Bagolie Friedman Trial Lawyers Expands Their Workers' Compensation Practice to Include Silicosis, a Deadly Lung Disease Caused by the Inhalation Of Mineral Dust
The Law Offices of Bagolie Friedman has expanded their workers’ compensation practice to include silicosis claims. Silicosis is a potentially deadly lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica, mineral dust and sand. More than one million U.S. workers are exposed and each year hundreds of these workers die from silicosis.
(PRWEB) February 14, 2005 -- The Law Offices of Bagolie Friedman has expanded
their workers’ compensation practice to include silicosis claims. Silicosis is a
potentially deadly lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica, mineral dust
and sand. More than one million U.S. workers are exposed and each year hundreds
of these workers die from silicosis.
The crystalline silica is commonly
found in sandstone, granite, slate, coal, and pure silica sand. It is generally
recognized that people working in the following industries have the greatest
risk of being exposed to silica dust and contracting silicosis: construction,
mining – tunneling, sandblasting, stone crushing, rock quarries, masonry -
cement work , foundry workers, demolition, sandblast dust exposure to other
non-sandblasters in work area, cutting or manufacturing heat-resistant bricks
(fire brick), manufacturing of glass products, railroad construction, plumbing
& painting. Workers exposed to silica dust are often exposed to asbestos as
well and many will develop asbestos lung diseases including a rare lung disease
called mesothelioma.
Bagolie Friedman, a workers’ compensation and
personal injury law firm with offices in Jersey City and Clifton New Jersey and
Hollywood Florida as well as an international affiliation with Quinn and
Scattini Solicitors in Brisbane Australia, has begun to review and accept injury
cases from surviving family members and individuals who have been diagnosed with
Silicosis or have been injured from exposure to mineral dust and sand.
"Silicosis is a completely preventable disease if the appropriate protective
equipment is supplied by the employer. This includes protective clothing and
respiratory protection”, said Ricky Bagolie, founding partner of the firm and
frequent lecturer on worker rights.
Damage to the lung tissue means that
the lungs cannot perform their function of supplying oxygen to the blood as well
as they should. The symptoms resulting from this include a cough, with or
without sputum, shortness of breath particularly on exertion, chest tightness,
fatigue, loss of appetite and cyanosis (bluish skin). These symptoms of
silicosis develop over time as the lung tissue becomes irreversibly damaged by
fibrosis and is replaced with solid nodules of scar tissue. This gets getting
worse as the lung damage increases. Silicosis treatment is very limited as there
is no cure for the disease.
“Our firm has represented many, many
firefighters and railroad workers with asbestosis, lung disease and cancers and
we will use that knowledge to help get the victims of silica and mineral dust
exposure justice” said Bagolie.
If you or a loved one experience any of
the symptoms listed above, see a doctor so that a proper diagnosis can be made.
You should then contact Ricky Bagolie or Alan Friedman toll free at
1-866-333-3529, send an e-mail to e-mail protected from spam bots or visit www.bagoliefriedman.com
now for a confidential and free consultation and to discuss your
rights.
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