Electricians and others in building trades at risk for mesothelioma cancer

Electricians: Consider a mesothelioma lawsuit if your asbestos exposure caused cancer. Get a free legal review when you complete the form on this page.

Many of those with mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos-related diseases worked in the building trades. They were carpenters, joiners, shopfitters, plumbers, and electricians.

They were exposed to asbestos fibers in their day-to-day work with asbestos-containing materials or because work with asbestos was carried out near them.

Asbestos is likely to be in a building if it was built or renovated between 1950 and 1980 and particularly:

if it also has a steel frame; and/or

it has boilers with thermal insulation.

Asbestos cement has also been widely used as a building material since the 1950s.

Many thousands of tons of asbestos were used in buildings in the past.

Much of this is still there and you cannot easily identify it from its appearance.

Its most common uses were:

sprayed asbestos and asbestos loose packing - generally used as fire breaks in ceiling voids;

moulded or preformed sprayed coatings and lagging - generally used in thermal insulation of pipes and boilers;

sprayed asbestos mixed with hydrated asbestos cement - generally used as fire protection in ducts, firebreaks, panels, partitions, soffit boards, ceiling panels and around structural steel work;

insulating boards used for fire protection, thermal insulation, wall partitions and ducts;

asbestos cement products, which can be compressed into flat or corrugated sheets; corrugated sheets are largely used as roofing and wall cladding; other asbestos cement products include gutters, rainwater pipes and water tanks.

Electricians are among those workers who risk exposure to asbestos in their occupation.

This is because electric wiring insulation, electrical panel partitions and electrical cloth can all contain asbestos.

Sadly, our lawyers are all too familiar with this type of tragedy from asbestos. Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. represents tens of thousands of individuals suffering from asbestos-related diseases.

The dangers of asbestos are all too familiar to the mesothelioma attorneys in the Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. Asbestos Litigation unit.

We are a leading plaintiffs' law firm that has represented people affected by mesothelioma for over 20 years. Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure or secondary exposure may be entitled to compensation from the companies responsible for their disease.

If you would like a free consultation or more information about your legal options, please complete the form on this page, and a representative of our law firm will contact you as soon as possible.