Rochester and Finger Lakes asbestos exposure research
Start with the Rochester-area workplace, department, trade or approximate years you remember. This research connects those memories to source-led facility and occupational records.
Workplaces and records to explore
Kodak Park — Rochester
EPA and New York workers’ compensation records involving the Rochester Kodak complex.
New York facility evidence library
Continue into source-led records from other New York workplaces and industries.
Occupational exposure research
Follow a remembered trade or work task when the facility name is incomplete.
The details that make a workplace memory useful
Place and time
Employer, plant, building, department, project and approximate years.
Work
Trade, job title, daily duties, shutdowns, repairs and work done by nearby crews.
Equipment and materials
Boilers, piping, valves, pumps, turbines, electrical equipment, furnaces, insulation, brakes and building materials remembered from the work.
People and records
Coworkers, contractors, unions, Social Security records, photographs, specifications, manuals and public records can help corroborate the history.
Start with the memory, then follow the evidence
H&S does not require a family to identify an asbestos product before beginning. A workplace name, occupation, approximate year, machine or coworker can be enough to organize the next questions.
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