Home : Occupational Disease : Silicosis

Silicosis

Disease name: Silicosis
Cause: Inhalation of significant amounts of silica dust found at construction and other occupational sites
Symptoms:
  • Symptoms may not initially be severe, but may eventually include coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, change in breathing patterns and loss of appetite.
Treatment: Antibiotics, mitigation of exacerbating effects, cough treatment, lung transplant in extreme cases
Industries: Mining, sandblasting, refineries, refractories, foundries, raw materials plants, furnace installation, casting plants

Related topics: Occupational disease, asbestos, silica
Looking for a District of Columbia Silicosis lawyer? Get in touch with one of our District of Columbia Silicosis lawyers now.

Silicosis

Silicosis is a fibronodular lung disease found in workers who inhale large amounts of silica dust into their lungs. Common in the mining, foundry and refinery industries, silica usually begins with few or no symptoms at all, but can blossom into a dangerous disease leading to lung cancer, tuberculosis, lung transplants, or even death. Silica is 100 percent preventable with the proper safety equipment, and treatments include antibiotics and cough-suppression methods.

Silicosis Presents Occupational Risks

Silicosis is a fibronodular lung disease caused by inhaling excessive amounts of silica dust . Silica is a common mineral found in sand and rock. Miners, sandblasters, refinery workers, refractory workers, foundry workers, raw materials handlers, furnace installers and repairers, casting workers and other such laborers are at risk of occupational exposure to silica. read more

Silicosis Litigation on the Rise

In the early 1930s, a mining scandal in Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia rocketed the country, calling attention to the dangers of an industrial mineral called crystalline silica. A construction company asked its workers to mine the mineral using dynamite, but did not give them breathing masks to prevent them from inhaling the thick dust that resulted. As little as a year later, they began dying of a severe respiratory difficulty that we now know was probably silicosis, a disabling and incurable lung disease. read more

View the Silicosis Law Articles page here

Silicosis Jury Verdicts

______ Defense verdict - Falldown Falldown - Retail Store - Water On Floor - Premises Liability - Defense Verdict

______ The jury found plaintiff entitled to participate in worker's compensation benefits. - Worker's Compensation Worker's Compensation - Silica - Industrial Exposure - Toxic Exposure

View the Silicosis Jury Verdicts page here

Silicosis News Articles

Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl on FasterLouder.com.au

Tobacco's history worth reviewing | Springfield News-Leader | News-Leader.com

View the Silicosis News Articles page here

Silicosis Newsfeeds

Asbestos-Related Lung Disease

Dexter Filkins’ War Story

View the Silicosis Newsfeeds page here

Need A Silicosis Attorney?

First Name Last Name Email Address State
Has Your Health Been Negatively Affected?

Please Describe the Injury

Your Friend's Email Address

Your Email Address

Type a Message (optional)


Looking for a District of Columbia Silicosis lawyer? Get in touch with one of our District of Columbia Silicosis lawyers now.

 

Close (x)

Looking for an Attorney?


Please type your question:

Close (x)

logo Find Legal Help for Your Silicosis Case - Submit Your Information Below

Do you need legal assistance with your Silicosis case?
LegalView may be able to help.


Submit your information below for a free, no-cost evaluation.

We'll submit your information to one of our partner firms.
LegalView's partners represent clients throughout the United States, for a very wide range of legal issues. Submit your information now, to see if one of LegalView's partners can help!

* Indicates Required Fields

First name *
Last name *
Email Address *
Phone Number *
()  -

State *
Legal Issue * Occupational Disease: Silicosis Change
Was There an Injury?
Please Describe The Injury

DISCLAIMER and STATEMENT OF NON-CONFIDENTIALITY

By submitting this form, you agree that completing the above is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship.

Disclosure

Legal WebTV Network LLC, LegalView.com, and LegalWebMedia.com are group advertising sponsored by the attorneys identified here. It is not a lawyer referral service. If you submit information on this website [more...]

Legal WebTV Network LLC, LegalView.com, and LegalWebMedia.com are group advertising sponsored by the attorneys identified here. It is not a lawyer referral service. If you submit information on this website, LegalWebMedia.com will submit your information to the law firms that pay for this group advertising and to respond to your requests for information concerning legal services in their assigned local areas. If there is no sponsoring firm in your state, your inquiry will be submitted to one of the sponsoring law firms on a predetermined, rotating basis. If the sponsoring law firm accepts your case, it will associate with licensed attorneys practicing in your state, if required; the sponsoring law firm may also contact other law firms to see if they may be able to assist.

The information provided by the LegalView.com and LegalWebMedia.com websites is for advertising and informational purposes and should not be considered as legal advice from the sponsoring attorneys. The websites contain general information and may not reflect current legal developments, verdicts, or settlements. LegalView.com contains information created by others or supplied through open forums; the sponsoring law firms are not responsible for the accuracy of this information. Any person viewing or receiving information from these websites should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any such information without first seeking appropriate legal advice from an attorney in your area. Legal WebTV Network, LLC expressly disclaims any liability with respect to actions taken or not taken by the recipient based on any or all of the information or contents contained in these websites.

Any information sent to Legal WebTV Network LLC through this website is done using standard Web encryption techology. LegalView.com will exercise all reasonable care, within technological limits, to protect the confidentiality of any information submitted via Internet e-mail or through this website. By accessing this website, you may be seeking an attorney to represent you or legal advice. However, none of the sponsoring attorneys represent you yet.

The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

Any transmission of information, whether via Internet e-mail or through the website, is solely for evaluation purposes by the sponsoring law firms and their associates. The transmission of any information to any attorney sponsoring advertising on LegalView.com or LegalWebMedia.com does not create an attorney-client relationship between the sender and any recipient. An attorney-client relationship can only be created by a written, signed-fee agreement entered into with an attorney. The sponsoring attorneys will treat your information as a confidential communication for the purpose of obtaining legal services or legal advice.

For more information about the sponsoring law firms, please click here.
This form is secure and encrypted. More information about secure forms and your privacy here.