Idaho Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Idaho, 109,000 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 Ada County, Kootenai County, Bonneville County, Bannock County and Canyon County.

Asbestos related deaths in Idaho from 1999-2017 total up to 1,075. 119 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and 193 were Mesothelioma Cancer Deaths. Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 768 in Idaho during 1999-2017.

Statistics

  • Idaho is 40th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths.
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Idaho is 11.79 per million.
  • In Idaho, 156 residents died from mesothelioma.
  • Since 1979, 239 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Idaho.
  • There are eight naturally occurring asbestos site in Idaho.

Settlements

  • $4.4 Million was awarded to a former electrician diagnosed with Mesothelioma cancer.
  • $3.8 Million was settled to an Idaho sheet metal worker diagnosed with mesothelioma. 
  • A $2.9 Million verdict was awarded to a Navy veteran and inspector diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • A $2.5 Million verdict was settled to a worker against Idaho Heating & Air Conditioning Worker. 
  • A $2.1 Million verdict was awarded to an insulator with malignant Mesothelioma Cancer.
  • $2 Million was awarded to a former Construction Pipefitter after receiving Mesothelioma cancer diagnosis.
  • $1.8 Million was settled to a former Naval Machinist that developed malignant Mesothelioma during they’re service. 
  • $1.75 Million was awarded to the family of Boilermaker who passed away from mesothelioma cancer.
  • $1.6 Million was awarded to Mechanic exposed to asbestos through valves, boilers, and pumps necessary for their job. 
  • $1.5 Million was awarded to an Electrical Worker Repairman diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • A $1.5 Million verdict was reached for an Aircraft Worker who received asbestos exposure from working around insulators, tapers, and drywallers.

Idaho Asbestos Jobsites

A.E.C. Atomic Plant – American Falls Louisiana Pacific – Sandpoint
A.E.C. Atomic Plant – Arco M. Morrin & Son – Rupert
A.E.C. Atomic Power Plant – Idaho Falls Main Power Plant Lewiston
A.L. Flewelling Co. – Coeur D’Alene McAlister Equipment Leasing Co. – Burley
Adair Co. – Winchester McFarland Pole Co. Sandpoint
AEC Idaho National Engineering Lab Milner Irrigation District – Milner
AEC Power Plant Idaho Falls Monsanto Chemical Co. – Milner
Agricultural Products Conda Monsanto Chemical Co. Monsanto
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Buhl Monsanto Chemical Co. Plant – Soda Springs
Almagated Sugar Plant – Paul Monsato Chemical Co.
Alphonsus Hospital Boise Moore Dry Kiln Co. Osborn
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Burley Morrison-Knudsen – Idaho Falls
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Fischer Morrison-Knudsen Arco
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Nampa Morrison-Knudsen Boise
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Paul Mountain Home AFB – Bachelors Office Quarters – Mountain Home
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Preston Mountain Home Air Force – Hammet
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Twin Falls National Reactor Testing Station – Arco
Anhydrous Ammonia Plant – Pocatello National Reactor Testing Station – Idaho Falls
Atlas Boiler – Montpelier National Reactor Testing Station Warehouse Scoville
Atomic Energy Commission – Idaho Falls Naval Reactor Facility – Idaho Falls
Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Station Scoville Naval Reactor Facility – Scoville
Atomic Plant National Reactor Testing Station Scoville New Hotel – Shoshone
B.C. Fertilizer Plant – Pocatello North Side Pumping Co. Hapelton
Beet Growers Sugar Company – Rigby Northern Idaho & Montana Power Co. – Sandpoint
Bennett Lumber Company – Princton Northwest Lumber Co. Coeur D Alene
Bettis Atomic Power Lab – Scoville Northwest Roads Company – Pocatello
Boise Cascade Building Products Boise NRF Nuclear Submarine Training Facility – Idaho Falls
Boise Cascade Corp. Boise NRF Site – Idaho Falls
Boise Cascade Corp. Emmett NRTS Site & C F Warehouse – Scoville
Boise Cascade Corp. Lewiston Nuclear CF Warehouse Scoville
Boise Cascade Fertilizer Plant – Pocatello Nuclear Facility – Arco
Boise Cascade Paper Mill – Blackfoot Nuclear Facility – Idaho Falls
Boise Cascade Paper Mill – Boise Nuclear Power Plant, Ebr #1 – Arco
Boise Payette Lumber Company Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Batiste Springs
Bonner County Courthouse Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Glenns Ferry
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. – Kellogg Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Montpelier
Bunker Hill Company – Kellogg Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Pocatello
Bunker Hill Lead Smelter – Bunker Hill Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Bunker Hill Smelter – Kellogg Otato Corp. Burley
Bunker Hill Sullivan Mine – Kellogg Otato Corporation – Burley
Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. Kellogg Pack River Lumber Company – Dover
Bunker Mill Co. Kellogg Paper Mill Boise
C F Warehouse – Scoville Paul Hardeman Co. – Idaho Falls
C.F. Brown Co. – American Falls Paul Hardeman, Inc. – Arco
C.F. Brown Co. – Idaho Falls Paul’s Plumbing & Heating – Pocatello
Cahoon Construction Co. Pauls Plumbing Heating Pocatello
California Packing Corporation – Franklin Payette High School Payette
Callahan Mining Corp. Osborn Petroleum Plant Scoville
Capital High School – Blackfoot Phillips Petroleum – Central Facilities Warehouse Scoville
Carnation Milk Products Company – Nampa Phillips Petroleum – National Reactor Testing Station Scoville
Central Facilities Warehouse Nat. Reactor Testing Station Scoville Phillips Petroleum Company – Scoville
Central Service Facility Phosphorus Chemical Division Pocatello
Challenge Creamery Meridian Pinehurst High School – Paul
Chandler Supply Co. – Blackfoot Plateau Supply Company – American Falls
Chandler Supply Co. – Boise Plateau Supply Company – Idaho Falls
Chemical Plant Soda Springs Pocatello Chemical – Pocatello
Chicago Bridge & Dam – Orofino Potlatch Corporation – Lewiston
Clayton Silver Mines Clayton Potlatch Forest Industries – Lewiston
Clover Club Foods – Blackfoot Potlatch Forests Inc. – Potlatch
College of Idaho – Nampa Potlatch Paper & Pulp Mill – Lewiston
Construction & Industrial Insulation, Inc. Potlatch Paper Mill – Lewiston
Craig Mountain Lumber Company – Winchester Pulp Mill Warehouse – Lewiston
Cyprus Mines Clayton Raft River Turbine Generating Station – American Falls
Dairy Mens Association Idaho Falls Raft River Turbine Generating Station – Idaho Falls
Dairyman’s Cooperative Creamery – Caldwell Raytheon Engineers & Construction
Day Mines, Inc. Wallace Reactor Testing Station Scoville
Deatley Corp. – Lewiston Ref Chem Engineering – Conda
Del Monte Corporation – Burley Research Cottrell – Lewiston
Del Monte Corporation – Franklin Rick’s College – Rexburg
Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant – Nampa Robison Distributing Company – Scoville
E.G. & G. Co. – American Falls Rupert aho Factory – Rupert
E.G. & G. Co. – Idaho Falls Rust Constructors, Inc.
Ebr-Ii Powerhouse – Pocatello Saint Alphonsus Hospital – Boise
El Paso Natural Gas Co. Galcinder Conda Saint Anthony Church
Electric & Power Co. Water Nuclear Plant – Palo Scott’s Trucking
Empire Copper Company – Mackay Sego Milk Products Company – Buhl
Fertilizer Plant – Pocatello Sego Milk Products Company – Preston
Fluor Corporation – Pocatello Simplot J R Co. – Conda
FMC – Phosphorus Chemical Division Simplot J R Company – Pocatello
FMC Corp. Chemical Plant Pocatello Smiplot Livestock Co. Grandview
FMC Corporation – Phosphorus Chemical Div. – Pocatello Southern Industries Piping Company – American Falls
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. – Pocatello Southern Industries Piping Company – Idaho Falls
Franklin County Sugar Co. Preston SRS Construction
Franklin County Sugar Co. Whitney Standard Mining Company – Wallace
Fremont County Sugar Co. St. Anthony State Hospital South – Blackfoot
Galcinder Conda Stevenson Floor Co.
Gate City Steel – Pocatello Sugar Factory – Paul
GUB-MK Constructors Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co.
H.L. Electric Co. – American Falls Sullivan Mining Company – Kellogg
H.L. Electric Co. – Idaho Falls Terminal Ice & Cold Storage – Nampa
Harbert-Yeargin, Inc. Thro’ John F. Cooney Co. – Boise
Hecla Mining Co. Burke Tiger & Poorman Mining Co. Burke
Helmich Industries, Inc. Titan Missile Facility – Boise
Helmich Log Products TRA Sponsors Warehouse – Scoville
Heyrend Construction Co. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission – American Falls
Highway Surfacing Corporation – Winchester U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Reactor Testing Idaho Falls
Horpster Co. U. S. Atomic Energy Corp. Arco
Howard S. Wright & Associates – Idaho Falls U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Project Boise
Howards Building Supply Grangeville U. S. Reclamation Service Emmett
Idaho Electric Power & Water Nuclear Plant – Palo U.S. Atomic Energy Commission – Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls L. D. S. Hospital, Addition U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation – Boise Project
Idaho Mining Company – Mountain Home U.S. Reclamation Service – Emmet
Idaho Mining Company – Nampa Union Pacific Railroad Co. Pocatello
Idaho National Engineering Lab Westinghouse Idaho Falls Union Pacific Railroad Co. Sun Valley
Idaho National Lab INEL Union Pacific System Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. – Pocatello
Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad United States Naval Ordnance Plant – Pocatello
Idaho Nuclear Corp. – Scoville University of Idaho – Boise
Idaho Nuclear Corporation, CF Warehouse – Scoville University of Idaho Life Science Bldg Old Science Hall Moscow
Idaho Pacific Corporation – Ririe University Of Idaho, Southern Branch – Pocatello
Idaho Portland Cement – Idaho Falls Upper Snake River Valley Dairy Mens Assoc. – Idaho Falls
Idaho Portland Cement Inkom URS Energy & Construction
Idaho Power Company US Atomic Energy Corp. – Arco
Idaho State Hospital South Blackfoot Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. American Falls
Idaho Sugar Co. Sugar City Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Blackfoot
Idepine Hils, Inc. Horpster Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. House Number 29 Sugar City
Inel Co. – Idaho Falls Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Idaho Falls
Inkom Co. Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Lincoln
Inter Mountain Gas Co. Central Service Facility Boise Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Nampa
Intergas Corp. Boise Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Shelley
Intermountain Gas Company – Boise Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Utah Falls
IRA Sponsors Warehouse – Natl Reactor Testing Station – Scoville Washington & Idaho Railroad
J P Studmill Priest Washington Group International, Inc.
J. R. Simplot Acid Plant Pocatello Waters Asbestos & Supply – American Falls
J. R. Simplot Co. Caldwell Waters Asbestos Co. – Scoville
J. R. Simplot Co. Conda Waters Asbestos Supply Company – Idaho Falls
J. R. Simplot Co. Fertilizer Division Pocatello Western Steel Co. – Arco
J. R. Simplot Co. Ron Western Steel Co. – Idaho Falls
J. R. Simplot Processing Plant – Boise Westinghouse Electric Co. – American Falls
Jaype Stud Mill & Plywood Plant – Jaype Westinghouse Electric Company, NRF Site – Idaho Falls
John F. Cooney Co. – Boise Westinghouse Electric Corp. Engineering Lab Scoville
Kerr Mogee Oil Industries, Inc. – Soda Springs Westinghouse Electric Corporation – Scoville
Kit Manufacturing Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co. – American Falls
Kraft Foods – Pocatello Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co. – Idaho Falls
Lamb Weston Co. – American Falls Westinghouse National Reactor Testing Station Scoville
Laminated Wood Products – Blackfoot Westvaco Chemical Division, Pocatello
Latter Day Saints Hospital – Idaho Falls Westvaco Mineral Production – Pocatello
Latter Day Saints Hospital Association – Idaho Falls Winton Lumber Co. St. Joe
Lewiston Grade School – Lewiston Yankee Machine Shop, Inc. Boise
Lewiston Industrial Supply Lewiston Zinn Industrial Supply – Lewiston
Lodge Brothers and Bullet Pawn Shop  
 

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