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Asbestos Exposure in Massachusetts

Naval Shipyard in Massachusetts

Many shipyards, the Boston Naval Shipyard for example, posed a risk of asbestos exposure because of the materials used to build the ships and facilities. Because asbestos resists corrosion and high temperatures, it was an ideal material for use in the shipbuilding industry. It was used to insulate boilers, incinerators, hot water pipes and steam pipes. 

Asbestos dust tended to build up in these inadequately ventilated areas, which led to dangerous exposure aboard vessels. Nearly 300 components on each ship built here contained asbestos.

Unfortunately, many of the families of workers at the sites listed below also have an increased risk of developing cancer because of the asbestos fibers that were carried home on the body and clothing of those workers.

Statistics for Mesothelioma Cases in Massachusetts

Massachusetts ranks 18th in the US for asbestos-related deaths. There have been 856 deaths from mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer between 1999 – 2013.

Filing an Asbestos Claim if You Live in Massachusetts

You do not have to file your claim in the state in which you live. 

It’s far more important to contact an attorney with a strong history of experience specifically in asbestos cases, than it is to select one who happens to be in your area of Massachusetts. The most successful attorneys in your area may have never handled an asbestos case.

SWMW attorneys dedicate the overwhelming majority of their time and effort prosecuting mesothelioma claims, so we know which states and jurisdictions are going to provide the best outcome for your case and can get your case settled faster. 

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Jobsites in Massachusetts With Known Asbestos Usage & Exposure

Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Massachusetts where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked for any of these companies or at these jobsites in Massachusetts, there is a possibility that you may have been exposed to harmful asbestos which is known to cause mesothelioma and lung cancer.

Search the list of cities by name:

Adams

  • Adams Flood Control Project
  • Arnold Print Works
  • Bancroft Arnold Print Company
  • Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company
  • Board of Education
  • Brightwater Paper Company
  • New England Lime Company
  • Rudd Company

Amherst

  • Amherst College
  • Amherst Company
  • Amherst Graduate Research Center
  • Hampshire College
  • Johnson Acoustics, Incorporated
  • Tillson Farm
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Vermont Rr Tillson Farm

Andover

  • Andover High School
  • Andover Plumbing & Heating
  • Merrimack College
  • Phillips Andover Academy
  • Raytheon Manufacturing Company
  • Shawsheen Mills
  • Tyer Rubber Company
  • Western Electric

Arlington

  • Churchill Apartments
  • Marex Company
  • Mirak Building
  • Symmes Hospital

Athol

  • Athol Table Manufacturing Company
  • Diamond Match Company
  • Edson Fitch
  • Gay and Ward
  • S. Starrett Company
  • Union Caro Div F U T O
  • Union Twist Drill Company

Barnstable

  • Barnstable County Jail
  • Barnstable Court House
  • Barnstable Elementary School
  • Barnstable High School
  • Barnstable Maritime Academy
  • Barnstable Middle School
  • Barnstable Power Plant
  • Howard Johnson’s

Belmont

  • Eastern Refractories Inc.
  • Manganaro Brothers, Incorporated
  • Mcclean Hospital

Beverly

  • Beverly Gas and Electric Company
  • Beverly Hospital
  • Brimball School
  • S. Elliott Plumbing & Heating
  • United Shoe Machinery Company
  • Zampell Refractories

Blackstone

  • Blackstone Manufacturing Company
  • Blackstone‐Millville Regional School
  • Lonsdale Company Blackstone Mill
  • Town of Blackstone

Boston

  • Boston Fuel Transportation, Inc.
  • Boston University
  • Emmanuel College
  • Gillete Razor Plant
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Harvard University
  • John Hancock Building
  • New England Power Company
  • S. Naval Shipyard

Bridgewater

  • Bridgewater State College
  • Bridgewater State Prison
  • Bridgewater State Teachers College
  • Mammoth Mart
  • State Farm
  • State Normal School

Brighton

  • Acands, Inc.
  • Boston Edison Company
  • Brighton High School
  • J. Cox Engineering
  • Edgar Station
  • Heil Equipment
  • Hufarelli Const Company
  • Village Manor

Brookline

  • Brookline Hospital
  • Brookline Police Station
  • Grossman’s
  • Hearthstone Plaza
  • Pine Manor College
  • Sears
  • Mary’s Garage

Burbank

  • Burbank Hospital

Buzzards Bay

  • Buzzards Bay Maritime Academy
  • Buzzards Bay Maritime Academy-Library
  • Buzzards Bay Prison

Cambridgeport

  • Boston Bridge Works
  • Cambridge Electric Light Company
  • Ivers and Paul Piano Company
  • Reurdon and Sons, Corporation
  • Kennedy Biscuit Works
  • Morse and Whyte
  • Simplex Wire and Cable Company

Charleston

  • Boston Naval Shipyard
  • Charleston Naval Shipyard
  • Davidson Rubber Company
  • Geo M Fox Company
  • Hood Milk
  • Seaboard Engineering Company
  • S. Naval Dry Dock
  • F. Schraft & Sons Corporation

Concord

  • Concord Municipal Light Plant
  • Concord Prison
  • Concord Reformatory Powerhouse
  • Emerson Hospital
  • Middlesex Insurance Company Building

Dalton

  • Byron Weston Company
  • Crane and Company
  • Crane Paper Company
  • Craneville School

Danvers

  • Amdur Leather Company Inc
  • Amdur-Limon Tanning Company
  • State Hospital
  • Sylvania Electric Products
  • Thiokol Corporation

Deerfield

  • Deerfield Academy

East Braintree

  • Braintree Electric Light Dept.
  • East Braintree Finishing Company
  • Oil Refining Company

East Cambridge

  • Blake and Knowles Works
  • Boston Bridge Works.
  • Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company
  • Cambridge Electric Light Company
  • Cambridge Gas Light Company
  • Gro F Blake Manufacturing Company
  • John P. Squire and Company
  • Revere Sugar Refinery

East Walpole

  • American Wood Board
  • Bird & Son Roofing
  • Bird and Son Inc
  • F W Bird and Son
  • Hollingsworthand Vose Company
  • Roofing Plant

Easthampton

  • Aspinock Corp Hampton Print Works Div
  • Easthampton Maintenance Company
  • Easthampton Rubber Thread Company
  • United Elastic Corp

Foxboro

  • Conell Building
  • Foxboro Co.
  • Foxboro Control Manufacturing Co.
  • Foxboro Elementary School
  • Foxboro High School
  • Foxboro Instruments
  • Foxboro Library
  • Foxboro State Hospital

Gloucester

  • Babson School
  • Boston and Northern St Railway Company
  • Cape Ann Anchor & Forge
  • Essex County Electric Company
  • Gloucester Electric Company

Greenfield

  • Berkshire Gas Company
  • Greenfield Electric Light Company
  • Greenfield Hospital
  • Greenfield Tap & Die
  • Greenfield Tool & Die
  • Miller Falls Company
  • United Greenfield Corp

Hingham

  • Bethlehem Steel Shipyard
  • Hingham Shipyard
  • Hingham Town Office
  • Notre Dame Academy

Indian Orchard

  • Fiberloid Corporation
  • Hodges Carpet Company
  • Monsanta Chemical
  • Springfield Foundry Company

Lakeville

  • Assawansett Elementary School
  • Lakeville High School 
  • Lakeville Hospital
  • Lakeville Nursing Home
  • Lakeville School
  • Lakeville Water Treatment Plant

Lee

  • Geo Westinghouse Jr
  • Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill
  • Lee High School
  • Mead Paper Mill
  • Schweitzer Paper Mill
  • Smith Paper Company
  • Western Wire & Steel

Leominster

  • American Hoechst
  • Borden Chemical Company
  • Foster Grant
  • Leominster Heating
  • Leominster Hospital

Lexington

  • Honeywell
  • Hugh Stubbins Jr. residence
  • Itek Corporation
  • Lexington and Boston St. Railway Company
  • Page Plumbing & Heating
  • Rte 2A & Rte 128

Marlboro

  • City Hall
  • Marlboro Courthouse
  • Marlborough Electric Company
  • Stop & Shop Incorporated

Milford

  • Archer Rubber Company
  • Magid Hope Silk Mnfg Company
  • Milford Hospital
  • Milford Pink Granite Company
  • Milford Water Company

Milton

  • Milton Academy

Munson

  • Munson State Hospital

Nantucket

  • Nantucket Elementary School
  • Nantucket Hospital
  • Nantucket Island Powerhouse
  • Nantucket Island Towers
  • Nantucket Navy Base Nantucket Personnel Bldg.
  • Nantucket School

Needham

  • American Can Company
  • Charlescrest Apartments
  • Needham High School
  • Polaroid
  • Sandler Harmony Shoemakers
  • Thermodynamics Corporation

North Adams

  • Arnold Print Works
  • Greylock Paper Mill
  • Hoosac Cotton Mills
  • Greylock High School
  • North Adams College
  • North Adams Gas Light Company
  • North Adams State Teachers College
  • Sprague Electric Company

North Andover

  • Davis & Furber Machine Company
  • T. Stevens & Sons Company
  • Peter Aziz Company
  • Stevens Paper Mill
  • Western Electric Company

North Attleboro

  • Commercial Press Building
  • Electric Light Board
  • First United Methodist Church
  • J. Smith Company
  • Webster Company

North Grafton

  • Loewy Construction Company
  • Washington Mills Abrasive
  • Wyman Garden Company

Northampton

  • Butler and Ullman, Inc.
  • Cooley Dickenson Hospital
  • Massachusetts State Hospital
  • Northampton State Hospital
  • Smith College
  • State Hospital
  • S. Engineers Flood Control
  • S. Veterans Administration Hospital

Northbridge

  • American Optical

Northfield

  • Northfield Mountain Hydro Power

Norwood

  • Allied Container
  • Bird & Son Flooring Plant
  • G and H Morrill Company
  • General Builders
  • Harding & Smith, Inc.
  • Holliston Mills Inc.
  • Norwood Hospital
  • Van Ham Pattern & Foundry
  • Winslow Brothers & Smith Company

Palmer

  • Central Mass Electric Company
  • Diamond National Corp
  • M J Whittall
  • Palmer and Munson St.Railway Company
  • Town of Palmer Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Wright Wire Company

Rowe

  • Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Plant
  • Yankee Atomic Electric Company
  • Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Roxbury

  • Boston Technical High School
  • Columbia Apartments
  • Elm Hill Apartments
  • Mr Boston Distiller
  • New England Baptist Hospital
  • New England Insulation Company
  • Preston Plumbing
  • Roxbury Memorial School
  • Veteran’s Administration Hospital

Russell

  • Texon, Inc.
  • Westfield Power & Water
  • Westfield Power Paper Company
  • Westfield River Paper Company

Seekonk

  • Ann & Hope Department Store
  • Apex Chemical-Teknor
  • Bliss Marine
  • Chemical Plant
  • Ledgemont Country Club
  • Sullivan Donut
  • Tauton Cooperative Bank

Somerset

  • Brayton Point Station
  • Montaup Electric Company
  • Mount Hope Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company
  • New England Power Company
  • Nrg Energy Inc
  • Pgande National Energy Group
  • Polly Farm & Supply Company
  • United States Generating

South Lee

  • Hulburt Paper Company
  • Mead Paper Specialty
  • Mead Technical Papers
  • South Lee Paper Mill

South Weymouth

  • Boston Edison Company
  • South Senior High School
  • South Shore Hospital
  • South Weymouth Naval Air Base

Southbridge

  • American Optical Corporation
  • Ames Worsted Company
  • Hamilton Woolen Company
  • Southbridge Finishing Company
  • Universal Blank Company

Truro

  • Otis Air Force – 500 Man Theatre
  • Otis Air Force Base
  • Otis Air Force Base – Building 128
  • Otis Air Force Base – Coast Guard Hangar

Walpole

  • Harwood Engineering Company, Inc.
  • Hollingsworth and Vose Company
  • Mass Chemical Company
  • Norfolk Southern Railroad
  • The Kendall Company
  • K. Gilmore
  • Walpole State Prison
  • Walpole Tire and Rubber Company

Wareham

  • A & P Warehouse
  • Buzzards Bay Mar. Acad.-Gym & Pool
  • Commonwealth Electric
  • Telephone Building
  • Tobey Hospital
  • Wareham Housing
  • Wareham Intermediate School
  • Wareham School

Wellesley

  • Academy of The Assumption
  • Lake Waban Laundry
  • Newton Wellesley Hospital
  • Wellesley College
  • Wellesley Junior High School
  • Wellesley Public Works Garage

West Lynn

  • General Electric Company
  • Lynn Gas and Electric Company
  • New Gear Plant
  • River Works
  • Thomson Houston Electric Company
  • Utility Section River Wrks

Westborough

  • Bay State Abrasive Products
  • Lyman School For Boys
  • Milk Street Sub Station
  • New England Power Service
  • State Hospital

Woods Hole

  • Woodshole Oceanographic Lab

Wrentham

  • Holiday Diner
  • Vogel School
  • Wrentham Elementary School
  • Wrentham High School
  • Wrentham State Hospital
  • Wrentham State Hospital-Boiler Room
  • Wrentham State School

Yarmouth

  • Yarmouth Catholic Youth Center
  • Yarmouth Elderly Housing
  • Yarmouth School
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