Operating Engineers Local 18 · Cleveland, OH

Union: International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local Number: 18 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Address: 3515 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115 Jurisdiction: Statewide Ohio — hoisting & portable and stationary engineers

Retiree Club

Retiree club information for Local 18 has not yet been confirmed. If you are an officer or member of the Local 18 retiree club and would like your group’s contact information listed here, contact us at [email protected] .

Asbestos Exposure Records

Local 18 represents operating engineers throughout Ohio — both stationary engineers who ran boiler and steam plants and hoisting and portable operators who worked construction and demolition jobs. Ohio’s steel mills, power plants, refineries, and rubber and chemical plants were among the most asbestos-intensive facilities in the country. Documented jobsite exposure records for Ohio facilities are maintained at ohioasbestosexposure.com .

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