Asbestos Exposure
Louisiana
Asbestos Exposure Louisiana
Louisiana Mesothelioma & Asbestos Lawyers
Asbestos Exposure in Louisiana
Because of the vast oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana is home to many oil refineries and laborers who were exposed to asbestos on the job. These workers are at risk for developing mesothelioma and lung cancer as a result of asbestos exposure. Asbestos was used to insulate tanks, vats, and pipelines.
Unfortunately, many of the families of workers 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.
Hurricane Katrina caused a surge of asbestos exposure after it damaged building and homes. Anyone who worked on demolition or deconstruction of buildings in the years after Katrina may have been exposed to asbestos and could develop asbestos-related lung cancer in decades to come.
Common Causes of Asbestos Exposure in Louisiana
Asbestos exposure in Louisiana, like in many other states, is often tied to its industrial history. Here are some common causes of asbestos exposure in the state:
Shipbuilding and Shipyards: Louisiana has a rich maritime industry with several shipyards, especially in cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Asbestos was commonly used in shipbuilding for insulation, fireproofing, and heat resistance. Shipyard workers, particularly those who worked on older vessels, faced significant exposure to asbestos.
Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Plants: The state has numerous oil refineries and petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast. Asbestos was heavily used in these facilities due to its heat-resistant properties, particularly in pipes, insulation, and machinery. Workers in these industries were at high risk of exposure.
Construction Industry: Many older buildings in Louisiana, including schools, hospitals, and residential structures, were built with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) like insulation, flooring, roofing, and cement. Construction workers involved in renovations or demolitions of these older buildings could have been exposed.
Power Plants: Louisiana is home to several power plants that used asbestos in turbines, boilers, insulation, and other equipment to control heat and fire risks. Power plant workers and maintenance personnel were often exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.
Natural Disasters (Hurricanes): The state is prone to hurricanes, which can cause the destruction of older buildings and release asbestos fibers into the air. After major hurricanes like Katrina, there were concerns about asbestos exposure during the cleanup and rebuilding efforts.
Industrial Jobs: Many residents worked in industrial jobs involving manufacturing or processing, where asbestos was used for heat and chemical resistance in machinery and building materials.
Automotive Industry: Mechanics and auto workers in Louisiana who worked with older vehicles may have been exposed to asbestos in brake linings, clutches, and gaskets, which commonly contained asbestos.
Due to the widespread use of asbestos in these industries, many workers, their families, and residents in Louisiana faced health risks, particularly from asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma and asbestosis.
Statistics for Mesothelioma Cases in Louisiana
Louisiana 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 Louisiana
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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana With Known Asbestos Usage & Exposure
Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Louisiana where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked for any of these companies or at these jobsites in Louisiana 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:
Abbeville
- Abbelle Rice Mill Ltd
- Hunter Canal Company
- Louisiana State Rice Milling
- Acadia Vermillion Rice Irrigation Company, Inc.
- J Henry Putnam Rose Hill Plantation
Algiers
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. – Algiers
- Naval Air Station
- Todd Shipyard
- Johnson Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company
- Sewerage and Water Board of N.O.
- S. Naval Station
Arabi
- Amstar Corporation
- Chalmette Refinery
- Arabi Packing Company
- Domino Sugar
Avondale
- American Cyanamid Company
- Avondale Shipyards, Inc. – Avondale
- Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.
- Chemical Construction Company
Baker
- Baker High School
- Scokill Metal
- Bakerfield Elementary
- White Hills Elementary
Baldwin
- Central Louisiana Electric Company
- Cleco Power LLC
- Teche Steam Plant
- Central Louisiana Energy Corporation
- Phoenix Planting and Manufacturing Company
Bastrop
- Consolidated Chemical Industries Inc.
- Louisiana Mill
- International Paper Company
- Southern Kraft Corporation
Baton Rouge
- Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
- Capolymer Rubber & Chemical Corporation
- Gulf States Utilities Company
- Stauffer Chemical Company
- Allied Chemical Corporation
- Ethyl Corporation
- Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Bayou Teche
- Avoca Drainage District
- Calumet Plantation
- Keystone Plantation
- Shady Side Plantation
- Bellevue Plantation
- N. Pharr and Sons
- Loisel Plantation
- Victoria Plantation B.J. Movy
Belle Chasse
- BP Amoco Louisiana
- Brown & Root
- Conoco Refinery Louisiana
- Red Star Yeast and Products Company
- British Petroleum
- Chevron Chemical Company
- Gulf Oil Corporation
- Universal Foods Corp Red Star Yeast Operations
Berwick
- Glenwild Plantation
- Oyster Shell Products
- Texaco Inc.
- N. Pharr
- Sewart Seacraft Incorporated
- Texas Company
Bogalusa
- Bogalusa Paper Mill
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation
- James River Paper
- Southern Wood Distillate and Fibre Company
- Calcasieu Refining
- Bogalusa Stave Company
- Gaylord Container Corporation
- Marshall Ballard, Jr.
- Calcasieu Parish
Church Point
- Canal Refining
Convent
- Bechtel Corp
- Freeport Chemical Company
- Convent Chemical Corporation
- Texaco Refinery
Covington
- Covington Ice and Cold Stge. Company
- Mackee Pine Products
- Tammany Ice and Manufacturing Company
- Public Utilities Company
- Southern Hotel
Crowley
- Arcadia Vermilion Rice Irrigation
- W. Atwood
- Louisiana Irrigation & Mill Company
- Simon Rice Mill
- Water Works and Electric Plant
- Crowley Rice Milling Company
- Gulf Public Service Company
- Mamou Canal Company
- Standard Milling Company
Deridder
- Boise Cascade Corporation
- International Paper Company
- Boise Southern Company
- Westvaco
Destrehan
- American Cyanamid Ammonia Plant
- Mexican Petroleum Company of Louisiana (Inc.)
- Pan Am Southern Corporation
- American Oil Company
- Oriental Exporters Inc.
- Pan American Southern Corp
Elizabeth
- Boise Cascade
- Calkraft Paper Company
- Calcasieu Sulphate Paper Company Inc.
- Industrial Lumber Company
Eunice
- Anchor Gasoline Corporation
- Runnels Corp
- Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp
- H. Coleman and Company
- Runnels Gas Products
- Uno Tex Petroleum
Garyville
- Marathon Refinery Louisiana
Good Hope
- Gatx
- Good Hood Refinery
- La Power & Light
- New Orleans Refining Company Inc.
- Shell Oil Company
- General American Transportation Corporation
- Good Hope Industries, Inc.
- Louisiana Power & Light Company
- Pullman Kellogg
Gramercy
- Colonial Sugars Company
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
- Gramercy Sugar Company
Hodge
- Continental Can Company
- Southern Advance Bag & Paper Company
- Smurfit-Stone Container
- Stone Container Corporation
Jeanerette
- L. Monnot
- Delgardo and Company
- Loisel Sugar Refining Company
- Roane Sugar Inc.
- Delgado Albania Plantation Commission
- Jeanerette Sugar Company, Inc.
- Ma Patout and Son, Ltd
Jennings
- Jennings Gas and Electric Company
- Louisiana Irrigation & Mill Company
- Mayville Canal Company
- Rice Milling Company
- B.A. Shipyards
- Jennings Norwood Irrigation Company
- Lowry Irrigation Plant
- McFarlan Irrigation Plant
- Riverside Irrigation Company
Kenner
- Anco Insulation, Inc.
- Exxon
- Hepinstall Steel Company
- Kenner Home Team Track
- Delta Match Corp of La
- Fourth Jefferson Drainage District
- Humble Oil Refining
Killona
- Waterford Nuclear Power Plant
LaPlace
- Bayou Steel Corporation
Lockport
- Bollinger Shipyard
- E. Morrison Estate
- Valentine Sugars
- Halter Marine
- Valentine Pulp & Paper Company Inc.
Luling
- Bungy Grain Elevator
- Lion Oil Refining Company
- Indeck Power Equipment Company
- Monsanto Chemical Company
Mansfield
- Brown & Root
- Cleco Power LLC
- Hendrix Manufacturing Company
- Louisiana Public Utilities Company
- Central Louisiana Electric
- Dolet Hills Steam Plant Unit 1
- International Paper Company
- Southwestern Electric Power Company
Marrero
- Archbishop Shaw High School
- Chinchuba Institute
- Immaculate Conception School
- Johns Manville Products Corporation
- Celotex Corporation
- General Industrial Alcohol Company
- Jefferson Parrish Wastewater District #2
Meraux
- Murphy Oil Louisiana
Minden
- Army Ammunition Plant
- Clement-Braswell, Inc.
- Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
- Minden Utilities System
- City of Minden – Minden Municipal Power
- La Energy and Power Authority
- Louisiana Ordnance Plant
- Webb Press Company
Montz
- Little Gypsy Power Plant
Mooringsport
- Lieberman Steam Plant
- Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
- Wepco/Liberman Plant
- Southwestern Electric Power Company
- Swepco/Liberman Plant
Morgan City
- Conrad Industries
- La Energy and Power Authority
- McDermott Shipyard
- J Ray McDermott
- Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
- Morgan City Municipal
Natchitoches
- City of Natchitoches
- Natchitoches Municipal Electric Light and Water Department
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
- Louisiana State Normal College
- Natchitoches Steam Plant
New Iberia
- Exxon
- Humble Avery Island
- C. Soileau & Son
- Red Fox Industries
- Gulf Public Service Company
- Iberia Sugar Corp
- Quaker Oats Company
New Orleans
- Avondale Shipyard
- C. Higgins Shipyard
- Louisiana Power & Light
- Todd Shipyard
- Delta Shipyard
- Halter Marine
- Marquette Insulation
New Roads
- Big Cajun Two Steam Plant Unit 3
- Louisiana Electric Co-Op
- Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.
- Louisiana Generating
Oakdale
- Arizona Chemical Company
- Louisiana Public Utilities Company
- Reichold Chemical Company
- Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Inc.
- Newport Industries Inc.
- Tenneco Chemicals Company
Plaquemine
- Dow Chemical Powerhouse
- Georgia Pacific Plant
- Hercules, Inc.
- Myrtle Grove Sugar
- Georgia Gulf Corporation
- Hercules Refinery
- McWilliams Dredging Company
Port Allen
- Exxon Company USA
- Placid Oil Refinery
- Poplar Grove Factory and Refining Company
- Wesrover Sugar Factory
- McWilliams Dredging Company
- Placid Refining
- Smithfield Sugar
Port Sulphur
- Combustion Equipment
- Freeport / McMorran
- Freeport/McMorran
- Deerfiled Glassine Company
- Freeport Sulphur Company
Raceland
- Godchaux Sugar Inc.
- Savannah Foods
- Raceland Milling Company
- South Coast Corp
Ruston
- Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
- City of Ruston – Ruston Power Plant
- Louisiana Methodist Orphanage
- Ruston City Water Works
- Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
- Duraflake South Inc.
- Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Saint Francisville
- Crown Vantage, Inc.
- International Paper Mill
- Natalbany Lumber Company
- River Bend Powerhouse
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation
- James River Paper
- River Bend Power Plant
- Francisville Paper Company
Saint James
- Agrico Faustina Plant
- Gulf Oil Chemicals Company
- James Sugar Co-Op Inc.
- Chevron Chemical Company
- IMC Agrico
Saint Mary’s Parish
- Columbian Carbon Company
Springhill
- Arizona Chemical Plant
- Southern Kraft International Paper Company
- International Paper Company
- Springhill Mill
Sulphur
- Certainteed Corp
- Conoco Oil Refinery
- Occidental Chemical Company
- Cities Service Refinery
- Firestone
- Union Sulphur Company
Taft
- Beker Industries Corporation
- Lumas Construction
- Oxy Chem
- Union Carbide Chemical Plant
- Hooker Chemicals & Plastics
- Occidental Chemical Company
- Taft Louisiana Plant
- Waterford Nuclear Station
Thibodaux
- Caldwell Sugar Coop
- Freeport Sulphur Company
- Reality Operators Inc.
- Standard Sugars Company
- S. Lafargue Elementary School
- Entergy Louisiana Inc.
- Louisiana Power and Light
- Southdown Sugars, Inc.
- E. Howell
Vacherie
- National Bagasse Products Company
- Southdown Corporation
- Vacherie Plant
- South Down Sugar Refinery
- Southdown Sugar, Inc.
Venice
- Exxon
- Gulf Oil Corp
- Humble Oil & Refining
- Garden Island Bay Plant
- Halliburton
West Lake Charles
- City Services Oil Company
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass
- W R Grace & Company Davison Chemical Div.
- Hercules Powder Company
- Tutwiler Refinery
Westwego
- L. Patterson
- Avondale Shipyards Inc. – Westwego
- Federal Products Company
- Louisiana Power & Light Company
- Rossville Alcohol Corp
- American Cyanamid Company
- Celotex Corporation
- La Power & Light
- Nine Mile Plant
White Castle
- Cedar Grove Factory
- William T. Burton Industries
- Cedar Grove Plantation
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