Laborers & Asbestos Exposure

Laborers

The laborers risked exposure to asbestos when they were loading and unloading products containing asbestos or removing the debris produced by deteriorating asbestos materials. In a construction environment or factories, huge amounts of asbestos dust gather and particles are released into the air being continuously inhaled by laborers and the rest of the construction crew and factory workers.

The families of these workers were not safe from being exposed to asbestos as fibers attached to the laborers’ working clothes and bodies, were brought home.

From the prolonged inhalation of these asbestos fibers, laborers and their families risked developing fatal diseases like asbestos-related lung cancer and mesothelioma or other serious respiratory conditions.

In the military, laborers were responsible for building various structures, such as barracks and hospitals. Since they would often handle construction products that contained asbestos, former military laborers are now at high risk of developing a serious disease, such as lung cancer or mesothelioma, as a result of exposure. They were present in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Forces, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.

Relevant job titles

construction laborer
refinery laborer
yard laborer
factory laborer
trade laborer
aggregate laborer
asphalt laborer
concrete laborer
demolition laborer

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.

Companies that exposed laborers to asbestos

Labor union members are also eligible

Asbestos products handled by laborers

Construction, yard, and refinery laborers are at significant risk of developing mesothelioma, lung cancer or asbestosis as well. Although people who work directly with asbestos are more prone to becoming ill as a result of exposure, the job of laborers was to load and unload products such as wallboards, ceiling tiles, and mortar. During these operations, friction occurred and asbestos-containing dust would be released into the air. Not only were laborers endangered by asbestos exposure, but their families as well, since they would often carry the dust home on their clothes.