Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 15 · Kansas City / Omaha

Union: International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Local Number: 15 Location: Kansas City / Omaha Jurisdiction: Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska (BAC Local 15 MO/KS/NE)

Retiree Club

Retiree club information for Local 15 has not yet been confirmed. If you are an officer or member of the Local 15 retiree club and would like your group’s contact information listed here, contact us at [email protected] .

Asbestos Exposure Records

Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers from Local 15 laid firebrick and refractory in boilers, furnaces, kilns, and ovens at industrial facilities across Kansas and Nebraska. Documented jobsite exposure records for Kansas and Nebraska facilities are maintained at mesotheliomakansas.com .

If you were diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease and were exposed to asbestos refractory, block insulation, and asbestos-containing materials while installing brick and refractory in furnaces, boilers, and kilns at power plants, refineries, factories, or other industrial facilities in Kansas and Nebraska, documented exposure records may be available for your work locations.

Occupational Disease Resources

Building trades workers who were active during the period from approximately 1940 through the early 1980s were routinely exposed to asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, refractory, and packing at industrial and commercial jobsites.

Conditions associated with this exposure include mesothelioma, asbestosis, and asbestos-related lung cancer. These conditions can have latency periods of 20–50 years and may not appear until decades after exposure ended.

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