Healthy Lungs at Work

Learn about the hazards in the workplace

Occupational lung diseases are diseases of the lung that occur due to breathing in dust, fumes, and gases, as well as other hazardous agents, in your workplace. Learn about what you can do to help protect your lung health at work.

• Laboratory technician or work with animals
• Bakery / food production
• Farm or horticulture work
• Cabinet maker, stonemason or carpenter
• Building or construction
• Mechanic or vehicle crash repair, including spray painting
• Hospital, treatment rooms or clinic
• Hair or beauty salon
• Gyms
• Site of a fire, building demolition, chemical spill or similar
• Factory
• Mine (open cut or underground)
• Other workplaces