Chicago Heights Steel is a small specialty steel company that has been in operation for over 90 years. Located in Chicago Heights, Illinois, home to steel mills and chemical plants, the steel mill works with rail steel, a specialty steel that was originally formulated for use in railroad rails. Rail steel is known for its lighter weight and higher tensile strength than regular steel. It may be used in many industries other than the railroads. Rolled steel and rail steel is typically used for outdoor applications, including street sign posts, tee posts and signs.

Rail steel is rolled from old railroad rails that are taken out of service. The steel is reheated and hot-rolled before being shaped into its final form. Chicago Heights Steel has created custom parts for agriculture, industry and construction for over 90 years.

Steel mills and metal works were among the most common places to find asbestos in the workplace. Asbestos was used in steel yards for insulation and protection from the heat of working with superheated metal. Asbestos was also used in the protective gloves and clothing that workers would have worn to protect them from burns and injury. That clothing, while protecting from one danger, was exposing workers to another deadly menace - airborne asbestos fibers.

Fibers of asbestos in the ambient air can be inhaled, swallowed or absorbed into the body. Once there, the tiny fibers tend to lodge in the soft tissues of the lungs, or work their way into the lining of the lungs, heart or abdomen and remain there for years, scarring tissues and eventually resulting in mesothelioma, a rare asbestos cancer that has only one known cause - exposure to asbestos.

If you or a loved one worked at Chicago Heights Steel and have been diagnosed with asbestosis or mesothelioma, you may have a right to compensation for your injuries. Contact an experienced mesothelioma lawyer to learn more about your rights to a settlement or lawsuit.

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