List of Job Titles and Occupational Asbestos Exposure

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