Coating, Painting, & Spraying Machine Setters, Operators

Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products including food, glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Exclude plating and coating machine operators and tenders, metal and plastic, and painters, transportation equipment. [SOC] A study of 9 spray painters exposed to prepolymers of HDI showed an asthma prevalence of 45 %. [Malo] See the agent "Occupational exposure as a painter."

Category

Miscellaneous Production

SOC Code

51-9121

Synonyms

Painters; Spray-gun operators

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Apply arsenic preservatives to wood
• Apply coal tar pitch to cables, pipes, roofs, or while paving
• Apply polyester paints to hot metal
• Clean up equipment with solvents
• Contaminate skin or inhale spray while using pentachlorophenol
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Heat, machine, or spray lead products
• Paint or varnish, oil-based
• Spray and resand chromate-containing paints
• Spray epoxy or polyurethane paint, shellac, lacquer, or varnish
• Spray paints or glazes containing cadmium pigments
• Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide
• Use polyfunctional aziridine hardener in paints, varnishes, or other coatings
• Use urea formaldehyde to manufacture resins or foams
• Worked for years as painter or varnisher exposed to solvents