Smelt or refine zinc or copper

Comments

Arsenic poisoning; Cadmium poisoning; Metal fume fever; Subacute hemolytic anemia from arsine exposure;

Job Task Category

Smelting or Casting Metal

Exposed To

Metals

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Arsenic, chronic toxic effect
• Cadmium, chronic toxic effect
• Chronic renal failure
• Metal fume fever
• Neuropathy, toxic

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
• Pourers and Casters, Metal

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• Copper Foundries (except Die-Casting)
• Primary Smelting and Refining of Copper
• Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)
• Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Copper
• Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)