Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, nicknamed "The Sparkling City by the Sea", is a coastal city situated at the mouth of the Nueces River on the west end of Corpus Christi Bay in south Texas. A city in and the county seat of Nueces County, Corpus Christi is home to approximately 275,000 residents making it the largest city on the south Texas coast, and the eighth-largest city in the Texas. Founded in the late 1830s, Corpus Christi began as a frontier trading post. The small settlement was called Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch. Then about a year later the city was named Corpus Christi and was incorporated on September 9, 1852.

Today, Corpus Christi exports cotton, grain sorghums, and wheat. Its coastal shipments include fuel oils, gasoline, crude petroleum, and natural gas. Other major industries that support the city’s economy are petroleum and natural gas, manufacturing, agriculture, fishing, tourism, and United States military. Corpus Christi is home to two installations of the United States military/ the Corpus Christi Army Depot and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Combined, these installations provide 6,200 civilian jobs to the local economy. The Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi adds more than $40 million annually to the economy. The Port of Corpus Christi, which is the sixth largest United States port, is another major employer for the city. Twenty-two docks in the port handle only petrochemicals and petroleum products. Other manufactured goods of importance are metals, stone products, glass, chemicals, and gypsum products. Corpus Christi also has some food processing and meat packing manufacturing. Corpus Christi is one of the commercial fishing centers in the area and a seafood-processing center.

As a result of Corpus Christi’s diverse mix of industry including petroleum and petrochemical, military, maritime and manufacturing, asbestos exposure in the workplace has been a problem for many years now. If you were exposed to asbestos in Corpus Christi, Texas, you may benefit from seeking the advice of a mesothelioma attorney.

Large Jobsites in Corpus Christi where Asbestos Exposure Occurred

The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance has compiled information obtained from a number of sources to identify the following large job sites in Corpus Christi where asbestos exposure was known to have occurred. These sites are listed below. Click on them to get more detailed information.

Other Jobsites in Corpus Christi where Asbestos Exposure Occurred

These additional jobsites in Corpus Christi, TX have been identified as harboring asbestos containing materials. These sites, at one point in their history, were known to have exposed a variety of tradesmen to asbestos. We will be documenting in more detail how asbestos exposure occurred at these sites in the future on this web site.