16 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Asbestos Products: The 15 Categories That Exposed Workers, Consumers, and Families
…Learn more about asbestos-reinforced plastics → Industrial Process Materials Asbestos was incorporated into the working materials that industries used to make other things. Drilling mud and drilling fluid additives — Union Carbide's Visbestos, Super-Visbestos…
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Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated
…of research have mapped where the disease came from, and we can usually reconstruct the exposure history from work records, union records, and our internal exposure database, even when the work happened forty or fifty years…
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Asbestos Exposure by Occupation
…t need to remember which company made the products you worked with, and you don't need old job records or union cards in hand. The bankruptcy trusts that pay many of these claims are built…
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Take-Home and Secondary Asbestos Exposure
…breathed, not a retained dose. You don't need to have known the dust was dangerous, and you don't need your relative's old job records or union cards in hand. If a parent, spouse…
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Lost Someone to Asbestos Disease? What Your Family Can Still Do
…Copies are available from the National Archives. Keep the old papers. Pay stubs, union cards, tax returns, letters and work photos can all help prove where someone worked. What your family may be able to recover…
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Why Families Choose Our Mesothelioma Law Firm
…products used there, the coworkers who can corroborate the conditions, and the military, union, and Social Security records that pin down dates and places. We give them the medical and scientific record too, the peer-reviewed…
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Asbestos Lawsuits
…to remember the exact products or brands I worked with? No, and most people can't. We reconstruct your exposure from work and union records, coworker recollections, shipping and purchase records, and our own document archives…
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Asbestos Trust Claims: No Court Appearance Necessary
…brand names from decades ago, and you don't need to. We match your work history to the specific products used at your jobsites through employment and union records, coworker accounts, and our own exposure database…
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Understanding Asbestos Exposure: What f/cc Means in Real Life
…for an entire career — ECHA estimates about 125 excess cancer deaths for every 100,000 workers. That's why the European Union lowered its own binding limit tenfold, from 0.1 to 0.01 f/cc…
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Asbestos Exposure Sites Directory: Check Your Work History
…Our records may include evidence from: Client and witness interviews Employment records Union records Historical product catalogs Manufacturer records Court filings Deposition testimony Bankruptcy trust worksite records Site-specific research Product-identification investigation A verified site…
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Asbestos Railroad Claims Under FELA
…inspection, or transportation. A machinist employed by Union Pacific who repairs locomotives in a roundhouse is covered. A janitor hired by an outside cleaning company to work in the same roundhouse usually is not—even if…
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Asbestos Claims for Seamen: The Jones Act and Maritime Law
…utilities) while you're unable to work. Maintenance rates are often modest, and they're frequently set by union contract, so they rarely cover a household's full costs. But for seamen diagnosed with asbestos-related…
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Asbestos Premises Liability Lawsuits
…workers' compensation settlement covered only some of that. He was earning $5.45 an hour as a union insulator when his illness forced him to stop working. Economic damages allow a family to recover the wages…
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Asbestos Product Liability Lawsuits
…you would have had in the future if not for your illness. Clarence Borel was earning $5.45 an hour as a union insulator in 1969 when his illness forced him to stop working. At 57…
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Asbestos Wrongful Death Lawsuits
…compensation settlement covered only a fraction of that. He was earning $5.45 an hour as a union insulator when his illness forced him to stop working—wages his family would never recover. After he died…
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Understanding Asbestos Trust Claims
…medical evidence. Exposure documentation. Evidence showing you were exposed to that specific trust's products during the qualifying time period. This might include employment records, union records, military service records, coworker affidavits, or site-specific documentation…