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The railroads predominately used asbestos in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s. Some railroads continued using asbestos into the 1990’s even though they knew of the dangers of asbestos. Asbestos is mined in Quebec, Canada and the fibers are pliable like cotton or wool. These asbestos fibers stay pliant and can be mixed with an applicant and applied to round surfaces such as pipes. This asbestos is heat resistant and was often used as an insulator. There were many buildings on the railroad company including reporting places, crew offices, clerk’s offices, railroad shops, and maintenance of way reporting places that were insulated with asbestos- laden products, including pipes wrapped in asbestos and floor tiles with asbestos.
There have been numerous asbestos studies of asbestos exposure to railway workers and these asbestos studies suggest a past and future history of asbestos mortality and asbestos morbidity among railroad workers.
Hopefully this asbestos article has served as an information guide to railroad workers and the potential of their having been exposed to the dangers of asbestos. All retired workers whose exposures range back over a span of approximately forty to fifty years probably had exposure to asbestos. The question becomes, Will the asbestos manifest itself with the symptoms that are outlined in this article? If you suffer from these asbestos symptoms, you should immediately do as advised in this asbestos article and contact your doctor to determine the extent of the damage caused by the asbestos on the railroad.
The law firm of Wilson & Hajek can help you with your asbestos claim.
Railroad workers can collect for injuries. Contact the law firm of Wilson & Hajek.
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