Operating Engineers Local 139 · Wisconsin

Union: International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local Number: 139 Location: Wisconsin (statewide) Jurisdiction: Statewide Wisconsin operating engineers

Retiree Club

Retiree club information for Local 139 has not yet been confirmed. If you are an officer or member of the Local 139 retiree club and would like your group’s contact information listed here, contact us at [email protected] .

Asbestos Exposure Records

Local 139 represents operating engineers throughout Wisconsin who ran heavy equipment and operated and maintained mechanical and steam equipment at industrial jobsites across the state — including the paper mills, power plants, foundries, and manufacturing plants where asbestos insulation and materials were standard. Documented jobsite exposure records for Wisconsin facilities are maintained at wisconsinmesothelioma.com .

If you were diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease and were exposed to asbestos insulation, gaskets, or packing while operating equipment or steam plants at paper mills, power plants, foundries, or other industrial facilities in Wisconsin, 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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