Apply arsenic preservatives to wood

Arsenic poisoning; Railroad ties, marine pilings, fence posts, and telephone poles may be pressure treated with creosote, pentachlorophenol, and ammoniacal copper arsenate (ACA) or chromated copper arsenate (CCA). [ILO Encyclo, Vol. 3 - Pages 71.1-71.12] Pentachlorophenol, creosote, and chromated copper arsenate were banned for sale in the United States to consumers as wood preservatives. CCA is still used commercially as a wood preservative. [ILO Encyclo, Vol. 3 - Pages 96.1-96.54]

Applying Pesticides

EPA - Cancellation of Residential Uses of CCA-Treated Wood

Metals

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Arsenic, chronic toxic effect
• Neuropathy, toxic

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Carpenters
• Coating, Painting, & Spraying Machine Setters, Operators
• Construction Craft Laborers
• Fence Erectors
• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier & Kettle Operators & Tenders
• Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
• Rail-Track Laying & Maintenance Equipment Operators
• Woodworkers, All Other
• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, Except Sawing

Industries associated with this job task:

• All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing
• Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
• CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
• Exterminating and Pest Control Services
• Finish Carpentry Contractors
• HEAVY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
• Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
• Industrial Building Construction
• Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
• Other Millwork (including Flooring)
• Sawmills
• Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
• Wood Preservation
• WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING