People who worked at the following trades were likely to have had direct exposure to asbestos dust:

• Boilermakers
• Bricklayers
• Building Engineer
• Carpenters
• Cement Finishers
• Custodians
• Electricians
• Foundry Workers
• HVAC Mechanics
• Insulators
• Ironworkers
• Laborers
• Machinists
• Maintenance
• Merchant Mariners
• Millwrights
• Navy Personnel
• Paperworkers
• Pipefitters
• Plasterers
• Plumbers
• Powerhouse Workers
• Railroad Workers
• Refinery Workers
• Rubber Workers
• Sheetmetal Workers
• Shipyard Workers
• Steamfitters
• Steelworkers
• Welders

Additionally, family members of people who worked around asbestos fibers were at risk for asbestos exposure from clothing.

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