Occupations at High Risk of Asbestos Exposure
Many industries have used asbestos in building structures, machinery and products and have inadvertently exposed millions of workers to the dangerous toxin. Certain occupations have had a particularly high exposure to asbestos over the years. Below is a list of occupations at risk of asbestos exposure:
- Auto
- Mechanics
- Boiler makers
- Bricklayers
- Building Inspectors
- Carpenters
- Drywallers
- Electricians
- Floor Coverings
- Furnace Workers
- Glazers
- Grinders
- Hod carriers
- Insulators
- Iron workers
- Laborers
- Longshoremen
- Maintenance workers
- Merchant marines
- Millwrights
- Operating Engineers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Roofers
- Sand blasters
- Sheet metal workers
- Steam fitters
- Tile setters
- Welders
- U.S. Navy veterans