MESOTHELIOMA INFORMATION
OCCUPATIONS AT RISK
The following industrial occupations are those most often associated with high levels of asbestos exposure:
- Aerospace and missile production workers
- Aircraft manufacturing production workers
- Aircraft mechanics
- Asbestos textile mill workers
- Automobile manufacturing production workers, including automobile mechanics and brake repairers
- Boilermakers
- Brake and clutch manufacturing and assembly workers
- Building engineers
- Building material products manufacturers
- Cement plant production workers
- Coast guardsmen
- Construction workers, including insulators, boilermakers, laborers, steel/ironworkers, plumbers, steam fitters, plasterers, drywallers, cement and masonry workers, roofers, tile/linoleum installers, carpenters, HVAC mechanics and welders
- Custodians
- Demolition and wrecking crews
- Electrical workers, including electricians, electrical and telephone linemen
- Family members of occupationally exposed people
- Insulation manufacturing plant workers
- Insulators
- Longshoremen
- Machinists
- Merchant mariners
- Packing and gasket manufacturing plant workers
- Pipefitters
- Powerhouse workers, including insulators and pipefitters
- Protective clothing and glove makers
- Railroad workers, including locomotive mechanics, car mechanics and rebuilders, and maintenance personnel
- Refinery workers, including insulators and pipefitters
- Refractory products plant workers
- Rubber workers, including tire makers and hose makers
- Sheetmetal workers
- Shipyard workers, including electricians, insulators, laborers, laggers, painters, pipefitters, maintenance workers and welders
- Steamfitters
- U.S. Navy personnel
- Warehouse workers