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Occupations at Risk for Asbestos Exposure

The following is a list of trades or job occupations most commonly associated with asbestos exposure. Workers did not always know they were being exposed to asbestos, and the true dangers of exposure were not disclosed to the majority of the public prior to the formation of OSH Act in the early 1970’s. Additionally, if a loved one or a household member worked in one of the occupations listed below, you may have experienced second-hand exposure to asbestos.

  • Abatement Workers
  • Aeronautical Engineers
  • Air Craft Repair Men
  • Asbestos Plant Workers
  • Asbestos Miners
  • Assembly Line Workers
  • Auto Mechanics
  • Blacksmiths
  • Boilermakers
  • Brick and Stone Masons
  • Brake Mechanics
  • Cabinetmakers
  • Carpenters
  • Chemical Engineers
  • Chemical Plant Workers
  • Coke Oven Operators
  • Construction Workers
  • Drywall Installation Workers
  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electricians
  • Family Members Who Launder Workers Clothing
  • Firefighters
  • Fire proofers
  • Flexographic Printer
  • Forge Men
  • Foremen
  • Furnace/Boiler Installers
  • Furnace Men and Smeltermen
  • Garage Workers
  • Grinding Machine Operatives
  • Hairdressers
  • Household Appliance Installers
  • HVAC Workers
  • Industrial Engineers
  • Industrial Plant Employees
  • Insulators
  • Iron Workers
  • Laborers
  • Locomotive Engineers
  • Longshoremen
  • Machine Operators
  • Machinists
  • Maintenance Workers
  • Managers – Industrial, Chemical, Factory
  • Manufacturing Mechanic
  • Masons
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Mechanics
  • Merchant Marines
  • Millwrights
  • Mixing Operatives
  • Molders
  • NAVY Personnel
  • Oil Refinery Worker
  • Operating Engineers
  • Painters
  • Pipefitters
  • Plasterers
  • Plumbers
  • Production Operators
  • Process Mechanic
  • Power Plant Workers
  • Pump Mechanic
  • Railroad Workers
  • Roofers and Slaters
  • Sailors and Deckhands
  • Sheetmetal Workers
  • Shippers
  • Shipyard Workers
  • Stationary Engineers
  • Steamfitters
  • Steel Worker
  • Structural Metal Craftsmen
  • Teachers
  • Telephone Repairmen
  • Tile Setters
  • Tinsmiths
  • Tin Knockers
  • Tool and Die Makers
  • Warehouse workers
  • Washing Operators
  • Welders

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