hiv at jobs besides office medical?

I work in home constroction we do bath and kitchen mostly.  Guy I work with told me he is hiv positive he is from mexico I guess he got it there?  Well I am worried the last two months since we share tools and paingt brush wood putty and all that stuff.  His hands are VERY dried and cracked and I can sometimes see blood on his hands but not alot.  There is no way I can wear gloves now or it would look to obvious and I can't really work well with gloves.  If I have dried chapped hands with little cuts like from nails or whatever how bad of chance is there taht I'm going to cathc aids.  I also think he mite be illegal but I don't want to say anything to anybody because he is good worker and good person but idont want aids what should I do.  I have a child and can't get aids.  Is it rude if i ask him to be more careful not to cut himslef.  I have been reading that Hiv bllod is dead once it's outside of the body is this really true?  Also has there been any reports of people getting it from working with people at jobs like this. ARE THEY EVEN SUPPOSED TO STILL BE WORKING WITH DEADLY SICKNESS?

[LIZZIE LOU]

"ARE THEY EVEN SUPPOSED TO STILL BE WORKING WITH DEADLY SICKNESS?"    what are you even talking about????????

hiv is transmitted through...

unprotected vaginal/anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child

it is not transmitted from environmental surfaces.

[hammertyme82]

What is an enviornmental surface though. A hammer or wrench is not made from nature so doeas that count.  I am so worried But If i tell Boss I'm afraid he will fire this person for insurance reasons. Maybe he will get too sick to work.  I'm sure normally people with hiv don't do this kind of work right

[hammertyme82]

I have continued reading and found that people can't get hiv from jobs such as office work but in medical feild they can becuase of blood.  Well at my job there is blood too. I think I may have to talk with the owner I am not put myself at risk

[LIZZIE LOU]

good Lord.  dont have sex or share needles with the guy and you will not be a risk.

[hammertyme82]

okay I will tyr and calm down thank you for help he is nice person hope he is ok

[joggen]

There really is no realistic transmission mechanism here. Incidental contact with blood from any type of surface does not pose a risk, even if you had wounds on your hands/fingers. The virus is not infectious outside the body, and it has to be directly introduced into the blood stream to infect someone.

The only incidents of occupational transmission of HIV occur in a healthcare setting- that is all you really need to focus on.

Your post really suggests profound ignorance of HIV, both with respect to transmission and as a condition. I suggest that you educate yourself by reading through the HIV forums here, so you can be more comfortable working with this man.