SAFETY & HEALTH
Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones by Understanding Your Risks and Rights of Asbestos Exposure
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ver a million construction and craftworkers, Exposure, containing information about the resources especially bricklayers and tile setters, are available. “The facts about asbestos exposure are stark currently at risk of asbestos exposure. When toxic and alarming,” said BAC President Driscoll in the asbestos fibers are released during cutting, drilling, or introduction for the pamphlet. “Bricklayers, and their sanding building materials, families, are amongst those they can lodge inside the workers at-risk from expolungs and other soft tissue, sure… Just as we did with the causing lasting and often silica standard, we will relentfatal damage. Workers not lessly pursue more stringent only suffer from illnesses, asbestos safety measures. And but also loss of income. Too we will help those already often those affected face exposed and suffering from the threat of personal bankasbestos-related illnesses get ruptcy due to devastating the help and compensation medical costs — all while they deserve.” trying to battle a potenWhether you are a current of Asbestos Exposure tially life-ending disease. or retired BAC member, if Bricklayers who work you believe you have been inside power plants, exposed to asbestos or find chemical and petroleum yourself diagnosed with refineries, steel mills, an asbestos related illness, foundries, shipyards, and you can contact the BAC for other industrial manassistance and support. ufacturing have likely “I encourage all BAC been exposed to asbestos members read the important contained within the equipinformation available in this ment and the buildings themselves. Activities such new resource,” said BAC Executive Vice President as cutting and laying mortared bricks, mixing mortar, Jerry Sullivan. “It contains information about what repairing walls with asbestos insulation, installing or asbestos exposure is, what diseases it can cause, and repairing chimneys, working on boilers or furnaces, or what members can do to get help from the medical remodeling older buildings, have also exposed brickcosts associated with mesothelioma, cancer, or other layers to asbestos. illnesses caused by known asbestos exposure.” To inform and assist members, BAC recently pubTo receive a free copy, please contact Bobbie Haut lished a new pamphlet, Risks and Rights of Asbestos at rhaut@bacweb.org. //
RISKS & RIGHTS
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