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Industry Name Ship Building and Repairing Comments Shipyard workers had increased risk for lung cancer and mesothelioma from asbestos. [BC Cancer Agency] See OSHA Technical Links> http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/shipbuildingrepair/index.html Description This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating a shipyard. Shipyards are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as watercraft typically suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. Activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling. Category Manufacturing NAICS Code 336611 Related Information in Haz-Map Job Tasks High risk job tasks associated with this industry: Formulate, mold, or cure resins to produce advanced composite materials Gas or arc weld on galvanized metal Heat or machine chromium alloys Heat or machine manganese alloys Heat, machine, or spray lead products Installed insulation before 1975 Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel Make beryllium-containing products Remove cadmium coatings Remove insulation installed before 1975 Remove lead coatings Repair or maintain gasoline or jet fuel tanks Spray epoxy or polyurethane paint, shellac, lacquer, or varnish Spray paints or glazes containing cadmium pigments Spray polyurethane foam insulation Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide Use manganese-containing welding rods Use polyfunctional aziridine hardener in paints, varnishes, or other coatings Weld mild steel

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