Job Title
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Hazardous Job Task (Associated Disease)
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| insulator |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Work with glue solvents (acute solvent syndrome)
- Use n-hexane as glue solvent (peripheral neuropathy after prolonged high
exposure)
- Use epoxy or isocyanate sealants, adhesives or foams (ACD, OA)
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| roofer |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Apply asphalt to cables, pipes or roofs (photoirritant dermatitis)
- Clean up equipment with solvents (acute solvent syndrome)
- Install or remove lead roofing (lead poisoning)
- Machine or sand allergenic wood (ACD, OA)
- Use epoxy or isocyanate sealants, adhesives or foams (ACD, OA)
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| brick, block & stone mason |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Mix & lay cement or concrete (ACD)
- Grind or cut tiles, stones, bricks or terrazzo (silicosis)
- Sandblast (silicosis)
- Wear rubber gloves (ACD)
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| concrete or terrazzo worker |
- Mix & lay cement or concrete (ACD)
- Grind or cut tiles, stones, bricks or terrazzo (silicosis)
- Wear rubber gloves (ACD)
- Use epoxy or isocyanate sealants, adhesives or foams (ACD, OA)
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| carpenter |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Work with glue solvents (acute solvent syndrome)
- Use n-hexane as glue solvent (peripheral neuropathy)
- Use epoxy, acrylate, isocyanate, or formaldehyde-resin adhesives (ACD,
OA)
- Machine or sand allergenic wood (ACD, OA)
- Remove old paint (lead poisoning)
- Paint, oil-based (acute solvent syndrome)
- Paint, water-based (ACD)
- Paint, 2 part epoxy or urethane (ACD, OA)
- Clean up equipment with solvents (acute solvent syndrome)
- Machine or sand creosote treated wood (photoirritant dermatitis)
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| construction, industrial or maintenance painter |
- Sandblast (silicosis)
- Surface preparation of cadmium alloy (cadmium poisoning)
- Surface preparation of beryllium alloy (beryllium disease)
- Remove old paint (lead poisoning)
- Paint, oil-based (acute solvent syndrome)
- Painted with oil-based paints with heavy exposure to solvents for more
than 10 to 20 years (chronic toxic encephalopathy)
- Paint, water-based (ACD)
- Paint, 2-part epoxy or urethane (ACD, OA)
- Spray paint, chromium, nickel & cobalt pigments (ACD, OA)
- Spray paint, lead-based (lead poisoning)
- Clean up equipment with solvents (acute solvent
syndrome)
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| electrician/repairer of transformers, electrical, or
electronic equipment |
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Degrease metal (acute solvent syndrome)
- Solder or braze (ACD, OA)
- Braze using cadmium-based solder (cadmium poisoning)
- Remove or replace PCB contaminated fluid in transformers (chloracne)
- Splice electrical cable using lead (lead poisoning)
- Use epoxy or isocyanate sealants, adhesives or foams (ACD, OA)
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| plumber, pipe fitter, or steamfitter |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Degrease metal (acute solvent syndrome)
- Work with glue solvents (acute solvent syndrome)
- Apply asphalt to cables, pipes or roofs (photoirritant dermatitis)
- Wear rubber gloves (ACD)
- Solder or braze (ACD, OA)
- Braze using cadmium-based solder (cadmium poisoning)
- Repair or remove water lines or cast iron soil pipes (lead poisoning)
- Clean up equipment with solvents (acute solvent
syndrome)
- Weld (see associated diseases for welder)
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| sheet metal worker |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Machine metal (ACD, OA, HP)
- Machine lead (lead poisoning)
- Degrease metal (acute solvent syndrome)
- Solder or braze (ACD, OA)
- Braze using cadmium-based solder (cadmium poisoning)
- Forge metal (carbon monoxide poisoning)
- Weld (see associated diseases for welder)
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| welder, cutter, or burner |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Degrease metal (acute solvent syndrome)
- Prepare surface of cadmium alloy (cadmium poisoning)
- Prepare surface of beryllium alloy (beryllium disease)
- Remove old paint (lead poisoning)
- Solder or braze (ACD, OA)
- Braze using cadmium-based solder (cadmium poisoning)
- Gas or arc weld, cut or burn (metal fume fever, cadmium poisoning, carbon
monoxide poisoning, acute inhalation injury from NO2)
- Arc weld stainless steel (OA)
- Arc weld mild steel (siderosis)
- Arc weld manganese alloy (manganese poisoning)
- Arc weld aluminum (acute inhalation injury from ozone)
- Weld, braze or solder on degreasing solvents (acute inhalation injury
from phosgene)
- Weld, braze or solder on Teflon coated metal (polymer fume fever)
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| heating & air conditioning installer |
- Installed insulation before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Remove insulation installed before 1975 (asbestosis)
- Braze using cadmium-based solder (cadmium poisoning)
- Degrease metal (acute solvent syndrome)
- Solder or braze (ACD, OA)
- Weld (see associated diseases for welder)
- Use epoxy or isocyanate sealants, adhesives or foams (ACD, OA)
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| dry wall taper, plasterer |
Before 1975, mixed, sprayed or sanded drywall compound,
fireproofing plaster or acoustical cement (asbestosis) |
Sites with information on
welding hazards: OSHA
and MSHA
Job tasks with increased risk for injuries, cancer and skin
irritation are not covered in this list.
Abbreviations: ACD = allergic contact
dermatitis; OA = occupational asthma; HP = hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
