Occupations with Asbestos Exposure Risk

Many different types of American workers suffered exposure to asbestos in some form as part of their daily jobs. Unfortunately, many businesses did little or nothing to protect their workers from the hazards of asbestos, while other asbestos companies actively concealed the dangers from their workers.

The following list identifies some of the trades and occupations that are known to have involved with asbestos exposure risk. If you or a family member worked in one of these occupations, you may have been exposed to asbestos – in some instances, even without knowing it.

A
Aeronautical Engineers
Aircraft Mechanics
Appliance Installers
Asbestos Plant Workers
Automobile Mechanics
Auto Plant WorkersB
Bakelite Plant Workers
Blacksmiths
Boiler & Engine Room Workers
Boilermakers
Brake Mechanics
Brick Masons
Bulldozer Operators

C
Cabinetmakers
Carpenters
Car Shop Employees
Cement Plant Workers
Chemical Technicians
Civil Engineers
Clothing Ironers and Pressers
Construction Workers
Crane, Derrick and Hoist Workers
Custodians

D
Demolition & Wrecking Crews
Draftsmen
Drill Press Operators
Drywall Tapers

E
Electric Power Linemen & Cable Men
Electrical Engineers
Electricians
Engineers
Excavating Machine Operators

F
Factory Workers
Filers, Polishers, Buffers
Firefighters
Foremen
Forge Men
Freight & Material Handlers
Furnace Men, Smelter Men & Pourers

 G
Garage Workers
Gas Station Attendants
Grinding Machine OperativesH
Hairdressers
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
Household Appliance Installers and Mechanics
Household Residents
HVAC Mechanics

I
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Pattern and Model Makers
Industrial Plant Workers
Insulators
Insurance Adjusters
Iron Workers

J
Jewelers
Job & Die Setters

L
Lab Scientists
Laborers
Laggers
Locomotive Engineers
Logging Camp Workers
Longshoremen
Loom Fixers

M
Machine Operators
Machinists
Maintenance Workers
Masonry Workers
Mechanical Engineers
Mechanics & Airplane Repairmen
Merchant Marines
Metal Lathers
Millwrights
Mixing Operatives
Molders

O
Oil Refinery Workers
Operating Engineers

 P
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paper Mill Workers
Personnel and Labor Relations Workers
Phenolic Resin Plant Workers
Pipefitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Power Plant Workers’R
Railroad Workers
Refractory Plant Workers
Road Machine Operators
Rollers and Finishers
Roofers & Slaters

S
Sailors and Deckhands
Sawyers
Sales Engineer
School Employees
Sculptors and Painters
Sheetmetal Workers
Ship Officers
Ship Pilots
Ship Pursers
Shipbuilders
Shipfitters
Ship Scrappers
Shipyard Workers
Stationary Engineers
Steamfitters
Steelworkers
Stevedores
Stone Masons
Structural Metal Craftsmen

T
Teachers
Technicians
Telephone Installers and Repair Workers
Textile Mill Workers
Textile Operatives
Tile Setters
Tinsmiths
Tool and Die Makers

U
U.S. Navy Veterans

W
Weavers
Welders and Flame-Cutters