths
- Boilermakers
- Brick and Stone Masons
- Bulldozer Operators
- Cabinet makers
- Carpenters
- Chemical Technicians
- Construction Workers
- Crane Operators
- Draftsmen
- Drill Press Operators
- Drywall Tapers
- Electric Power Linemen
- Electricians
- Engineers
- Firefighters
- Forge Men
- Freight and Material Handlers
- Furnace/Smelter Operators
- Grinding Machine Operators
- Hairdressers
- Heavy Equipment Mechanics
- Home Inspectors
- Household Appliance Installers
- HVAC Workers
- Industrial Plant Workers
- Insulators
- Iron Workers
- Machinists
- Merchant Marines
- Metal Lathers
- Millwrights
- Mixing Operators
- Molders
- Oil Refinery Workers
- Painters
- Pipefitters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Police
- Power Plant Workers
- Railroad Workers
- Road Machine Operators
- Roofers
- Sailors and Deckhands
- Sawyers
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Shipyard Workers
- Steamfitters
- Structural Metal Craftsmen
- Telephone Repairmen
- Textile Operator
- Tile Setters
- Tinsmith
- Toolmakers
- Weavers
- Welders
