Wyoming Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Wyoming, 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 Casper, Natrona County and Sheridan County.

Asbestos related deaths in Wyoming from 1999-2017 total up to 549. 31 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and 104 were Mesothelioma Cancer Deaths. Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 416 in Wyoming.

Statistics

  • Wyoming is 48th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Wyoming is 13.2 per million.
  • In Wyoming, 54 residents died from mesothelioma.
  • Since 1979, 84 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Wyoming.
  • There are 12 asbestos containing sites in Wyoming.

Settlements

  • $8.8 Million was awarded to a 63-year-old veteran and engineer exposed to asbestos on the job.
  • A $3.9 Million was settled to an auto mechanic with mesothelioma.
  • $3.4 Million was awarded to the family of a Navy veteran who passed away from mesothelioma.
  • $2.5 Million was awarded to a worker diagnosed with mesothelioma after receiving asbestos exposure on the job.
  • $2.2 Million was settled to a 71-year-old former boilermaker exposed to asbestos on the job.
  • $1.5 Million was settled to an 86-year-old Navy veteran and retired miner diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Wyoming Asbestos Jobsite

Acme Plant – Sheridan Mountain State Insulation – Green River
Allied Chemical Corp. – Green River Mountain States Power Company – Casper
Allied Soda Ash Plant – Green River Municipal Airport, Building 14 – Casper
Alumina Plant – Laramie Mutual Oil Co. Glen Rock
American Oil Company – Casper Natrona County Electric Company – Casper
American Oil Refinery – Ft. Laramie Natrona County High School – Casper
Amoco Oil Company – Casper Naughton Power Plant – Kemmerer
Amoco Oil Refinery – Casper Naughton Steam Electric Plant – Kemmerer
Amoco Oil Refinery – Ft. Laramie North American Galvanize – Bentwood
Amoco Production Co. Parco Northern Colo Light & Power Company – Casper
Amoco Production Co. Riverton Northern Utilities Company – Riverton
Amoco Production Co. Whitney Canyon Owl Creek Coal Co. Gebo
ARCO – Sinclair Owl Creek Coal Co. Kirby
Atlantic City Ore Mine – Atlantic City Pacific Power & Light Co. Casper
Atlantic Gas – Riverton Pacific Power & Light Co. Glen Rock
Atlantic Gas Plant – Riverton Pacific Power & Light Powerhouse – Glen Rock
Atlantic Richfield Co. – Sinclair Pacific Power Company – Allied Unit #1 – Green River
Atlas Incineration – Wyzotta Pacific Power Light Glenrock
Basin Electric & Power Cooperative, Power Project Wheatland Pacificorp – Gillette
Bechtel Corp. – Green River Pacificorp – Kemmerer
Becker Brewing & Malting Company – Evanston Pacificorp Glenrock
Black Hills Power & Light Co. Gillette Pan American Petroleum Corp. – Riverton
Black Hills Power & Light Co. Osage Pan Petroleum Riverton
Black Hills Power & Light Co. Wyodak Pancratz Company – Casper
Boise Cascade – Kraft Corporation – Wallace Penn Wyoming Copper Company – Encampment
Bridger Power Plant – Rock Springs Perkins Power Co. Sheridan County
Bridger Power Plant – Bridger Petrontomics Company – Casper
Brown Bear – Wy Plant Unit Number 2 – Lincoln
Buffalo Northwest Electric Company – Buffalo Plateau Supply Company – Casper
Cabot Carbon Company – Glen Rock Power & Light Glenrock
California Pipeline Company – Laramie Power Service Corp. – Casper
Cambria Fuel Company – Cambria Power Service Corporation – Ft. Laramie
Casper Construction Specialties Co. Powerhouse – Glen Rock
Casper Refinery – Casper Producers & Refiners Corp. Casper
Casper Supply Company – Casper Producers & Refiners Corp. Ft. Laramie
Central Coal & Coke Company – Rock Springs Producers & Refiners Corp. Parco
Chevron Corporation – Evanston Provident Savings & Loan – Casper
Chevron, United States of America, Inc. – Evanston Pure Oil Company – Worland
Cheyenne Light Fuel & Pow Cheyenne Refinery Casper
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. – Casper Rock Springs Power Plant – Rock Springs
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. – Ft. Laramie Rocky Mountain Carpet – Casper
Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Laramie Rocky Mountain Carpet – Ft. Laramie
Colo Tires & Iron Company – Lamine S & H Construction Co. – Parco l
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company – Lorance Sacony Mobil Oil Co. Casper
Colorado Oil & Gas – Bitter Creek Salt Creek Central Power Station – Salt Creek
Colorado Tires & Iron Company – Laramie San Francisco Chemical Co. – Leefe
Conoco Oil Refinery Glen Rock Sheet Metal Products Co. – Cheyenne
Construction Specialties Co. – Ft. Laramie Sheridan County Electric Company – Sheridan
Construction Specialties Co.- Casper Sheridan Sugar Company – Sheridan
Consumer Oil & Refining Company – New Castle Shipping Station – Kirby
Continental Oil Company – Glen Rock Sinclair Oil Co. – Parco
Continental Oil Company – Manville Sinclair Oil Co. – Sinclair
Continental Oil Company – Midwest Sinclair Oil Refinery – Sinclair
Conventional Power Plant – Kemmerer Sinclair Refining Company – Parco
Dave Johnson Station Glenrock Socony Mobil Oil Co. Refinery Department Casper
Dave. Johnston Steam Electric Plant Glenrock Socony Mobil Oil Company – Ft. Laramie
Depaul Hospital – Casper Socony Vacuum Oil Company – Casper
Diamond Coal & Coke Co. – Diamondville Socony Vacuum Oil Company – Ft. Laramie
Diamond Coal & Coke Co. – Oakley Soda Ash Plant – Green River
El Paso Natural Gas Co. Opal Gas Plant Opal Solvay Process Division – Green River
Empire State Oil Co. – Thermopolis Standard Oil Co. of Indiana Casper
Exxon – Shute Creek Standard Oil Company – Ft. Laramie
Exxon Chemical Company USA – Shute Creek Standard Oil Refinery – Casper
F M C Corp. Green River Standard Oil Refinery – Ft. Laramie
F. E. Warren AFB Stanolind Oil Parco
Fargo Oil Co. Capser Stanolind Oil Powell-Elk Basin
Fargo Oil Company – Casper Stanolind Pipe Line Company – Ft. Laramie
Fire King Stanolind Pipeline Co. Grangeer
Fisk Engineering – Casper Stanolind Pipeline Co. Wamsutter
Fisk Engineering Cheyenne State Board of Charities & Reformatories – Rock Springs
Flight Deck & Maint Building – Warren AFB State Insulation River
Flour- Utah Engr Construction Douglas Stauffer Chemical Co. Green River
Fmc Chemical Plant – Green River Stauffer Chemical Co. River
Fmc Corp. – Green River Stauffer Chemical Co. Stauffer
FMC Corp. Inorganic Chemicals Division Green River Stauffer Chemical Company – Green River
FMC Corp. Kemmerer Stauffer Chemical Plant Wyoming – Sage
FMC Corp. Mine Processing Plant Green River Steam Electric Plant Glenrock
FMC Corp. Rock Springs Steam Power Plant Unit 2 – Glen Rock
FMC Corp. Westvaco Stonefort Corp. Wyoming, IL
FMC Plant Green River T.W. Boyer CO. – Green River
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. – Green River Teapot Coal Company – Inez
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. – Kemmerer Tenneco Oil Company – Sweetwater
Ford Machinery & Chemical Corp. – Westvaco Texaco Inc. Casper
Forest Products Treating Company – Laramie Texaco Oil Refinery Casper
Frontier Oil – Cheyenne Texaco Oil Refinery Wyoming – Evansville
Frontier Refinery – Cheyenne Texaco Refinery – Casper
Frontier Refinery – Cheyenne Texaco, Inc. Refinery Casper
Frontier Refining Company – Casper Texas Co. Cody
Frontier Supply Company – Ft. Laramie Texas Gulf Sulphur Company – Worland
Gas Processors – Rock Springs U. S. Bureau of Mines, Alumina Plant Laramie
Gas Riverton U. S. Industries – Wyatt Industries
Gebo Coal Company – Gebo U. S. Steel Corp. Atlantic City
Georgia Pacific – Lovell Union Pacific Coal Co. Cumberland
Georgia-Pacific Corp. Lovell Union Pacific Coal Co. Hamia
Gillette Power Plant – Gillette Union Pacific Coal Co. Hanna
Glen Rock Powerhouse – Glen Rock Union Pacific Coal Co. Predmout
Great Western Sugar Co. Wheatland Union Pacific Coal Co. Reliance
Great Western Sugar Company – Lovell Union Pacific Coal Co. Rock Springs
Green River Trona Mine Processing Plant Green River Union Pacific Coal Co. Winton
Holly Sugar Corp. South Terrington Union Pacific Plant Casper
Holly Sugar Corp. Torington Union Pacific Plant Cheyenne
Holly Sugar Corp. Worland Union Pacific Railroad Co. Casper
Homestead Mining Company – Wyodak Union Pacific Railroad Co. Cheyenne
Hot Springs Light & Power Company – Thermopolis Union Pacific Railroad Co. Evanston
Husky Oil Co – No 7648 – Warehouse – Cody Union Pacific Railroad Co. Green River
Husky Oil Co. Cheyenne Union Pacific Railroad Co. Laramie
Husky Oil Co. Warehouse Nbr 1 Casper Union Pacific Railroad Co. Rawlings
Husky Oil Company – Casper Union Pacific System – Laramie
Husky Oil Company – Cody Union Tank Car Company – Casper
Husky Refining Company – Cody United States Bureau Of Mines – Laramie
Inorganic Chemicals Division – Westvaco University Of Wyoming – Laramie
Intermountain Chemical Company – Westvaco Us Steel Corporation – Atlantic City
Investors Oil Company – Casper Utah Oil Refining Co. Granger Station
J. W. Denio Milling Company – Sheridan Utah Oil Refining Co. Medicine Bow
Jefferson Lake Sulphur Co. – Menderson Utah Oil Refining Co. Wamsutter
Jim Bridger Power Plant – Point of Rocks Utah Power & Light Co. Green River
Jim Bridger Power Plant Pacific Power & Light Co. – Rock Springs Utah Power & Light Co. Kemmerier
Jim Bridger Powerhouse – Point of Rocks Utah Power & Light Co. Lincoln County
Kaiser Engineers, Inc. – Rawlins Utah Power & Light Co. Naughton, Unit #1 & 2 Kemmerier
Kemmerer Coal Company – Kemmerer Utah Power Light Naughton Station Kemmerer
Kemmerer Power Plant Unit #2 Kemmerer Walker Lumber Co. – Casper
Lamar River Station – Wheatland Warren Air Force Base – Laramie
Lander Electric Light & Power Co. – Lander Weskem Co. – Casper
Laramie River Power Plant – Wheatland West Vaco Chemical Division – Westvaco
Left Hand Boiler Moved to Laramie West Virginia Power Company – Westvaco
Lion Coal Company – Rock Springs Wheatland Powerhouse – Wheatland
Little America Refining – Evansville White Eagle Oil Corporation – Casper
Little America Refining Socony Mobil Oil Windriver Construction
Memorial Hospital – Casper Winklemen Dome Field – Riverton
Midwest Refining Co. Casper Winston Bros. C-O Stauffer Chm Stauffer
Midwest Refining Co. Greybull Winston Brothers Company – South Torrington
Midwest Refining Co. Laramie Wycon Chemical Co. – Casper
Midwest Refining Co. Mammoth Camp Wycon Chemical Co. – Wyco
Midwest Refining Co. Salt Creek Wycon Chemical Co. Refinery Cheyenne
Midwest Refining Co. Teapot Wycon Chemical Plant – Cheyenne
Missouri Basin Power Project Wheatland Wyodak Coal & Manufacturing Co. – Gillette
Mobil Oil Company – Casper Wyodak Coal & Manufacturing Co. Wyodak
Mobile Oil Co. Casper Wyodak Coal Mine – Gillette
Monolith Portland Midwest Company – Laramie Wyodak Plant, Black Hills Power & Light Co. – Wyodak
Montana – Dakota Utilities Gas Plant – Worland Wyodec Power Plant – Gillette
Montana – Dakota Utilities Gas Plant – Bridger Wyoming Ave. & G St. Philadelphia, PA
Montana- Dakota Utilities Co. Acme Plant Acme Wyoming Coal & Iron Company – Alma
Montana Dakota Utilities Company – Sheridan Wyoming Coal Iron Co.
Montana Dakota Utilities Gas Bridger Wyoming Colorado Railroad
Montana Dakota Utilities Sheridan Wyoming Municipal Airport
Montana-Dakota Utilities – Meteetse Wyoming State Hospital – Evanston
Montana-Dakota Utilities Company, Acme Plant – Acme Wyoming Sugar Company – Worland
 

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