Case Study - Concrete Worker
Short Summary
Age
65
Location
Diagnosis
Pleural Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer
Occupation
Concrete worker for major industrial and refinery construction contractors
Suspected Asbestos Exposure
Concrete work performed at refinery sites for large construction contractors
Eleuterio, a 65-year-old Baytown, Texas resident, spent his career as a concrete worker for several large industrial construction contractors, performing work at refinery sites throughout the region. Diagnosed with both pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer in 2023, Eleuterio is supported by his wife and children as he pursues treatment.
Full Story
Eleuterio built his career as a concrete worker, employed by several large construction contractors that performed work at refineries throughout the Houston and Baytown area. Refinery construction and maintenance work has long been associated with asbestos exposure, particularly for tradespeople working near insulation, cement, and other refinery materials that, for decades, commonly contained asbestos.
After years working refinery job sites, Eleuterio was diagnosed in December 2023 with both pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer, confirmed by tissue biopsy at a Houston-area hospital. He is married with two adult children, and his family is now working to trace his exposure back through his years of concrete work at some of the region’s largest industrial construction sites.
Eleuterio’s decades on refinery construction crews meant working alongside concrete, insulation, and cement materials on some of the busiest industrial job sites in the Houston and Baytown area. His wife and children have described a man who rarely missed a day of work, even as the physical demands of the job took a toll over the years — a work ethic that makes his current diagnosis particularly hard for the family to process.
How Danziger & De Llano Helped
With two diagnoses to account for, Danziger & De Llano mapped Eleuterio’s full employment history across the multiple general contractors he worked for at Houston-area refineries, identifying which companies controlled the job sites where asbestos-containing concrete and insulation materials were most likely present. That work allowed us to pursue every contractor and site owner connected to his decades of refinery work in resolving both his mesothelioma and lung cancer claims.