Operating Engineers Health & Welfare

Operating engineers include all operators of heavy machinery. There are a number of health and welfare funds set up by workers unions offering various benefits to operating engineers.

Operating Engineers

• Operating engineers include anyone working with heavy machinery. Examples include crane operators, grader operators, engineering vehicle operators, bulldozer operators and other operators of large machines used in construction and engineering.

Health and Welfare Funds

• There are many health and welfare funds catering to operator engineers. Such funds are typically set up by workers' unions whose jurisdiction sometimes covers more than one state. For example, Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 covers Northern California, Northern Nevada, Hawaii and Utah.

Benefits

• Common benefits offered by health and welfare funds include medical, surgery, dental, maternity, vision care, life, accidental death and disability. Depending on the plan, many services may not be covered, including injury or sickness incurred on the job, medical services for family members, cosmetic surgery and non-FDA approved medications.