Molding, Coremaking & Casting Machine Operators, Metal & Plastic

Description

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Category

Metalworking & Plasticworking

SOC Code

51-4072

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Compound plastics using lead stabilizers
• Formulate, mold, or cure resins to produce advanced composite materials
• Generate mists of metalworking fluids containing ethanolamines
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Inhale mists of contaminated water from plastics injection molding
• Make molds in foundry using MDI, furfuryl alcohol, or amine curing agents
• Make products from silica powder/stone or other fibrogenic minerals
• Use dioctyl phthalate to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• Use urea formaldehyde to manufacture resins or foams
• Worked in foundry for years with heavy exposure to gases/fumes and mineral dust