Saw or sand arsenic-treated wood

Comments

Arsenic poisoning caused by ACA (ammoniacal copper arsenate) and CCA (chromated copper arsenate) used as wood preservatives;

Job Task Category

Woodworking

Reference Link

Exposed To

Metals

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Arsenic, chronic toxic effect
• Neuropathy, toxic

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Carpenters
• Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers
• Farmers & Ranchers
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
• Fence Erectors
• Floor Sanders & Finishers
• Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
• Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other
• Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers
• Rail-Track Laying & Maintenance Equipment Operators
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, Except Sawing

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing
• All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
• Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
• CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
• Finish Carpentry Contractors
• HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
• Industrial Building Construction
• Landscaping Services
• New Housing Operative Builders
• New Multifamily Housing Construction (except Operative Builders)
• New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders)
• Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
• Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing
• Wood Preservation
• WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING