WV Asbestos Employment Records

If you’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or another asbestos disease, the paperwork that proves where you worked and when can matter just as much as the medical diagnosis. WV asbestos employment records are often the backbone of a real claim—because defendants and insurers attack the same thing every time: “Prove you were there.”

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I don’t guess on work history. I’ve been building credible exposure proof since I started as a paralegal in 1988, through the Saginaw foundry casework, and then into West Virginia cases where the difference between a strong case and a stalled case was often one thing: solid employment documentation that locks down the jobsite, the time period, and the trade.

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What counts as WV asbestos employment records?

Employment proof comes in layers. Some records show you were employed. Others prove where you were physically assigned and what you likely handled.

High-value records include:

• Social Security Earnings (SSA) history (confirms employers and time frames)
• W-2s / pay stubs / tax records (confirms employer identity and dates)
• Union records (membership cards, referral slips, dispatch logs, work orders, job assignments)
• Pension and benefit files (often list employers, job codes, and service credits)
• HR and personnel files (job titles, departments, locations, training, discipline, transfers)
• Job bids / project assignments / foreman logs (great for pinning down specific jobsites)
• Contractor records (subcontract agreements, site access badges, safety orientation records)
• Work permits, security badges, or plant access logs (rare—but gold when they exist)

You don’t need all of this. But the more you can gather, the harder it is for anyone to pretend your exposure “can’t be proven.”

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Why defendants fight employment proof

Defendants rarely argue your diagnosis head-on. They attack your exposure pathway by claiming:

• you never worked at that facility,
• you worked there “too briefly,”
• you worked there “too early/late,” or
• the products you name “weren’t there when you were.”

Employment records shut those defenses down. They also help identify the right defendants—because jobsite and time period drive which products, trades, and contractors were present.

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The fastest way to strengthen your case

Start with what locks in dates and employer identity, then build outward.

Step 1: Confirm the timeline

• SSA earnings record
• W-2s or tax returns
• pay stubs or direct deposit records

Step 2: Confirm the jobsite and assignment

• union dispatch/referral
• benefit fund statements
• HR job assignment documents
• badges / site access documents

Step 3: Confirm the trade and tasks

• job title and department
• training records
• apprenticeship records
• foreman/project logs if available

Even one or two strong documents can change a case. I’ve watched claims fall apart because the “employment story” was soft, and I’ve watched claims become undeniable because we pinned down the employment facts with records that do not lie.

👉Employment Proof helps with WV Asbestos Product Identification

Common problems—and what they usually mean

“Company closed years ago.”

That doesn’t end the hunt. Pension funds, unions, SSA, tax records, and successor entities often hold what the employer no longer has.

“I was a contractor, not a plant employee.”

That’s normal in WV exposure cases. Contractors often have better paper trails than people think—especially through union dispatch, safety orientations, and job-bid records.

“I can’t remember the exact dates.”

That’s why we pull records. Memory isn’t the standard. Proof is.

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If you’re trying to build a legitimate WV asbestos case, employment records are often the missing piece that turns “I think I worked there” into documented proof that a defendant can’t dodge.

This is the work I’ve done for decades—starting as a paralegal in 1988, through major industrial casework in Saginaw, and then into West Virginia mesothelioma and lung cancer claims where credibility matters and documentation wins.

Call (412) 781-0525 or visit leewdavis.com to start. If you have a diagnosis and a work history, I’ll tell you what records matter, what’s worth chasing, and what moves the needle.