Asbestos Exposure in Wyoming
Wyoming is known for its abundant level of petroleum, making it a hotspot for oil refineries and power plants. Oil refineries were known to use large quantities of asbestos-insulated equipment. Asbestos was commonly used as a thermal insulator and fire retardant for the high temperature areas in pipelines, tanks and boilers.
While Wyoming ranks lower in national asbestos and mesothelioma risk, its still poses occupational risks to those who worked in oil refineries.
Statistics for Mesothelioma Cases in Wyoming
Wyoming ranks 44th in the US for asbestos-related deaths. There have been 116 deaths from mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer between 1999 – 2013.
Filing an asbestos claim if you live in Wyoming
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 Wyoming. 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. We handle asbestos cases all across the USA, so we know how to file, where to file, and what to do to get you the compensation you deserve.
If you may have lived or worked in another state, select it here to learn about specific asbestos exposure in that state.
Jobsites in Wyoming with Known Asbestos Usage & Exposure
Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Wyoming where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked for any of these companies or at these jobsites in Wyoming there is a possibility that you may have been exposed to harmful asbestos which is known to cause mesothelioma and lung cancer.
Acme
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
Alma
- Wyoming Coal and Iron Company
Bitter Creek
- Colorado Oil & Gas
Buffalo
- Buffalo Northwest Electric Company
Cambria
- Cambria Fuel Company
Capser
- Fargo Oil Company
Caspar
- Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Cody
- Husky Refining Company
- Texas Company
Cumberland
- Union Pacific Coal Company
Diamondville
- Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Encampment
- Penn Wyoming Copper Company
Evanston
- Becker Brewing & Malting Company
- Chevron, United States of America, Inc.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Wyoming State Hospital
Evansville
- Little America Refining
- Texaco Oil Refinery Wyoming
Fort Laramie
- Stanolind Pipe Line Company
Frontier
- Frontier Supply Company
Gebo
- Gebo Coal Company
- Owl Creek Coal Company
Genrock
- Pacific Power & Light Company
Gillette
- Black Hills Generation
- Black Hills Power Inc
- Pacificorp
- Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company
Glen Rock
- Cabot Carbon Company
- Dave Johnson Power Plant
- Glen Rock Powerhouse
- Mutual Oil Company
- Pacific Power and Light Company
- Powerhouse
Glen Rock/Glenrock
- Pacific Power & Light Company
Glennrock
- Continental Oil Company
Glenrock
- Dave Johnston Power Plant
- Pacific Power & Light
- Pacificorp
- Steam Power Plant
Granger
- Stanolind Pipe Line Company
Granger Station
- Utah Oil Refining Company
Greybull
- Midwest Refining Company
Hanna
- Union Pacific Coal Company
Inez
- Teapot Coal Company
Kemmerer
- Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
- Kemmerer Coal Company
- Naughton Station
- Pacificorp
Kemmerier
- Utah Power & Light Company
Kirby
- Gebo Coal Company
- Shipping Station
Lamine
- Colo Tires and Iron Company
Lander
- Lander Electric Light and Power Company
Laramie
- Alumina Plant
- California Pipeline Company
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Forest Products Treating Company
- Monolith Portland Midwest Company
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Union Pacific System
- United States Bureau of Mines
- University of Wyoming
Laramil
- Midwest Refining Company
Leefe
- San Francisco Chemical Company
Lincoln County
- Plant Unit Number 2
- Utah Power and Light Company
Lorance
- Colo Fuel and Iron Company
Lovell
- Great Western Sugar Company
Manderson
- Jefferson Lake Sulphur Company
Manville
- Continental Oil Company
Medicine Bow
- Utah Oil Refining Company
Midwest
- Continental Oil Company
Mommoth Camp
- Midwest Refining Company
New Castle
- Consumer Oil & Refining Company
Newcastle
- Wyoming Refining
Oakley
- Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Opal
- El Paso Natural Gas Company
Osage
- Black Hills Power and Light Company
Parco
- Producers and Refiners Corp
- Sinclair Oil
- Sinclair Refining Company
Powell
- S & H Construction Company
Rawlings
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
Rawlins
- Kaiser Engineers, Inc.
Reliance
- Union Pacific Coal Company
Riverton
- Northern Utilites Company
- Pan American Petroleum Corporation
- Winklemen Dome Field
Rock Spring
- Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs
- Bridger Power Plant
- Central Coal and Coke Company
- Fmc Corporation
- Jim Bridger Power Plant
- Lion Coal Company
- Pacific Power & Light Company
- State Board of Charities and Reformatories
- Union Pacific Coal Company
- Wyoming State Hospital
Sage
- Stauffer Chemical Plant Wyoming
Salt Creek
- Midwest Refining Company
- Salt Creek Central Power Station
Sheridan
- Acme Plant
- W. Denio Milling Company
- Montana Dakota Utilities Company
- Perkins Power Company
- Perkins Power Company
- Sheridan County Electric Company
- Sheridan Sugar Company
Shute Creek
- Exxon
Sinclair
- Sinclair Oil Company
- Sinclair Refining Company
South Torrington
- Holly Sugar Corporation
Stauffer
- Stauffer Chemical Company
- Winston Brothers Company
Sweetwater
- Tenneco Oil Company
Teapot
- Midwest Refining Company
Terrington
- Holly Sugar Corp
Thermopolis
- Empire State Oil Company
- Hot Springs Light and Power Company
Wallace
- Boise Cascade Kraft Corporation
Wamsutter
- Stanolind Pipe Line Company
- Utah Oil Refining Company
Warren AFB
- E. Warren Afb
- Flight Deck & Maint Building
Westvaco
- Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
- For Food Machinery Corp
- Ford Machinery and Chemical Company
- Inorganic Chemicals Div
- Intermoutain Chemical
- West Vaco Chemical Division
- West Virginia Power Company
Wheatland
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- Great Western Sugar Company
- Laramie River Power Plant
Whitney Canyon
- Amoco Production Company
Winton
- Union Pacific Coal Company
Worland
- Hollly Sugar Corp
- Pure Oil Company
- Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
- Wyoming Sugar Company
Wyco
- Wyco Chemical Company
Wyodak
- Black Hills Power and Light Company
- Homestead Mining Company
- Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company
- Wyodak Plant, Black Hills Pwr & Light Company