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Job Name	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine, Metal & Plastic
Description	Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
Category	Metalworking & Plasticworking
SOC Code	51-4033
Job Tasks	High risk job tasks associated with this job: Generate mists of metalworking fluids containing ethanolamines Generate plastic dusts or powders (Plexiglas or polyvinyl chloride) Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria Heat or machine chromium alloys Heat or machine cobalt alloys Heat or machine manganese alloys Heat plastics--polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, or polypropylene Heat, machine, or spray lead products Inhale mists of microbially contaminated, water-based metalworking fluids Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel Make beryllium-containing products Make cadmium-containing products Manufacture cemented carbide materials or tools Remove cadmium coatings Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide Use cemented carbide materials or tools Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys