Roofers & Asbestos Exposure

Roofers

The people that worked as roofers were under the threat of inhaling high amounts of asbestos fibers due to the common use of asbestos in roofing materials. As a roofer, you had to cut and saw asbestos-containing shingles and tiles, a process that would generate large quantities of asbestos dust. If you had to repair or replace an old roof, damaged and deteriorated asbestos materials would have been ripped off and you would have found yourself breathing in an asbestos-filled air.

Even the families of the roofers risked developing serious diseases like mesothelioma or lung cancer due to the asbestos fibers attached to their clothes and hair that were brought home daily. These asbestos-related diseases are known for their long latency periods, which means that when the symptoms finally show up it is already too late for a treatment to work.

Relevant job titles

puncher of roofing materials
roofer
renovation technician
roofing foreman
roofing installer
roofing laborer
roofing mill operator
roofing technician
saw operator

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 roofers to asbestos

Labor union members are also eligible

Asbestos products handled by roofers

Installing or replacing roofing materials requires a lot of cutting and sawing, and workers who performed these operations before the late 1970s are very likely to have been exposed to tremendous levels of airborne asbestos. Removing old shingles would release asbestos dust as well. Other asbestos-containing products roofers might have been in contact with on the job were roofing asphalt, corrugated or flat extruded cement panels, and cold-applied adhesives.