If you are tasked with working in an area where asbestos is known to be found - your employer has a number of obligations towards you under US law. These obligations will be explained in detail below, however the overall idea is that you, as an employee, should be protected from the unwanted and harmful side effects of asbestos at all times in your work environment.
Many employers have purposely disregarded these employment requirements in the past to save some money for themselves, and they therefore run the risk of legal issues at the present time. These legal issues are arising from people who have fallen ill due to asbestos poisoning and sickening - realizing that their employer was negligent in some way.
As we already pointed out, your employer - no matter how big or small the organisation is - must work to protect you from the illnesses associated with asbestos exposure. This means that you must be given the right safety gear, equipment, and knowledge to handle asbestos laden conditions safety.
These items and information include the following:
Full body protection to ensure no skin contact with airborne asbestos
If you have not received all of these, at no cost, from your employer before entering an area known to have asbestos present - your employer is in direct breach of US safety laws.
US safety in the workplace laws are designed specifically to ensure that absolutely no one - despite age, sex, or race - suffers from any asbestos related illnesses. Therefore, if you have already developed side effects from asbestos - it could be the result of one of two things:
The second option is extremely unlikely, because of the current building code employed in America. Thus - this only really leaves one possibility - that it was the fault of your employer.
As a result, we highly recommend that you take action now to seek compensation from your employer, as a result of their negligence. Click here to visit the site where you are able to submit your claim.
If you are tasked with working in an area where asbestos is known to be found - your employer has a number of obligations towards you under US law. These obligations will be explained in detail below, however the overall idea is that you, as an employee, should be protected from the unwanted and harmful side effects of asbestos at all times in your work environment.
Ever since the discovery of the dangerous nature of asbestos back in the 1920's, US employers have regularly been in trouble for negligence shown to their employees. In total, around 5,000 court cases have been filed and won as a result of direct asbestos exposure - with a further 15,000 cases being settled outside of the court room (probably more, but statistics show 15,000).