Chemical/Mold Exposure

You may have been exposed to various chemicals, molds, or industrial substances that have led you to have various symptoms and chronic conditions. These types of workers’ compensation cases are not your garden-variety foot or knee injuries. These cases involve proving your workplace exposure to a chemical substance or element occurred at the workplace and resulted in your disability. To say that these cases are difficult is to understate the level of effort and expertise involved in bringing these cases to a successful resolution, or successfully winning a case at trial. Our office has been fortunate to represent a variety of injured workers who have successfully won their case at trial, or settled their case to their satisfaction prior to hearing. We have represented workers who have developed allergies to substances such as latex from working in the medical field, to workplace exposures producing conditions such as popcorn lung, COPD, occupational asthma, and exposure to Ozone. The attorneys at Wertz & Dake have worked with leading experts in the field of occupational exposure, pulmonology, workplace allergies, and industrial hygienists whose job it is to help explain how exposure to various chemicals and substances in the workplace environment occurred, so that a medical doctor or expert can determine whether that workplace exposure resulted in disability.

If you have been exposed to workplace substances you believe resulted in your developing allergies, difficulty breathing, or other symptoms that you relate to these workplace exposures, you need to contact an attorney to discuss these issues as soon as possible. Workers’ compensation insurance carriers frequently deny the claims of workers who suffer injuries following a workplace exposure. The rationale for doing this is often that other coworkers who were exposed have not become symptomatic. The reality is often that you may be susceptible to workplace exposures while your coworkers are not. This does not mean that you are not entitled to compensation. If you are exposed even to a common household chemical while at work and this results in the need for medical treatment or the need to be removed from certain workplace environments, you may be entitled to compensation. The attorneys at Wertz & Dake would be happy to speak with you regarding your workplace exposures and whether you are entitled to compensation under Iowa law.