<strong>Background:</strong> Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. <strong>Objective:</strong> To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. <strong>Methods:</strong> One hundred forty-eight factory workers, former workers, or retirees volunteered for X-ray and pulmonary function testing after informed consent. X-rays were read by two readers who needed to agree on positive findings. <strong>Results:</strong> Nineteen of the 148 X-rays had changes consistent with the known prior exposure to asbestos, mostly parenchymal in nature. Pulmonary function was not altered in most of the studied population. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Asbestos disease is clearly present among Colombian asbestos factory workers, as is seen in other exposed populations around the world.