Alaska Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Alaska, 3,625 tons of asbestos shipments were received. A lot of asbestos exposure occurred in shipyards, power plants, steel mills, iron mills, oil refineries, and construction sites in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Kenai Peninsula Borough.

Asbestos related deaths in Alaska from 1999-2017 total up to 512. 38 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and 96 were Mesothelioma Cancer Deaths. Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 384 in Alaska during 1999-2017.

 

Statistics

  • Alaska is 50th in the U.S.  for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Alaska is 17.5 per million.
  • In Alaska, 31 residents died from mesothelioma 
  • Since 1979, 54 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Alaska.
  • There are many natural sources of asbestos exposure 

Settlements

  • $3.6 million was awarded to a welder who developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure on construction sites. 
  • $3.5 million was settled to an auto mechanic with mesothelioma.
  • $3.2 million was awarded to a worker who passed away from mesothelioma
  • 2 million was awarded to a 55-year-old Army Veteran diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma.
  • A $1.8 million settlement was given to a Pipefitter in Alaska with mesothelioma. 
  • $1.2 million was awarded to a 51-year-old former construction worker exposed to asbestos in the workplace. 

Alaska Asbestos Jobsites

A P De Nange Lumber Hope Brick Works
A.C. & S. Incorporated Iditarod
A.P. De Nange Lumber Industrial Air Products
Ac & S Inc Industrial Refrigeration & Association
Acme Brick Company ISC Kodiak Coast Guard Base
Alaska Freight Lines Jualin Mines Company
Alaska Insulation Ketchikan Hospital
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Corp
Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co. Ketchikan Pulp Company
Alaska Military Bases Ketchikan Pulp Mill
Alaska Native Service Hospital Ketchikan Spruce Mills
Alaska Pipeline Service Company Knik Arm Power Plant
Alaska Pump & Supply Inc. Kodiak Naval Station
Alaska Railway Ladd Air Force Base
Alaska Steam Compressor Plant Ladd Field
Alaska Steamship Company Liquid Air Incorporated
Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company Mallow Construction Company
Alaskan Air Base- Elmendorf Field Matamiska Maid
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Matanuska Electric Association
American Oil Company Municipal Utilities System
Amoco Production Co. Naval Air Base
Anchorage Hospital Nelbro Packing Company
Anchorage Sewer Utility Board New England Fish Company
Anchorage Terminal – Phase I Nome Mining Company
Aquatrain Team Track Siding Northern Consolidated Hangar
Arco Chemical Co. Northern Roofing & Siding
Aurora Energy Northwest Light and Power Company
Ballasting Area Pan American Oil
Beck Mcglaughlin & Associates Petro Star Company
Beluga Power – Units #1 #2 & #3 Phillips Petroleum Company
Bernice Lake Gas Turbine Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Bernice Lake Power Station Potlatch Forests Inc.
Bernice Lake Powerhouse Process Piping
BP Oil – North Slope Facility Procur Piping
British Petroleum Flow Station R.L. Lawler Inc.
C.R. Lewis Ryan & Haworth – Steam & Condensation Lines
Campbell Creek Pump Station Seward Marine industrial Center
Central Heating Plant Seward Ship’s Drydock
Chester Creek Pump Station Shell Oil
Chevron Asphalt Company Siems Drake Puget Sound
Chugach Electric Sitka Paper Mill
Chugach Electric – Gas Turbine Standard Oil Company
Chugach Electric Association Swanson River Field
Chugach Electric Company Tin City Air Force Base
City of Fairbanks Power Plant U.S. Naval Base
Clear Air Force Station – (Denali Borough) U.S. Rubber Company
College Station Union Carbide
Collier Carbon and Chemical Inc. Union Collier
Dawson City Klondike Union Oil Company – Mono Pod
Department of the Interior United States Army Corps of Engineers
Dock – Fire Lane United States Mining Co.
Dow Chemical United States Naval Air Base
E.C. Andrews United States Naval Air Facilities
East Fifth Service Inc. United States Refining
Eielson Air Force Base (North Pole) United States Smelting
Emerson Electric United States Submarine Base
Evans Jones Coal Company University Of Alaska
Fairbanks Exploration Company University Of Alaska – Power Plant
Fairbanks Public Utilities Unocal Chemicals Division
Fort Greely Army Base (Fairbanks) US Air Corps Eilson Air Field
Fort Richardson Army Base (Anchorage) US Air Force Shemoya AFB
Fort Wainwright (Army Base) US Naval Air Base
G A A B Sewage Plant War Department Cold Weather Air Base
Galena Radar Base Water Jacket Insulation #2
General Electric – Turbine Well House #10
Georgia Pacific Paper Mill Westinghouse – Gas Turbine
Green Bay Packaging Westinghouse Plant
Healy River Coal Corp Williams Alaska Petroleum
Helena Gas and Electric Company Yukon Gold Company
Home Power Company  
 

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