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Silicosis
Silicosis
Every year, 2 million workers in the U.S. are exposed to crystalline silica, which can cause silicosis, a disabling and sometimes fatal disease. About 300 deaths are attributed to silicosis annually. Inhaling airborne crystalline silica dust also has been associated with other diseases such as tuberculosis and lung cancer. However, silicosis is often misdiagnosed as pulmonary edema and pneumonia.JOBS WITH HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF CAUSING SILICOSIS
- Sandblasting
- Cement Manufacturing
- Asphalt Pavement Manufacturing
- Foudry Industry
- Jackhammer Operations
- Rock/Well Drilling
- Concrete Mixing
- Concrete Tunneling
- Brick and Concrete Cutting
- Railroad Workers and Repair
- Soap Detergent Workers
- Glass Manufacturing
- Shipbuilders
- Underground Miners
Early stages of the disease may go unnoticed. Continued exposure may result in shortness of breath while exercising, possible fever and occasionally bluish skin at the ear lobes or lips. Silicosis makes a person more susceptible to infectious diseases of the lungs such as tuberculosis. Progression of silicosis leads to fatigue, extreme shortness of breath, loss of appetite, pain in the chest, and respiratory failure, which may cause death. Acute silicosis may develop after short periods of exposure. Chronic silicosis usually occurs after 10 or more years of exposure to lower levels of quartz.
If you or a loved one suffered side effects from Silicosis, please fill out the form at the right for a free case evaluation by a qualified pollutants attorney.
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Jury Awards $1.5 Million To Railroads Ex-Employee
Aug 14, 2004 | The Virginian-Pilot
A Portsmouth jury ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to pay $1.5 million in damages to a Virginia Beach man who says he contracted silicosis while working for the railroad. However, Circuit Court Judge James A. Cales Jr. did not enter the verdict. Rather, he plans to hear Norfolk Southern motions to set the decision aside or, if not, then reduce the award, at a hearing in October . The verdict came down Thursday . I am not just hopeful, but confident it will be set aside, said J.A....
Suit Claims Toxic Dust Hurt Waste Workers
Mar 11, 2004 | AP
A former tunnel worker at the nation's nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert sued government contractors Thursday, claiming the companies deliberately exposed employees to toxic dust at the Yucca Mountain project. The civil lawsuit, filed in state court in Las Vegas, seeks class-action status and unspecified damages. It claims the companies knew workers and visitors were exposed to dangerous levels of silica and other toxic dust during tunneling from 1992 to 1996. ``This lawsuit will expose...
Nevada To Inspect Tailings at Yucca Mountain For Dust Hazard
Feb 11, 2004 | AP
Nevada will inspect volcanic-rock tailings piled up outside the tunnel at Yucca Mountain to see if they pose a blowing dust hazard at the planned national nuclear waste dump, the state's environmental protection chief said. "We will go out and take a look to see if it's a dust problem," Environmental Protection Division Administrator Allen Biaggi told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Wednesday report. The state decision to inspect the site came after former Yucca Mountain project workers...
Former Worker: Officials Knew of Toxic Dust at Yucca Mountain
Jan 30, 2004 | AP
Workers at Yucca Mountain in the mid-1990s were exposed to toxic dusts for several years before the Energy Department established effective health protections, according to several former employees with lung ailments they blame on their work.Whistle-blower Gene Griego told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Friday report that workers were at risk from the onset of tunnel operations in 1993 until Yucca managers improved ventilation and dust controls in 1996.A stop-work order in August 1996...
Silicosis Suit
Feb 27, 2003 | Corpus Christi Caller Times
A Corpus Christi man says he contracted a serious lung disease during his career as a sandblaster. Harrel Horton has sued the manufacturer of the synthetic sand used in the sandblasting for medical expenses and punitive damages. The case is in trial this week in 347th district court in Nueces County. Horton, 67, says Lone Star Industries should have taken steps to better protect workers like him from inhaling the dangerous abrasive sand. Horton worked for various companies from the 1950s...
Silicosis
Quick Facts
Silicosis Reference Guide
Diseases/ Ailments
Tuberculosis
Lung Cancer
Shortness of breath
Fever
Bluish skin
Fatigue
Loss of appetite
Chest pain
Respiratory failure
Death Products
Blasting abrasives
Concrete
Cement mortar
Granite
Sandstone
Slate
Mineral deposits
Rock and stone
Sand
Topsoil
Asphalt
Brick Occupational Risk
Sandblasting
Cement manufacturing
Asphalt pavement manufacturing
Foudry industry
Jackhammer operations
Rock/Well drilling
Concrete mixing
Concrete tunneling
Brick and Concrete cutting
Railroad workers
Soap detergent workers
Glass manufacturing
Shipbuilders
Miners Related Topics
Toxic Substances
Tuberculosis
Lung Cancer
Shortness of breath
Fever
Bluish skin
Fatigue
Loss of appetite
Chest pain
Respiratory failure
Death Products
Blasting abrasives
Concrete
Cement mortar
Granite
Sandstone
Slate
Mineral deposits
Rock and stone
Sand
Topsoil
Asphalt
Brick Occupational Risk
Sandblasting
Cement manufacturing
Asphalt pavement manufacturing
Foudry industry
Jackhammer operations
Rock/Well drilling
Concrete mixing
Concrete tunneling
Brick and Concrete cutting
Railroad workers
Soap detergent workers
Glass manufacturing
Shipbuilders
Miners Related Topics
Toxic Substances
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