ASBESTOS EXPOSURE
Trades Most At Risk
Industries, Trades and Workers Who Have the Highest Risk of
Asbestos Exposure
The minerals known as asbestos are found in rock ores occurring
chiefly in Canada, South Africa, Russia, Australia, and to a lesser
extent, other parts of the world. While the asbestos mining and
milling industry itself was not present in the New York and New
Jersey area, such workers were at great risk for asbestos disease.
Once mined and milled, asbestos fiber was incorporated into many
and varied products, building materials, insulations, friction,
packing and sealing materials, refractories, and others (see also
Asbestos Products) through the better part of the twentieth century,
until its use was curtailed in the 1970's and 1980's. As a consequence
of decades of manufacture, sale, installation and use of various
asbestos products, many occupations are at risk of encountering
"friable" asbestos products where the products are capable
of emitting asbestos dust or fiber into the air workers and bystanders
are breathing.
Often, asbestos products are friable when they are being installed,
cut, mixed, sprayed, handled, repaired, torn out, or otherwise
disturbed in construction, maintenance, and repair. However, some
asbestos products can be in such poor or deteriorated condition
that drafts or minor vibrations are enough to put toxic levels
of asbestos into the air. On the other hand, certain asbestos
products that are in place, intact, and not being disturbed may
not pose a hazard.
Because of these characteristics of asbestos and asbestos products,
we have found asbestos exposure and asbestos disease in the following
kinds of occupational settings in the New York and New Jersey
area. They include specific plants and industries, and construction
and building trades where workers were exposed over a career of
working for various contractor-employers at many different job
sites.
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INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
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UTILITY WORKERS
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SHIPYARD WORKERS
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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING TRADES
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REFINING, FOUNDRIES, AND STEEL WORKERS
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MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND NON-UNION CRAFTS
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CHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL, BEVERAGE WORKERS
Your Legal Rights
If you or someone you know is suffering from lung cancer and/or
lung disease asbestosis, mesothelioma or other asbestos related
diseases caused by asbestos or asbestos containing products, you
may be eligible to file a claim.
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