People in many trades and occupations have been exposed to asbestos fibers, including:

Asbestos workers
Automobile mechanics
Boiler makers
Brick masons
Building engineers
Carpenters
Communications workers
Dental technicians
Drywall contractors
Electricians
Firefighters
Flooring installers
Heating and ventilation workers
Housewives
Insulators
Ironworkers
Janitors
Jewelers
Laborers
Naval seamen
Painters
Papermill workers
Pipe fitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Railroad workers
Refinery workers
Roofers
Sheet metal workers
Ship builders
Steelworkers
Teachers
Tile setters

This is not meant to be an exclusive list.

Many people have been diagnosed with asbestos disease who did not use the products themselves, but were around others who did. Many people have been exposed who did not even work in any type of construction trade. We have represented school employees (a teacher and a secretary) with mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos while they were at school.

We have also represented asbestos victims who were exposed to asbestos while performing home repairs of holes or cracks in drywall using products sold at local stores. Recently we represented a housewife who died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos from washing her husband’s work clothes.