Aircraft Alloys, Inc.

Aircraft Alloys prides themselves on offering custom made metal products that are designed to your exact specifications. The company is located in San Clemente, California and has worked for many years with government agencies, industrial customers and the aerospace manufacturers.

The manufacture of metal products can be very dangerous, and working at a steel mill has many hazards. The people who accept employment at locations such as Aircraft Alloys are aware of this danger, but are sometimes faced with a threat they had no way on knowing about in advance. Steel workers nationwide were forced to deal with a hidden risk that most people were not informed about until the late 1970's. The danger came from a material that they worked with or around every day while on the job: asbestos.

Asbestos is a mineral that was found in large natural deposits in the United States around the time of the Industrial Revolution. It has many benefits, such as being strong, pliable, resistant to fire, and inexpensive to mine. All of these great qualities caused asbestos to become one of the most prized resources in the country, and it is considered to have been a great help to the growth of America as an industrial nation. Tragically, what people did not realize about the mineral was that it is highly toxic, and potentially deadly.

There are several different kinds of asbestos, and they are all made up of microscopic fibers. People can easily breathe these fibers in without even knowing, and the fibers can also cling to their clothing and be unwittingly taken to other locations, thus allowing even more people to be exposed to the hazardous substance. Those who do inhale asbestos are often made very ill. They may develop breathing disorders, lung cancer, or deadly asbestos cancer, also known as mesothelioma. Employees of Aircraft Alloys were subjected to large amounts of the mineral, and many were made sick as a result.

Because the health conditions that are caused by exposure to asbestos often take many years to develop, even people who worked at Aircraft Alloys many years ago could be at risk. If you or a family member were employed at this California based facility, we urge you to notify your doctor even if you show no symptoms of illness. Asbestos fibers that you inhaled years ago may still be doing internal damage to your respiratory system today.