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Occupations exposed to asbestos and other toxic substances.

The most common way you could have been exposed to asbestos was through your workplace, industrial jobs, or serving in the Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps/Military/Army/Coast Guard. The following professions present the highest rates of risk of asbestos exposure from airborne dust exposure while working.

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Industrial asbestos exposure occupations

Abatement workers Aerographer's mates Aircraft workers Airmen/airman apprentices Asbestos miners Asbestos products manufacturers Auto mechanics Automotive workers Aviation ordnancemen Aviation structural mechanics Boatswain’s mates Boiler workers/boiler technicians Boilermakers Brick, cement and stone masons/builders Carpenters Chemical plant workers Damage controlmen Electricians/ electrician's mates Engineers Firemen/fire control technicians Gas turbine system technician Glass manufacturers Gunner's mates Heavy equipment operators Hull maintenance technicians HVAC mechanics Ice cream plant workers Instrumentmen Insulators Ironworkers/metalsmiths Jewelry manufacturers Laborers Longshoremen Machinists/ Machinist's Mates Medical equipment technicians Millwrights Oil rig & refinery workers Other occupations involving asbestos Painters Paper mill workers Plastic molders Power plant workers Printing press workers Radiomen Railroad workers Remodelers Roofers Rubber factory workers Seamen Sheet metal workers Ship's servicemen /administrationmen Shipyard workers Sonar technicians Steamfitters and pipefitters/utilitiesmen Steelworkers Textile mill workers Tile setters Weapon manufacturers Welders Yeomen

U.S. military/veteran jobs leading to asbestos exposure

U.S. Air Forces

Engineer Fireman Welders Electrician Aircraft Workers

U.S. Marine Corps

Gunner’s Mate Electrician HVAC Mechanic Boiler Technician/Watertender Instrumentman Steelworker Machinery Repairman Automotive Worker Seaman

U.S. Army

Aircraft Workers Automotive Worker Pipefitter/Utilitiesman Fire Control Technician/Fireman Constructioaman Electrician Carpenter Structural Mechanic Radioman

U.S. Coast Guard

Boatswain’s Mate Damage Controlman Electrician’s Mate Gunner’s Mate Machinery Repairman Administrationman Yeoman