West Virginia Furnace Workers and Asbestos Exposure Risks

For decades, West Virginia furnace workers endured daily exposure to one of the deadliest hazards on the job: asbestos. Found in insulation, firebrick, refractory mortar, and cement, asbestos was everywhere in the furnaces and kilns they maintained. Whether at steel mills, power plants, chemical facilities, or foundries, these skilled tradesmen were surrounded by toxic dust.

Asbestos exposure didn’t just stay on the jobsite. Furnace workers came home with contaminated clothing, boots, gloves, and tools, unknowingly putting their spouses and children at risk for take-home exposure. Many families in Weirton, Moundsville, Huntington, and other industrial hubs of West Virginia are only now learning that decades-old workplace exposures caused mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis.

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Where Furnace Workers Were Exposed in West Virginia

Some of the most common exposure sites for furnace workers include:

• Weirton Steel (Hancock County)
• Kammer Power Plant (Marshall County)
• Union Carbide (South Charleston and Clarksburg)
• Dupont chemical facilities in Belle and Washington Works
• Mountaineer Power Plant in New Haven

At each of these locations, furnace repairs and refractory lining replacements released asbestos fibers into the air—fibers that remained suspended and inhalable for hours.

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Legal Options for West Virginia Furnace Workers and Their Families

If you or your loved one worked around industrial furnaces in West Virginia and later developed mesothelioma or other asbestos-related disease, you may be eligible for substantial compensation. Even if the company is long gone, asbestos trust funds or lawsuits can provide relief.

Attorney Lee W. Davis has decades of experience representing furnace workers and tradesmen exposed in West Virginia. With roots in the original WV mass asbestos trials and a practice focused exclusively on asbestos, he can help you trace your exposures and pursue justice.

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