High-Risk Occupations

People who worked in the asbestos mining and milling professions are at the highest risk for developing mesothelioma. However, other occupations are also at high risk in the following professions:

• Automotive mechanics
• Boiler makers
• Bricklayers
• Building inspectors
• Carpenters
• Construction workers, especially those that demolish older buildings
• Drillers
• Drywall contractors
• Electricians
• Elementary school teachers
• Grinders
• Insulation installers
• Iron workers
• Laborers
• Longshoremen
• Maintenance workers
• Mechanics
• Merchant marines
• Millwrights
• Miners
• Navy veterans
• Oil refinery workers
• Painters
• Pipefitters
• Plasterers
• Plumbers
• Power plant workers
• Rail yard workers
• Roofers
• Sanders
• Sheet metal workers
• Ship builders
• Shipyard workers
• Steel mill workers
• Tile workers
• Welders