Asbestos Products

Machine Room Floors

For much of the past hundred years, asbestos has been used with alarming frequency in innumerable construction, industrial and commercial applications. Asbestos was commonly installed in factories, machine rooms, and similar workplaces during construction, typically over raw cement or wood flooring. The use of asbestos materials in machine room floors was widespread during the asbestos industry boom following World War II. In fact, until the 1970s asbestos tiles and insulation was the premier choice of developers and contractors for the machine room floors and ceilings because the price per unit of the material was very low, it was readily available, and it conducts heat poorly, making it an "ideal" insulator. As a result of the popularity of asbestos material, factories and buildings housing machine rooms that were built before the 1970s are likely to contain asbestos flooring, which with time may release dangerous asbestos fibers. Many of these commercial and industrial buildings still harbor dangerous asbestos-tainted floor tiles. Your business or workplace could be one of these unsafe, contaminated buildings. You and your colleagues could be harmed by these hazardous materials.

Up until the 1970s, most of the public was unaware that asbestos was a dangerous material, but in the decades leading up to this time, an unfortunate, select group of workers found out the hard way, when they began to develop serious illnesses like mesothelioma as a result of their exposure to machine room floor tiles and other materials and surfaces containing asbestos. As this injured population of factory and construction workers grew and grew, the manufacturers and corporations that produced and used these products began to recognize the hazards posed by their lucrative material. Many manufacturers and corporations kept this information for themselves, a deadly secret to their success. Sure, at the time business was great: production costs were low, and consumers were buying at a record rate. Executives worried that if stopped using asbestos, the overhead costs would make a dent in company profits.

So, machine room floors continued to harbor dangerous asbestos material, many of which still contain the material to this day. Thousands of workers died from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses before the public was told of asbestos dangers, and today even while consumers are better informed, nearly 10,000 workers and their loved ones die each year in the United States because they have been unknowingly exposed to asbestos. If their bosses know about the dangers, if the manufacturers know about the dangers, why weren't these innocent, hardworking family men and women properly protected from exposure? Why didn't anyone tell them about mesothelioma?

For the thousands of the victims of asbestos exposure, the countless factory workers who have developed mesothelioma and lung cancer, it is too late for apologies or punitive action. Like you, these people worked hard in the factory to support their family, only to be harmed by the asbestos lurking beneath the machine room floor. Don't be another silent victim. Contact an attorney and make your voice heard. If you believe you have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace, you have a right to make a claim against the manufacturers of asbestos machine room floor tiles. Seek the advice of an attorney who is experienced in asbestos-related claims and can help you to secure justice against the industry that has injured you and your loved ones.

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