Crushing, Grinding & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators

Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber. [SOC] A study of occupational asthma in grain elevator workers showed a prevalence of 40 %. [Malo]

Category

Miscellaneous Production

SOC Code

51-9021

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Blast, drill, remove, or crush rock
• Extract coal
• Extract mercury ore (cinnabar)
• Generate grain dust
• Generate latex dust in manufacturing latex products
• Generate plastic dusts or powders (Plexiglas or polyvinyl chloride)
• Grind or cut tiles, stones, concrete, bricks, or terrazzo
• Grind, mix, or weigh dyes or apply dyes to textiles
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Load or dump dusty rock, stone, or sand
• Make asbestos products
• Make products from silica powder/stone or other fibrogenic minerals
• Manufacture arsenical pesticides
• Manufacture rosin core solder (colophony) and rubber tires (tall oil)
• Mine or crush chromium ores
• Mine or crush manganese ores
• Raise dust of excreta from rodents
• Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide