Metal sheets needed to be installed by the workers and, in order to do that, they had to drill into asbestos-containing cement releasing millions of microscopic particles into the atmosphere. The structures, on which metal sheets were applied to, contained building materials contaminated with this toxic mineral as it was heavily used for its low costs and heat-resistant properties.
The exposure didn’t stop at the working site as asbestos dust was brought home on the clothes of the workers putting their families at risk of developing asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, and other respiratory illnesses as well.
Relevant job titles
- sheet metal mechanic
- sheet metal supervisor
- smelter
- metal fabricator
- saw operator
- sheet metal foreman
- sheet metal helper
- sheet metal shopman
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 sheet metal workers to asbestos
- Keene Corporation
- National Gypsum Company
- Dresser Industries
- Johns-Manville
- Celotex
- Continental Can Company
- Northrop Grumman
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Bedford, Ohio - Ohio
- Federal Metal Company
Bridgeport, Connecticut - Connecticut
- Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Capitol Heights, Maryland - Maryland
- United Sheet Metal, Inc.
Carbondale, Colorado - Colorado
- Pacific Sheet Metal, Inc.
- J W Reffel Metals Foundry Inc.
Dallas, Texas - Texas
- Titanium Metals Corporation
Fontana, California - California
- Vista Metals Corp
- Plessey Precision Metals, Inc.
- Ehmcke Sheet Metal Corp
High Point, North Carolina - North Carolina
- American Metal Treating Inc.
Jackson, Missouri - Missouri
- Associated Sheet Metal Inc.
Laurel, Mississippi - Mississippi
- J & H Sheet Metal Contractor
Morrilton, Arkansas - Arkansas
- Bryant & Derrick Sheet Metal
Portland, Oregon - Oregon
- Snyder Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
Labor union members are also eligible
Asbestos products handled by sheet metal workers
A study conducted on sheet metal workers who had had this occupation for an average period of 35 years revealed that the lungs of approximately half of them were affected by various abnormalities. Exposure to asbestos was highly prevalent among sheet metal workers and stemmed mainly from the building materials the metal components were attached to. By disturbing asbestos-containing cement, for instance, microscopic particles would come off in the air. The poor ventilation of workspaces would also maintain a high concentration of airborne asbestos for extended periods of time.