The inhalation of these particles leads to the development of diseases resulting in high fatality rates like mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer or serious respiratory conditions.
Relevant job titles
- blacksmith
- brakeman
- car inspector
- carman
- hostler
- railroad car repairman
- railroad engineer
- steam locomotive fireman
- rail car loader
- railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
- railroad conductor
- railroad yardmaster
- rigger
- track foreman
- track laborer
- railroad mechanic
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 railroad workers to asbestos
- Fibreboard Company
- Flexitallic Gasket Company
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Kelsey-Hayes Company
- American Crane Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts - Massachusetts
- Old Colony Railroad
- Penn Central Transportation Company
Cleveland, Ohio - Ohio
- Erie Rail Road Company
Freeport, Texas - Texas
- Missouri Pacific Railroad
Georgetown, Colorado - Colorado
- Georgetown Railroad Company
Indianapolis, Indiana - Indiana
- Indiana Rail Road
New York City, New York - New York
- Central Railroad Company
North Conway, New Hampshire - New Hampshire
- North Conway Depot and Railroad Yard
Omaha, Nebraska - Nebraska
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania
- Reading Company
- Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
- Railroad, Pennsylvania
Portland, Maine - Maine
- Maine Central Railroad Company
Richmond, Virginia - Virginia
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
Saint Paul, Minnesota - Minnesota
- Baltimore & Sparrows Point Railroad Co.
San Francisco, California - California
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
- Central Pacific Railroad
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Sparrows Point, Maryland - Maryland
- Baltimore & Sparrows Point Railroad Co.
St. Louis, Missouri - Missouri
- Wabash Railroad Company
Stanford, Kentucky - Kentucky
- Stanford L&N Railroad
Labor union members are also eligible
Asbestos products handled by railroad workers
Railroad workers might have been exposed to asbestos on the job in multiple ways. Numerous products they regularly interacted with contained asbestos including sealing cement, gaskets, brake pads, ceiling tiles, wallboards, clutches, and plaster. Asbestos insulation was also present in various locomotive parts such as on the engine and boiler, as well as in electrical panels, carriages, driving cabins and even under the train. However, the repair and maintenance of asbestos-containing components were not the only jobs with a high risk of exposure. Due to the prevalence of asbestos, railroad workers who were assigned different tasks might have easily been exposed as well.