Ashtabula has a long history of manufacturing and heavy industry. Workers in Ohio may have worked for decades in unsafe work environments, at the mercy of their employers who may have failed to warn of the potential health risks of workplace toxins and dangerous materials like benzene and asbestos.
Asbestos exposure has claimed the lives of many Ohio workers, in Ashtabula and in the surrounding tire and rubber belt in Cleveland, Akron, Warren, Youngstown and other manufacturing hubs for the rubber and auto industries.
Asbestos may have been present in many work facilities and employers may have known it was a hazard for workers long before they offered protective safety equipment or moved to limit worker exposure.
Joe Lyon is a highly-rated toxic tort lawyer and Workplace injury attorney reviewing Ashtabula asbestos exposure cases and mesothelioma settlements for plaintiffs and workers nationwide.
Occupational Cancer & Ashtabula Asbestos Exposure
There is no safe limit of asbestos exposure, according to safety agencies and health experts. Chronic exposure can eventually lead to lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, asbestosis, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis.
Ashtabula workers may have been exposed to asbestos and face a higher risk of mesothelioma, lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis if they were employed by the following companies:
