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Heat or machine cobalt alloys |
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| Comments |
Occupational asthma has been reported in tungsten carbide grinders, diamond polishers, and other workers who polish with high speed discs containing cemented cobalt. [Malo] Workers exposed to cobalt are also at risk for hard metal disease. |
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| Job Task Category |
Heating or Machining Metal |
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| Hyperlink |
MMWR 1994 - Pulmonary Fibrosis Associated with Occupational Exposure to Hard Metal at a Metal-Coating Plant |
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| Exposed To |
Allergens |
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| Jobs |
Jobs associated with this job task:
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Operators, Metal and Plastic
- Drilling & Boring Machine Tool Setters/Operators, Metal and Plastic
- Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine, Metal & Plastic
- Jewelers & Precious Stone & Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters & Operators Metal & Plastic
- Machine Setters, Operators & Tenders, Metal & Plastic, All Other
- Machinists
- Materials Scientists
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers & Sharpeners
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