Occupational Groups At Risk Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Health Problems

Thousands of people die annually from diseases caused by exposure to asbestos in their workplace. Mesothelioma is a serious and debilitative form of lung or abdominal cancer that is always connected to exposure to the environmental toxin called asbestos dust or fibre. Before it was banned in most industrialized countries, asbestos was widely used for a number of industrial and construction applications, even long after its was discovered as a dangerous environmental toxin to human health. For this reason therefore, understanding how and when an individual may have been exposed to asbestos is essential in preventing it as well as fight for compensation claim. Mesothelioma may be a relatively rare disease but for those affected by it, it can alter the victim’s life and the lives of his/her loved ones drastically for life. For us not to digress from the major theme of this write up, those that are at a high risk of developing mesothelioma are: workers at shipyard, asbestos mine and mill, producers of asbestos products, workers in the heating and construction industries, trades people, friends and family of the workers in the fields listed above. If you work in the following professional occupations or anyone close to you have worked in any of these occupations they are most likely to have been exposed to asbestos toxins and you can file compensation claim. These professionals groups include:

-    Aeronautical Engineers            -  Carpenters
-    Aircraft Mechanics and Repairmen        -  Cement Workers
-    Asbestos and Insulation Workers        -  Chemical Technicians
-    Asbestos Removal Workers            -  Civil Engineers
-    Asbestos Miners                -  Clothing Ironers and Pressers
-    Automobile Repair Workers            -  College and University Professors
-    Automobile Mechanics            -  Construction Labourers
-    Blacksmiths                    -  Drill Press Operatives
-    Boilersmakers                    -  Drywall Installers and Lathers
-    Brick and Stone Masons            -  Drywall Removers
-    Building Managers and Sperintendents    -  Electricians
-    Electrical Power Linemen and Cable Men    -  Elementary School Teachers
-    Electrical and Electronics Engineers        -  Engineers
-    Evacuating, Grading and Road Machine Operators
-    Filers, Polishers, Sanders and Buffers   
-    Furnace, Men, Smelter Men and Pourers    -  Foremen
-    Garage Workers and Gas Station Attendants   
-    Grinding Machine Operatives            -  Firemen
-    Hairdressers and Cosmetologists        -  Forge Men and Hammer Men
-    Heat Treaters, Annealers and Temperers    - Freight and Materials Handlers
-    Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Including Diesel
-    Household Appliance and Accessory Installers and Mechanics
-    Crane Men, Derrick Men, Hoist Men        -  Industrial Engineers
-    Insulation and Floor Installers
-    Insurance Adjusters, Examiners and Investigators
-    Job and Die Setters, Metal            -  Locomotive Engineers
-    Longshoremen and Stevedores        -  Machine Operators
-    Machinists                    -  Mechanical Engineers
-    Mechanical and Repairmen           
-    Carding, Lapping and Combing Operatives
-    Manufacturing Checkers, Examiners and Inspectors
-    Millwrights                    -  Miscellaneous Operatives
-    Metal Molders                   
-    Motormen in mines, factory, logging camps etc
-    Other Industrial and Ship Workers        -  Painters and Sculptors
-    Painters, Construction and Maintenance    -  Pipe Fitters
-    Pattern and Model Makers            -  Plumbers and Pipe Fitters
-    Personnel and Labour Relations Workers    -  Power Station Operators
-    Railroad Workers                -  Metal Rollers and Finishers
-    9/11 World Trade Centre Recovery Workers
-    Roofers and Slaters                -  Sailors and Deckhands
-    Sales Engineers                -  Sawyers
-    Sheet Metal Workers and Tinsmiths        -  Shipbuilders
-    Sheet Metal Workers and Winders        -  Spinners, Twisters and Winders
-    Stationary Engineers                -  Structural Metal Craftmen
-    Technicians                    -  Textiles Operatives
-    Telephone Installers and Repairmen        -  Weavers
-    Welders and Flamecutters