There were elevated rates of asbestos-related diseases in the families of miners from the asbestos brought home on their clothing and working gear.
The time lag between exposure and asbestos-caused diseases for both the miners and the residents of the mining communities is of 10 to 40 years when it is already too late for any treatment option to work.
Relevant job titles
- bagger
- blender
- car loader
- crusher operator
- driller
- heavy equipment operator
- dryer operator
- packer
- pack hauler
- palletizer
- asbestos fibers weaver
- blaster
- dryman
- extraction worker
- grinding operator
- mine clerk
- mine engineer
- mine foreman
- mining technician
- rock splitter
- scoop operator
- tunnel laborer
- underground apprentice
Asbestos-related cancer eligible for filing a claim
If you developed one of the following cancers as a result of occupational exposure, you are eligible for compensation. If you are too ill, a family member can help you with the legal process. In the unfortunate event that you pass away before recovering compensation, your surviving family members will receive compensation on your behalf.
If, however, you struggle with non-cancerous pleural diseases such as asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, diffuse pleural thickening, COPD (emphysema & chronic bronchitis), pleurisy, lung nodules, lung spots, asthma, pneumonitis, tuberculosis, rounded atelectasis or lung scarring, please seek a second or even a third opinion as the rate of misdiagnosis is very high among the victims of asbestos exposure.
