Sandblaster Says Co-Workers Provided Link to Pulmosan H-30 Hood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former sandblaster who blames Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. for causing his silicosis and lung cancer says in a brief filed recently that evidence offered in support of allegations that he wore the company's sandblasting hood is sufficient to create a fact issue. Hardy v. American Optical, et al., No. 0516-CV27381 (Mo. Cir. Ct., Jackson Cty.).

In a July 21 opposition to Pulmosan's motion for summary judgment filed in the Missouri Circuit Court for Jackson County, George Hardy argues that he and two of his co-workers identified the H-30 Series Sandblast Hood as the one he …