Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Asphalt workers had an increased risk for lung cancer from coal-tar pitch asphalt and cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, and stomach from benzo (a) pyrene and other pitch voaltile agents. [BC Cancer Agency]

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of highways (including elevated), streets, roads, airport runways, public sidewalks, or bridges. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this group if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and bridge construction (e.g., installing guardrails on highways).

Construction

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High risk job tasks associated with this industry:

• Apply arsenic preservatives to wood
• Blast, drill, remove, or crush rock
• Braze using cadmium-based solder
• 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 manganese alloys
• Load or dump dusty rock, stone, or sand
• Machine or weld on cadmium-alloyed or cadmium-plated steel
• Remove cadmium coatings
• Remove chromate-containing paints by abrasive blasting
• Remove lead coatings
• Spray and resand chromate-containing paints
• Spray epoxy or polyurethane paint, shellac, lacquer, or varnish
• Spray paints or glazes containing cadmium pigments
• Use abrasives containing silica or silicon carbide
• Use acrylamide for grouting (sewers, mining, and tunnel construction)
• Use manganese-containing welding rods
• Use polyfunctional aziridine hardener in paints, varnishes, or other coatings
• Weld mild steel
• Work with vibrating hand tools