West Virginia’s union workforce has powered the state for generations. From steel mills and foundries to chemical plants and utility stations, union workers often faced daily exposure to asbestos on the job. WV Union Worker Cancer cases continue to rise today, as former workers develop lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other asbestos-related illnesses decades after exposure occurred.
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Union trades—USW, IBEW, UA, Boilermakers, Millwrights, Laborers, and UMWA—handled asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, pipe covering, furnace materials, and industrial equipment. These exposures were especially common in steel mills, refineries, chemical plants, power plants, and paper mills across West Virginia. Many workers now battling cancer have no idea how often asbestos dust was present in their daily environment.
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How WV Union Worker Cancer Claims Develop
Most exposures came from repairing, cutting, grinding, or working near asbestos-insulated piping or machinery. Even workers who never touched asbestos directly were exposed through airborne fibers in maintenance areas, boiler rooms, turbine decks, and mill floors. Many of the manufacturers who supplied these asbestos products had known the dangers yet failed to warn workers.
Because union workers often rotated through multiple job sites over years or decades, they may have been exposed at several facilities across the Ohio Valley, Northern Panhandle, Charleston/Kanawha region, and Southern West Virginia worksites.
Who Qualifies for WV Union Worker Cancer Compensation?
You may qualify for compensation if you worked in a union trade and were later diagnosed with:
- Lung cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Laryngeal cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Asbestosis
Both smokers and non-smokers qualify for asbestos cancer claims in West Virginia. The law focuses on exposure, not smoking history.
How Attorney Lee W. Davis Helps Union Workers
With more than 36 years of asbestos experience—including original WV mass trials, millworker representation, and thousands of industrial exposure cases—attorney Lee W. Davis understands union worksites across the state. He personally builds each case to identify:
- All job sites
- All exposure sources
- All responsible asbestos manufacturers
- All available settlements and trust funds
This is not a national call-center law firm. You get direct representation, union-site knowledge, and fast claim development.
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If you or a family member developed cancer after working in a union trade in West Virginia, legal help is available now.
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