Pennsylvania School Buildings — Asbestos Exposure
School buildings constructed from the 1940s through the 1980s reportedly relied on asbestos-containing materials throughout their mechanical systems. Boilermakers who serviced cast-iron and water-tube heating boilers, pipefitters who maintained steam distribution systems, insulators who applied and removed pipe covering and block insulation, and HVAC mechanics who worked on air handling units may have been exposed to asbestos fibers in school buildings across Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services Asbestos Program oversees asbestos abatement in public buildings statewide, including schools subject to AHERA inspection. Asbestos-containing materials — boiler insulation, pipe insulation, floor tile, ceiling tile, spray fireproofing, transite board, duct insulation, and gaskets — were installed in school buildings constructed before the 1980s and have been removed or managed in place under federal AHERA requirements ever since. The information on this site is drawn from public records and from publicly filed asbestos litigation. Nothing here constitutes legal advice or a finding of liability. Scroll down to find a specific school district.
Pennsylvania law gives asbestos claimants 2 years from diagnosis to file a products-liability action under 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524. If you or a family member has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or asbestos-related lung cancer and believe the illness may be related to work at a school building, consult a Pennsylvania mesothelioma attorney to understand your options.
Asbestos-Containing Materials Commonly Found in School Buildings
Map shows Pennsylvania school districts with documented asbestos exposure histories. Click any marker to visit the school's dedicated page.
Pennsylvania School Districts
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Which Trades Were Exposed at School Buildings?
If You Worked at a Pennsylvania School and Have Been Diagnosed
Pennsylvania law gives asbestos claimants 2 years from diagnosis to file a products-liability action under 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524. If you or a family member has received a diagnosis that may be related to asbestos exposure while working at a school building, time matters. More than 60 asbestos bankruptcy trust funds are available to Pennsylvania claimants — each with its own separate documentation requirements that take months to prepare.
Find your school district in the list above, review the documented asbestos exposure history, and contact a Pennsylvania mesothelioma attorney before your deadline expires.
For a full guide to asbestos in school buildings — where it was used, the risk to teachers, custodians, and staff, and AHERA rights for parents — see:
Asbestos in Schools — Teachers, Staff & AHERA ›Mesothelioma Attorney for Pennsylvania Asbestos Claims
If you were diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease after being exposed to asbestos — or you lost a loved one to one — you and your family may have a legal claim and civil claims. An experienced asbestos attorney can evaluate the case — at no cost to you.
If you were diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, a filing deadline may already be running. You may have a legal claim now — and claims can often be pursued even if the company is out of business.
Surviving spouses and children may pursue a wrongful-death claim and asbestos-trust recovery on a loved one's behalf — a separate deadline that can run from the date of passing.
- Free case review — no obligation to hire
- No attorney fee unless a financial recovery is made
- Personal-injury and wrongful-death claims both evaluated
- Trust-fund claims and civil lawsuits pursued simultaneously
- Filing deadlines may limit the time you have — the sooner the better