The cement needed to be mixed in order to be applied. The worker could have been exposed during the mixing process as microscopic bits of asbestos became airborne. Great amounts of asbestos dust were also produced when the cement had to be removed.
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Asbestos cement products were usually made by mixing Portland cement with asbestos fibers for reinforcement.
As long as the cement didn’t sustain any damage, it was relatively safe. The exposure risks exponentially increased when it started to crack and particles of asbestos were released into the air. Because cement products were used in many locations, they presented one of the main factors of asbestos exposure. You could have been exposed if:
Quigley/Pfizer
Gold Bond
Owens Corning
Fibreboard Company
United States Gypsum Company
A.P. Green Industries
W.R. Grace
Harbison-Walker Refractories Co.
AC & S, Inc.
Keene Corporation
National Gypsum Company
Flintkote Company
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
CertainTeed Corporation
Johns-Manville
Celotex
Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Co.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Bondex International
United States Mineral Products (Isolatek/CAFCO)
Bell & Gossett Company
Furnco Construction Corp.
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
American Can Company
Rust International Inc.
Eagle-Picher Industries
If you have been handling asbestos-containing cement for an extended period of time at work, and got diagnosed with an asbestos exposure-related disease, we can help you get the compensation you need by filing claims with the asbestos trust funds available.
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