Following is a partial list of the types of workers that were often expesed to asbestos while on jobsites. Families are also exposed when workers bring home clothes covered with asbestos dust.
Occupational Exposure to Asbestos
Aeronautical Engineers
Aircraft Mechanics Appliance Installers
Auto Mechanics
Asbestos Plant Workers Auto Plant Workers
Blacksmiths
Boilermakers
Boiler& Engine Room Workers
Bricklayers
Bulldozer Operators
Cabinetmakers
Carpenters
Cement Plant Workers
Chemical Plant Workers
Civil Engineers
Construction Workers
Crane and Hoist Men
Custodians
Demolition & Wrecking Crews
Draftsmen
Drill Press Operators
Drywall Tapers
Electrical Engineers
Electricians
Electrical Linemen & Cablemen
Engineers
Factory Workers
Firefighters
Forge Men
Freight & Material Handlers
Furnace Men
Smelter Men & Pourers
Garage Workers
Grinding Machine Operators
Hairdressers
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
HVAC Mechanics
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Workers
Insulators Iron Workers
Laborers
Laggers
Locomotive Engineers
Longshoremen
Loom Fixers
Machine Operatives
Machinists
Merchant Marines
Metal Lathers
Maintenance Workers
Masonry Workers
Mechanical Engineers
Millwrights
Mixing Operatives
Molders
Oil Refinery Workers
Operating Engineers
Painters
Paper Mill Workers
Pipefitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Power Plant Workers
Railroad Workers
Refractory Plant Workers
Road Machine Operators
Roofers & Slaters
Sailors and Deckhands
Sawyers
Sheet Metal Workers
Shipyard Workers
Stationary Engineers
Steam Fitters
Steel Mill Workers
Stevedores
Stone Masons Structural
Metal Craftsmen Teachers
Telephone Repair Men
Textile Mill Workers
Textile Operatives
Tile Setters
Tinsmiths
Tool and Die Makers
U.S. Navy Veterans
Weavers
Welders