ASBESTOS DISC BRAKES

No automobile component contains more toxic asbestos fibers than disc breaks

Automotive asbestos exposure has contributed to the deaths of mechanics and car enthusiasts for decades. That’s because asbestos (which resists heat friction and fire better than most materials) has always been generously utilized in the linings of automobile disc brakes, clutches, gaskets, heat seals, valve rings and hoodliners, despite its link to fatal diseases.

Weitz & Luxenberg specializes in asbestos-injury litigation and is known in the legal community for obtaining record-setting verdicts and settlements for disc brake repairmen who have fallen ill (sometimes decades later) from on-the-job asbestos exposure.

ASBESTOS DISC BRAKES

June 4, 2010 – No automobile component contains more asbestos, nor threatens the lives of automobile mechanics greater, than vehicular disc brakes.

The asbestos linings in disc brakes wear down through friction, constantly releasing asbestos fibers into the brake drum, where they collect.

When disc brake housings are opened for repairs, that dust is released into the air where mechanics can inhale or ingest it.

Not long ago, many mechanics used compressed air to blow the dust out of disc brake drums, aggravating an already hazardous work environment.

While many asbestos-laden products have been banned in the United States, the automobile industry has been a major holdout.

U.S. automobile manufacturers still use asbestos in certain car components, like disc brakes, hoodliners and heat seals. Imports of asbestos-containing disc brakes, for example, have actually increased over the past decade.

Asbestos disc brakes kill

Inhaling airborne asbestos fibers causes asbestos exposure and leads to fatal diseases.

Before the enactment of asbestos regulations, the work activities of automobile mechanics, conducted over and over on a daily basis, has led to the premature deaths of thousands of repairmen, many of them with families to support.

By law, most professional automotive shops must follow work-site regulations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA). These regulations are mandatory measures that employers must follow for work activities that involve automotive disc brake and clutch jobs.

For details, consult OSHA regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1001 and specifically paragraph (f)(3) and Appendix F.

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If you at any time worked as an automobile mechanic or in a garage, and you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, we urge you to obtain a free legal consultation with a Weitz & Luxenberg asbestos cancer attorney.

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