Asbestos Exposure in Workplace or on Job Site?
Below are some questions intended to help determine whether a person may have had asbestos exposure in their workplace or on the job site.
If the answer to any of the following questions is “Yes” and that work was done before the mid-1970s, there is a real possibility that the person was exposed to asbestos and, as such, they may be at an increased risk of developing an asbestos disease or asbestos cancer.
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION ABOUT WORKER
1. Did you ever work inside or install boilers? Yes No
2. Did you ever work as a sandblaster? Yes No
3. Did you ever work as a welder? Yes No
4. Did you ever tear out asbestos insulation materials? Yes No
5. Did you ever work as a commercial builder or commercial construction laborer? Yes No
6. Did you ever work as a commercial electrician? Yes No
7. Did you ever work as a commercial plumber? Yes No
8. Did you ever work as a commercial painter? Yes No
9. Did you ever work inside a power plant or powerhouse? Yes No
10. Did you ever work inside a refinery or petrochemical plant? Yes No
11. Did you ever work at a shipyard (including aboard Navy vessels located at shipyards)? Yes No
12. Did you ever work inside a paper mill? Yes No
13. Did you ever work inside a cotton mill? Yes No
14. Did you ever work inside a textile mill? Yes No
15. Did you ever work inside a tire or rubber plant? Yes No
16. Did you ever work inside a chemical plant? Yes No
17. Did you ever work inside an iron or steel mill? Yes No
People who were employed at the above workplaces and job sites before the mid-1970s are likely to have had asbestos exposure and, therefore, may be at an increased risk of developing an asbestos cancer, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, or an asbestos disease like asbestosis.
In addition, family members of those people who worked around asbestos may have had so-called “secondhand asbestos exposure” from household activities such as washing the worker’s clothing or, even more unexpectedly, from simply giving a welcome-home hug upon the worker getting back to the house each day. This type of asbestos exposure puts them at risk for mesothelioma many years later.
To learn more, you may want to review some of this related information:
- North Carolina Asbestos Exposure Sites
- How to Get Legal Compensation: Asbestos Lawsuits and North Carolina Workers Comp Claims
- Asbestos Cancers & Diseases: Mesothelioma / Asbestos Lung Cancer / Asbestosis
- Who Was Exposed to Asbestos: Asbestos Exposure and Asbestos-related Diseases
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