ASHTABULA 
Asbestos Exposure

Ashtabula has a long history of manufacturing and heavy industry. Workers in Ohio may have worked for decades in unsafe work environments, at the mercy of their employers who may have failed to warn of the potential health risks of workplace toxins and dangerous materials like benzene and asbestos.

Asbestos exposure has claimed the lives of many Ohio workers, in Ashtabula and in the surrounding tire and rubber belt in Cleveland, Akron, Warren, Youngstown and other manufacturing hubs for the rubber and auto industries.

Asbestos may have been present in many work facilities and employers may have known it was a hazard for workers long before they offered protective safety equipment or moved to limit worker exposure.

Joe Lyon is a highly-rated toxic tort lawyer and Workplace injury attorney reviewing Ashtabula asbestos exposure cases and mesothelioma settlements for plaintiffs and workers nationwide. 

Occupational Cancer & Ashtabula Asbestos Exposure

There is no safe limit of asbestos exposure, according to safety agencies and health experts. Chronic exposure can eventually lead to lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, asbestosis, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis.

Ashtabula workers may have been exposed to asbestos and face a higher risk of mesothelioma, lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis if they were employed by the following companies:

• AETNA RUBBER COMPANY
• AMERICAN FORK AND HOE COMPANY
• ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.
• Ashtabula County Medical Center
• Ashtabula Powerhouse
• Ashtabula Scrap & Reclamation Plant
• BECHTEL CORPORATION
• Bow Socket Company
• BRIDGEPORT BRASS COMPANY
• CABOT TITANIA CORPORATION
• CENTERIOR ENERGY CORPORATION
• CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING
• Detrex Chemical
• DIAMOND ALKALI
• DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP.
• DUPONT CHEMICAL
• ELDON CRONQUIST INC
• ELECTRO METALLURGICAL COMPANY
• FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION,
• FLOWER COAL & SUPPLY CO.
• GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO
• GLEN L. MARTIN CHEMICAL PLANT
• Great Lakes Engineering Works Shipyard
• LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
• Linde Air Products Co.
• Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.
• MALLORY SHARON METALS CORP
• MCBRIDE PLBG & HTG MALLORY SHARON MTLS CORP
• METAL REDUCTION PLANT
• MILLENNIUM CHEMICAL
• MOLDED FIBER GLASS BODY CO
• National Distillers
• NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY
• NEW YORK CENTRAL Railroad
• OLIN MATHIESON Chemical
• PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO RAILWAY
• STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO
• REACTIVE METALS
• RELIANCE ELECTRIC
• SHERWIN WILLIAMS COMPANY
• STAMBERGER COMPANY
• True Temper Group
• POLLOCK – BECKER COMPANY
• Ferro Alloys Division
• ASHTUBULA METALS COMPANY
• REYNOLDS METALS