Trades
Asbestos exposure to asbestos has placed a variety of trades at risk for developing asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma. Here is a partial list of such trades:
- Asbestos workers
- Insulation workers
- Automobile mechanics
- Shipyard workers
- Sailors on seagoing vessels and in dry dock
- Maintenance employees
- Chemical and petroleum workers
- Locomotive repairmen
- Stationary engineers
- Stationary firemen
- Power station operators
- Electric and gas utility workers
- Fabricated plate workers
- Papermill workers
- Construction contractors
- Plumbers
- Concrete workers
- Steel erectors
- Carpenters
- Electricians
- Pipe fitters
- Welders
- Oil field workers
- Boilermakers
- Steel workers
- Drywall finishers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Iron workers
- Floor coverers
- Masons
- Pot tenders
