Milling and Planing Machine Operators & Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Description

Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Category

Metalworking & Plasticworking

SOC Code

51-4035

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Degrease metal
• Generate mists of metalworking fluids containing ethanolamines
• 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 manganese alloys
• Heat plastics--polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, or polypropylene
• Heat, machine, or spray lead products
• Inhale mists of microbially contaminated, water-based metalworking fluids
• Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel
• Manufacture cemented carbide materials or tools
• Use cemented carbide materials or tools
• Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys
• Work in grease, oil, or tar soaked clothing