OHIO MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS

Ohio is known as the Buckeye State. The nickname is derived from the Ohio buckeye tree. Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest. Its northern border is defined by Lake Erie. Ohio has a huge highway network and is within a one-day drive of 50% of North America’s population and 70% of North America’s manufacturing capacity.

As such, Ohio is the headquarters for many manufacturing and industrial entities. Asbestos products were valued for their insulating and fire-retardant properties. Asbestos was employed as the core ingredient for these purposes in numerous industrial and construction projects throughout Ohio.

Ohio’s abundant power plants, steel plants, and oil refineries used great amounts of asbestos materials. Asbestos products were used as insulation for boilers, steam pipes, furnaces, and hot water pipes. Workers at the large energy and manufacturing plants, as well as tradesmen in Ohio’s construction industry, have experienced disproportionate rates of asbestos-related diseases. In the construction sector, brick and stone masons, drywall tapers, painters, and plumbers are particularly susceptible to mesothelioma.

Workers in Ohio’s marine industries and shipyards have also experienced high rates of asbestos disease. Lorain County, home of the American Ship Building Company, once owned by the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, has the 14th highest mesothelioma mortality rate of any county in the United States. Tragically, Jefferson County, in the eastern part of the state near Pittsburgh, tops Lorain County. The Centers for Disease Control concludes that Jefferson County is the #3 county in the nation with respect to mesothelioma mortality rates.

OCCUPATIONS AT RISK

Below is a list of occupations that put Ohio workers at a known risk of asbestos exposure. If you worked in one of these occupation in the 1980’s or earlier, there is a good chance you were exposed to asbestos:

Aircraft Mechanics & Repairmen
Automobile Mechanics
Boilermakers
Brick and Stone Masons
Carpenters
Chemical Plant Workers
Chemical Technicians
Construction Workers
Crane and Hoist Men
Drill Press Operators
Drywall Tapers
Electric Power Linemen & Cable Men
Electricians
Engineers
Firefighters
Foundry Workers
Freight and Material Handlers
Furnace Men, Smelter-Men & Pourers
Garage Workers
Grinding Machine Operators
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
HVAC Workers
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Plant Workers
Insulators
Iron Workers
Laborers
Locomotive Engineers
Longshoremen and Stevedores
Machine Operators
Machinists
Merchant Marines
Metal Lathers
Millwrights & Mill Workers
Mixing Operators
Molders
Oil Refinery Workers
Painters
Pipefitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Power Plant Workers
Railroad Workers
Roofers and Slaters
Sheetmetal Workers
Shipyard Workers
Steamfitters
Textile Operators
Tile Setters
U.S. Navy Veterans
Welders

JOB SITES WITH KNOWN ASBESTOS EXPOSURE

The following is a list of some of the Ohio job sites where there is a documented use of asbestos products. If you or a family member worked at one of these places, you may be at a heightened risk of asbestos disease.

If you believe that you may have been exposed to asbestos at your own job, please contact one of our mesothelioma attorneys for more information. The sites include:

Shipyards

American Ship Building

Power Plant

Cardinal Power Plant
Conesville Power Plant
David Besse Nuclear Power Plant
Gallopolis Station
Lincoln Electric
Miskingum River Power Plant
Perry Nuclear Power Plant
Redding Station
Sammis Power Plant
Wabash River Power Plant
Walter D. Beckjord Generating Station
W.H. Sammis Power Plant

Metal Works

Aetna Iron and Steel
A.K. Steel
Aluminum Company of America
Armco Steel Corp.
American Sheet Steel
Bellaire Steel
Carnegie Steel
Cold Metal Products
Dayton Portsmouth Foundry Co.
Empire Reeves Steel Div.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
LTV Steel
Marion Steel
McDonald Steel
National Steel
Republic Steel
Sharon Steel
Youngstown Iron and Steel

Oil and Refineries

Ashland
BP Amoco
Clark Refining
Gulf
Marathon
Shell
Sunoco

Manufacturing Plants

American Crucible Products
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
B.F. Goodrich Chemical Co.
Cabot Titania
Central Foundry
Cincinnati Milling
Diamond Alkali
Dow Chemical
E.I. Dupont De Nemours
Firestone
Ford Motor Co.
Frigidaire
General Motors
Glasscote Products
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Goodyear Atomic Corp.
Goodyear Arsenal Inc.
Goodyear Aerospace
Harshaw Chemical Co.
Kaiser Jeep
Marathon Tire
Martinson & Nicholls
Owens-Illinois
Trailmobile
Whirlpool

Other sites

Abex Corp
A.M. Leonard @ Sons, Inc.
Babcock & Wilcox
Cabot Titania Corp.
Cincinatti-Millacron, Inc.
Cooper-Bessemer Co.
Dept. of Highways
Diamond Red Trucks Div.
Diamond Shamrock Co.
Daybrook-Ottawa Corp.
E.I. Dupont De Nemours Inc.
Haveg Industrial Inc.
Industrial Railway Supply Inc.
Monsanto Research Corp.
Ormet Corp.
Otis Elevator Co.
Proctor & Gamble
Ravenna Arsenal
Sherwin Williams Co.
The Cincinnati Milling Mach.

MESOTHELIOMA IN OHIO

Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive, and deadly cancer that occurs in the thin layer of tissue that covers the majority of the body’s internal organs. It most often affects the tissue that surrounds the lungs. Sadly, Jefferson County and Lorain County residents experience higher risks of mesothelioma than virtually any other county in the United States. Jefferson County and Lorain County rank #3 and #14, respectively, in malignant mesothelioma mortality rates. The Centers for Disease Control ranks Ohio #7 in the nation in mesothelioma deaths.

Mesothelioma has a lengthy latency period. This means that a person develops mesothelioma long after the initial exposure to asbestos. This period ranges from 10 to 50 years after contact with the asbestos product. As a result, the number of mesothelioma deaths in Ohio will continue.

OHIO MESOTHELIOMA LAWYER

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and you believe you were exposed to asbestos in Ohio, it is critical that you immediately contact a skilled mesothelioma lawyer. This is because there are statutes of limitation, which afford victims only a limited time period to file a lawsuit.

Our firm has succeeded in securing millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements since the 1970’s. You should contact one of our experienced mesothelioma lawyers for a free consultation. We can help you investigate the sources of your asbestos exposure and ascertain the responsible companies.