Louisiana Asbestos Exposure

Because Louisiana is located at the junction of two major Gulf Coast waterways, maritime industries are located throughout the Pelican State. Oil drilling and refining are also prominent industries, and Louisiana is home to eight major power generation plants.

All of these industries are known for asbestos exposure. Usually, this is unintentional; however, willful negligence is not unknown. If you believe you could have been wrongfully exposed you should contact a mesothelioma lawyer.

Louisiana Cities where Asbestos Exposure Occurred

Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Louisiana where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked at any of these companies and/or jobsites in Louisiana there is a possibility that you may have been exposed to harmful asbestos which is known to cause mesothelioma. Click on any link to view a complete list of jobsites in that city.

Shipbuilding

Few things are feared by sailors as much as a fire at sea. For this reason, ship construction contained tremendous amounts of asbestos from the wheelhouse to the bilge, but especially in the engine and boiler rooms. The main shipbuilding companies in Louisiana are:

Avondale
Bollinger
Higgins
Todd (prior to 1990)

Power Generation Plants

A Puerto Rican study showed “abnormalities” in the chest x-rays among 13% of power plant workers. Crocidolite asbestos is highly resistant to electrical current, and was likely to be used in fire doors, conduits and pipe fittings.

Oil Rigs

Even crude oil is volatile. Because of this, asbestos is found throughout oil drilling and refining facilities. Some exposure was due to protective clothing and equipment, such as fireproof jackets and gloves; when ripped or worn, asbestos fibers were released into the immediate environment.

Significant oil processing operations are run by:

BP Amoco
Citgo
Shell Oil
Texaco

Cement Plants

In 1987, a research study of various cement plants in Louisiana showed elevated rates of cancer among workers employed at cement companies that used amphibole asbestos compared to those at which “white” chrysotile asbestos was the primary ingredient. Most manufacturers of asbestos cement switched to the latter after 1960.

Statistics

Louisiana's asbestos fatalities due to asbestosis are slightly more numerous than those from mesothelioma, which is not the case in most other states. The most likely explanation is that “white” asbestos (the primary cause of asbestosis) has been more widely used that the “blue” and “brown” varieties. However, given that asbestosis is more treatable and has a much better prognosis than mesothelioma, it is still unclear as to why more Louisianans die from the former. All individuals at risk for either disease should seek medical attention at mesothelioma clinics.

Other Louisiana Jobsites Where Asbestos Exposure Occurred

If someone you know has ever worked at one of the Jobsites listed below, they may have been exposed to high levels of asbestos. Asbestos exposure at any one of these Jobsites could put them at risk for developing one of the following asbestos related diseases: malignant mesothelioma (a terminal cancer), asbestos related lung cancer, asbestosis or pleural mesothelioma.

Abbeville

Abbelle Rice Mill Ltd
Acadia Vermillion Rice Irrigation Company, Inc.
Hunter Canal Company
J Henry Putnam Rose Hill Plantation
Louisiana State Rice Milling

Algiers

Avondale Shipyards, Inc. - Algiers
Johnson Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company
Naval Air Station
Sewerage and Water Board of N.O.
Todd Shipyard
U.S. Naval Station

Arabi

Amstar Corporation
Arabi Packing Company
Chalmette Refinery
Domino Sugar

Avondale

American Cyanamid Company
Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.
Avondale Shipyards, Inc. - Avondale
Chemical Construction Company

Baker

Baker High School
Bakerfield Elementary
Scokill Metal
White Hills Elementary

Baldwin

Central Louisiana Electric Company
Central Louisiana Energy Corporation
Cleco Power Llc
Phoenix Planting and Manufacturing Company
Teche Steam Plant

Bastrop

Consolidated Chemical Industries Inc
International Paper Company
Louisiana Mill
Southern Kraft Corporation

Bayou Teche

Avoca Drainage District
Bellevue Plantation
Calumet Plantation
J.N. Pharr and Sons
Keystone Plantation
Loisel Plantation
Shady Side Plantation
Victoria Plantation B.J. Movy

Belle Chasse

BP Amoco Louisiana
British Petroleum
Brown & Root
Chevron Chemical Company
Conoco Refinery Louisiana
Gulf Oil Corporation
Red Star Yeast and Products Company
Universal Foods Corp Red Star Yeast Operations

Berwick

Glenwild Plantation
J. N. Pharr
Oyster Shell Products
Sewart Seacraft Incorporated
Texaco Inc.
Texas Company

Bogalusa

Bogalusa Paper Mill
Bogalusa Stave Company
Crown Zellerbach Corporation
Gaylord Container Corporation
James River Paper
Marshall Ballard, Jr.
Southern Wood Distillate and Fibre Company

Calcasieu Parish

Calcasieu Refining

Church Point

Canal Refining

Convent

Bechtel Corp
Convent Chemical Corporation
Freeport Chemical Company
Texaco Refinery

Covington

Covington Ice and Cold Stge. Company
La. Public Utilities Company
Mackee Pine Products
Southern Hotel
St. Tammany Ice and Manufacturing Company

Crowley

Arcadia Vermilion Rice Irrigation
Crowley Rice Milling Company
F.W. Atwood
Gulf Public Service Company
Louisiana Irrigation & Mill Company
Mamou Canal Company
Simon Rice Mill
Standard Milling Company
Water Works and Electric Plant

Deridder

Boise Cascade Corporation
Boise Southern Company
International Paper Company
Westvaco

Destrehan

American Cyanamid Ammonia Plant
American Oil Company
Mexican Petroleum Company of Louisiana (Inc)
Oriental Exporters Inc
Pan Am Southern Corporation
Pan American Southern Corp

Elizabeth

Boise Cascade
Calcasieu Sulphate Paper Company Inc.
Calkraft Paper Company
Industrial Lumber Company

Eunice

Anchor Gasoline Corporation
R.H. Coleman and Company
Runnels Corp
Runnels Gas Products
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp
Uno Tex Petroleum

Garyville

Marathon Refinery Louisiana

Good Hope

Gatx
General American Transportation Corporation
Good Hood Refinery
Good Hope Industries, Inc.
La Power & Light
Louisiana Power & Light Company
New Orleans Refining Company Inc.
Pullman Kellogg
Shell Oil Company

Gramercy

Colonial Sugars Company
Gramercy Sugar Company
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation

Hodge

Continental Can Company
Smurfit-Stone Container
Southern Advance Bag & Paper Company
Stone Container Corporation

Jeanerette

A.L. Monnot
Delgado Albania Plantation Commission
Delgardo and Company
Jeanerette Sugar Company, Inc
Loisel Sugar Refining Company
Ma Patout and Son, Ltd
Roane Sugar Inc

Jennings

Jennings Gas and Electric Company
Jennings Norwood Irrigation Company
Louisiana Irrigation & Mill Company
Lowry Irrigation Plant
Mayville Canal Company
Mcfarlain Irrigation Plant
Nat. Rice Milling Company
Riverside Irrigation Company
S.B.A. Shipyards

Kenner

Anco Insulation, Inc.
Delta Match Corp of La
Exxon
Fourth Jefferson Drainage District
Hepinstall Steel Company
Humble Oil Refining
Kenner Home Team Track

Killona

Waterford Nuclear Power Plant

LaPlace

Bayou Steel Corporation

Lockport

Bollinger Shipyard
Halter Marine
R.E. Morrison Estate
Valentine Pulp & Paper Company Inc
Valentine Sugars

Luling

Bungy Grain Elevator
Indeck Power Equipment Company
Lion Oil Refining Company
Monsanto Chemical Company

Mansfield

Brown & Root
Central Louisiana Electric
Cleco Power Llc
Dolet Hills Steam Plant Unit 1
Hendrix Manufacturing Company
International Paper Company
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
Southwestern Electric Power Company

Marrero

Archbishop Shaw High School
Celotex Corporation
Chinchuba Institute
General Industrial Alcohol Company
Immaculate Conception School
Jefferson Parrish Wastewater District #2
Johns Manville Products Corporation

Meraux

Murphy Oil Louisiana

Minden

Army Ammunition Plant
City of Minden - Minden Municipal Power
Clement-Braswell, Inc.
La Energy and Power Authority
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
Louisiana Ordnance Plant
Minden Utilities System
Webb Press Company

Montz

Little Gypsy Power Plant

Mooringsport

Lieberman Steam Plant
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
Swepco/Liberman Plant
Wepco/Liberman Plant

Morgan City

Conrad Industries
J Ray Mcdermott
La Energy and Power Authority
Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
Mcdermott Shipyard
Morgan City Municipal

Natchitoches

City of Natchitoches
Louisiana State Normal College
Natchitoches Municipal Electric Light and Water Department
Natchitoches Steam Plant
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

New Iberia

Exxon
Gulf Public Service Company
Humble Avery Island
Iberia Sugar Corp
L.C. Soileau & Son
Quaker Oats Company
Red Fox Industries

New Roads

Big Cajun Two Steam Plant Unit 3
Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc
Louisiana Electric Co-Op
Louisiana Generating

North Baton Rouge

Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
Allied Chemical Corporation
Capolymer Rubber & Chemical Corporation
Ethyl Corporation
Gulf States Utilities Company
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Stauffer Chemical Company

Oakdale

Arizona Chemical Company
Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Inc.
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
Newport Industries Inc
Reichold Chemical Company
Tenneco Chemicals Company

Plaquemine

Dow Chemical Powerhouse
Georgia Gulf Corporation
Georgia Pacific Plant
Hercules Refinery
Hercules, Inc.
Mcwilliams Dredging Company
Myrtle Grove Sugar

Port Allen

Exxon Company Usa
Mcwilliams Dredging Company
Placid Oil Refinery
Placid Refining
Poplar Grove Factoryand Refining Company
Smithfield Sugar
Wesrover Sugar Factory

Port Sulphur

Combustion Equipment
Deerfiled Glassine Company
Freeport / Mcmoran
Freeport Sulphur Company
Freeport/Mcmoran

Raceland

Godchaux Sugar Inc
Raceland Milling Company
Savannah Foods
South Coast Corp

Ruston

Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
City of Ruston - Ruston Power Plant
Duraflake South Inc
Louisiana Methodist Orphanage
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston City Water Works

Saint Francisville

Crown Vantage, Inc
Crown Zellerbach Corporation
International Paper Mill
James River Paper
Natalbany Lumber Company
River Bend Power Plant
River Bend Powerhouse
St. Francisville Paper Company

Saint James

Agrico Faustina Plant
Chevron Chemical Company
Gulf Oil Chemicals Company
Imc Agrico
St. James Sugar Co-Op Inc

Saint Marys Parish

Columbian Carbon Company

Springhill

Arizona Chemical Plant
International Paper Company
Southern Kraft International Paper Company
Springhill Mill

Sulphur

Certainteed Corp
Cities Service Refinery
Conoco Oil Refinery
Firestone
Occidental Chemical Company
Union Sulphur Company

Taft

Beker Industries Corporation
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics
Lumas Construction
Occidental Chemical Company
Oxy Chem
Taft Louisiana Plant
Union Carbide Chemical Plant
Waterford Nuclear Station

Thibodaux

Caldwell Sugar Coop
Entergy Louisiana Inc
Freeport Sulphur Company
Louisiana Power and Light
Reality Operators Inc
Southdown Sugars, Inc.
Standard Sugars Company
W.E. Howell
W.S. Lafargue Elementary School

Vacherie

National Bagasse Products Company
South Down Sugar Refinery
Southdown Corporation
Southdown Sugar, Inc.
Vacherie Plant

Venice

Exxon
Garden Island Bay Plant
Gulf Oil Corp
Halliburton
Humble Oil & Refining

West Lake Charles

City Services Oil Company
Hercules Powder Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Tutwiler Refinery
W R Grace & Company Davison Chemical Div

Westwego

A.L. Patterson
American Cyanamid Company
Avondale Shipyards Inc - Westwego
Celotex Corporation
Federal Products Company
La Power & Light
Louisiana Power & Light Company
Nine Mile Plant
Rossville Alcohol Corp

White Castle

Cedar Grove Factory
Cedar Grove Plantation
William T. Burton Industries

Sources

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Cabrera-Santiago, Manuel et al. “Prevalence of Asbestos-Related Disease Among Electrical Power Generation Workers in Puerto Rico.” Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2007.

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