Floor Sanders & Finishers

Description

Scrape and sand wooden floors to smooth surfaces using floor scraper and floor sanding machine, and apply coats of finish.

Category

Construction

SOC Code

47-2043

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Clean up equipment with solvents
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Machine wood and inhale dust
• Paint or varnish, oil-based
• Saw or sand arsenic-treated wood
• Saw or sand wood treated with coal tar creosote
• Spray epoxy or polyurethane paint, shellac, lacquer, or varnish
• Use polyfunctional aziridine hardener in paints, varnishes, or other coatings
• Worked for years as painter or varnisher exposed to solvents