H&S Household Exposure Evidence Library
Sometimes the work history belongs to someone else in the family
Household exposure investigation may begin with laundry, work clothing, shoes, tools, vehicles, a family member's occupation or a routine that seemed ordinary decades ago.
A household relationship is not proof of exposure. The worker's job, tasks, materials, dates and the way material could have reached the home all require investigation.
Common scenarios
Laundrygreeting workercleaning tools or vehicles
Related occupations
Family members of industrial workers
Related industries
Powershipbuildingconstructionrefineries
Related products
Workplace dust transferred to household
Related facilities
Homesgaragesvehicles
Memory prompts
Who washed clothes? Where were boots stored?
Evidence sources to look for
Family interviewsoccupational recordsphotographs