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Industry Name	All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Description	This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in specialized trades (except foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors; building equipment contractors; building finishing contractors; and site preparation contractors). The specialty trade work performed includes new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs.
Category	Construction
NAICS Code	238990
Job Tasks	High risk job tasks associated with this industry: Arc weld stainless steel Braze using cadmium-based solder Clean, repair, or dismantle oil-fired furnaces or boilers Formulate, mold, or cure resins to produce advanced composite materials Gas or arc weld on galvanized metal Grind or cut tiles, stones, concrete, bricks, or terrazzo 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 Machine wood and inhale dust Remove cadmium coatings Remove insulation installed before 1975 Remove lead coatings Remove or replace PCB contaminated fluid in transformers Saw or sand arsenic-treated wood 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 acrylamide for grouting (sewers, mining, and tunnel construction) Use cemented carbide materials or tools Use manganese-containing welding rods Use n-hexane as a solvent in glues, inks, coatings, or degreasers Use polyfunctional aziridine hardener in paints, varnishes, or other coatings Weld mild steel Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys

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Last updated: September, 2008