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Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand

Job Name
Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
Description
Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Include chippers, buffers, and finishers.
Category
Miscellaneous Production
SOC Code
51-9022
Synonyms
Sandblasters; Chippers; Buffers, Finishers.

Job Tasks Linked to This Job

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

  • Degrease metal
  • Generate plastic dusts or powders (Plexiglas or polyvinyl chloride)
  • Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
  • Heat or machine chromium alloys
  • Heat or machine cobalt alloys
  • Heat or machine manganese alloys
  • Heat, machine, or spray lead products
  • Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel
  • Machine wood and inhale dust
  • Make cadmium-containing products
  • Make products from silica powder/stone or other fibrogenic minerals
  • Produce nacre buttons from mollusc shells
  • Remove cadmium coatings
  • Remove chromate-containing paints by abrasive blasting
  • Remove lead coatings
  • Saw or sand arsenic-treated wood
  • Saw or sand wood treated with coal tar creosote
  • Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide
  • Use cemented carbide materials or tools
  • Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys
  • Work with vibrating hand tools

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