Table 1.

Non-comprehensive list of known occupational etiologies of interstitial lung disease.

Exposure	Example Occupations	Interstitial Lung Disease
Aluminum dust	Welders, machinist aluminum products	Aluminum dust pneumoconiosis
Asbestos	Construction, shipyard worker, mechanic, insulator	Asbestosis
Beryllium	Nuclear weapon production, aerospace industry, ceramics	Chronic beryllium disease (indistinguishable from sarcoidosis)
Coal mine dust	Miner	Coal worker pneumoconiosis (black lung)
Indium	Semiconductor industry	Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Iron dust	Electric-arc and oxyacetylene welders	Pulmonary siderosis
Organic dust/animal antigens	Agricultural worker, poultry worker	Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Silica dust	Mining, stone fabrication, sand blasting	Simple silicosis and progressive massive fibrosis
Talc	Talc miners and millers	Talc pneumoconiosis
Textile fiber dust	Clothing industry, Hemp, sisal, cotton production	Byssinosis
Tungsten-carbide	Machinist, dental technician	Hard metal lung disease (giant-cell interstitial pneumonitis)