Rhode Island Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Rhode Island, thousands of asbestos-containing products and materials were used in shipyards, power plants, steel mills, iron mills, oil refineries, and construction site. In Rhode Island, tons of asbestos shipments were received. The highest noted asbestos exposure was in Rhode Island’s Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, Stafford County and Merrimack County.

Statistics

  • Rhode Island is 337th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Rhode Island is 17.74 per million.
  • In Rhode Island, 197 residents died from mesothelioma
  • Since 1979, 294 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Rhode Island.
  • Rhode Island has one source of natural asbestos deposits.

Settlements

  • $3.4 Million was awarded to a Navy Veterans who died from malignant mesothelioma.
  • $2.7 Million Awarded in Rhode Island to a former Mechanic diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • A $2.2 Million verdict was settled to a 74-year-old maintenance and shipyard worker diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma.
  • $2.1 Million was awarded to a 69 -year-old plant worker with mesothelioma.
  • A $2 Million verdict was settled to a 76-year-old Navy veteran and mechanic who was exposed to asbestos on the job.
  • A $1.9 Million verdict was settled to a 87-year-old Merchant Marine and construction worker with mesothelioma.
  • $1.6 Million was awarded to a 72-year-old Navy and railroad worker exposed to asbestos on the job.
  • $1.4 Million was awarded to a 56-year-old Navy veteran and boiler operator with mesothelioma
  • A $1.4 Million verdict was settled to a 78-year-old Merchant Marine and construction worker diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • $1.3 Million was awarded to a 70-year-old insulator diagnosed with mesothelioma from asbestos exposure received in the workplace.

Rhode Island Asbestos Jobsites

40 Westminster Street Modern Fabricating Corp
A. & C.W. Holbrook Modern Fabricating Corp.
ARS Chemical Mohegan Mill Wanskuck Company
Academy School Monahan Funeral Home
Acands, Inc. Monarch Realty Co.
Acme Finishing Company Moses Brown School
Acme Tile Co. Mt. Carmel Church
Alan Jewelry Mt. Pleasant High School
Albion Company Municipal Wharf
Aldrich Dexter Heating Station Murdock Welding
Allen & Reed Co. Narraganset Hotel
Allen Air Sewage Pumping Station Narragansett Brewery
Allens Ave Bowling Narragansett Brewing Company
Allied Chemical Narragansett Electric Company
Alrose Chemical Company Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
America Insulated Wire Corporation Narragansett Hotel
American Electrical Works Narragansett Powerhouse
American Hoechst Corporation Narrangansett Electric Company
American Insulated Wire Corporation Nashua Manufacturing Company
American Locomotive Company Nathan Bishop School
American Locomotive Company, Richmond Works Natick Dyeing Company
American Screw Company Natick Mills
American Woolen Company, Inc. National Cash Register
Amerincan Locomotive Company Richmond Works National Furnace
Amica Office Building National Ring Traveler Company
Apponaug Company National and Providence Worsted Mills Co.
Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation Naval Air Station
Arnbrust Chain Company Naval Fuel Depot
Arrow Transportation Naval Supply Depot
Arthur E. Austin Naval Training Station
Ashland Corp. Nelson W. Aldrich
Assumption School New Asphalt Plant
Atlantic Mills of Rhode Island New England Bituminous
Atlantic Tubing & Rubber Company New England Container Co.
B B and R Knight Grant Mills New England Electric
B. & G. Refractories New England Electric System –
B. A. Ballou, Inc. New England Silk Company
B.B. & R. Knight New England Steamship Company
Banelled Sunlight Paint Company New England Telephone Building – Mineral Spring Ave.
Bangor Hydro Electric Station New York Flooring Co.
Barreled Sunlight Paint Company New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Bay Textile Corporation Newport & Fall River Street Railway Company
Becker & Goldstein Inc. Newport County Electric Company
Belleville Manufacturing Company Newport Electric Corporation
Beneficient House Newport Gas Company
Benny’s Auto Store Newport Naval Base
Bercen Chemical – Atwells Ave. Newport Naval Shipyard
Bercen Chemical – Valley St. Newport Water Works
Bethany Home Nicholson File Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Nickerson House-Olynville
Biltmore Textile Nickols Elementary School
Blackstone Manufacturing Company North Kingston High School
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Company Northboro School
Blue Cross Northeast Insulation
Board of Education Northend Construction
Boneled Sunlight Paint Company O.M. Stillman
Bradford Dyeing Association Old Colony Bank
Bradford Housing Old Colony Street Railway Company
Bradford Naval Coal Depot Old Stone Bank-Park Ave.
Branch River Woolcombing Company Oliver Hazzard Perry School
Brand Insulation Co. Oliver Johnson and Company
Brand Insulation Company Olneysville Boy’s Club
Brayton Point Station Olneyville Post Office
Brigham School Ostby and Barton Company
Bristol Manufacturing Company Ostby’s & Bartow’s
Bristol and Warren Water Works Pumping Station Our Lady of Fatima
Broadway Plaza Our Lady of Providence Prepatorial
Brown & Sharpe Our Lady of Providence Seminary
Brown Job Outlet Shopping Center Parking Garage
Brown Sharpe Manufacturing Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Brown University Owens-Corning Supply Corporation
Brown University Animal Lab P & M Incorporated
Brown University Apartments P G and E National Energy Group
Brown University Art Building PG&E National Energy Group
Brown University Bio-Med Building Packings & Insulation
Brown University Book Store Pantex Company
Brown University Cafeteria Pantex Manufacturing Company
Brown University Club Pantex Pressing Machine Co.
Brown University Computer Center Paragon Worsted Company
Brown University Dormitories Paramount Printing Company
Brown University Faculty House Park Brewing Company
Brown University Grad Center Pawtucket Electric Light Company
Brown University Library Pawtuxet Valley Dyeing Company, Inc.
Brown University Marvel Gym Peace Dale Manufacturing Company
Brown University Meehan Auditorium People Savings Bank
Brown University Metcalf Lab Petrolane Corporation
Brown University Microbiology Pettaconsett Pumping Station
Brown University Natatorium Philip Carey Corp.
Brown University New Powerplant Phillips Lead and Supply
Brown University Office Building Pocasset Worsted Company
Brown University Old Boiler Room Pontiac Mills
Brown University Pembroke College Pontiac Plant
Brown University Physics Building Potter & Johnston Machine Co.
Brown University Pipeline Connectors Providence Arcade-North Main Street
Brown University Quandrangle Providence Baptist Church
Brown University Science & Engineering Providence Belting Company
Brown University St. Stephens Hall Providence Biltmore Hotel
Brown University Swimming Pool Providence Boys Club
Brown University Wayland House Providence Brewing Company
Brown University Wilson Hall Providence Bus Terminal
Brown University – Boiler Room Providence C.I.C. Complex
Brown University – John Haye Library Providence Chain-Georgia Ave
Brown University – Prince Lab Providence Chancellory
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Providence Children’s Center
Browns and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Providence Church-Federal Hill
Bryan Supply Providence Civic Center
Budlong Rose Company Providence Cold Storage
Burden Wire and Supply Company Providence College
Bureau of Ordnance Providence College Dorms
Burgess Mills Providence College Ice Rink
Burner Parts Providence College Library
Butler Exchange Company Providence College Priory Building
Butler Hospital Providence College Tank
C.B. Cottrell and Sons Company Providence College Trench
C.I. Hayes Providence Condominiums
C.R. Makepeace and Company Providence Davis Park Va Hospital
Cadoza Sales Company Providence Day Nursery
Carey Warehouse Providence Dimes Office Building
Caro Manufacturing Providence District Nurse
Caruso Restaurant Providence Doctor’s Building
Centerdale Worsted Mills Company Providence Elderly Housing
Central Falls Mazada Lamp Works of G.E. Company Providence Engineering Company
Central High School Providence Engineering Works
Central Power Plant Providence Federal Building
Central Power Station Providence Fire Station
Central Vocational School Providence Fireman’s Mutual
Chapin Hospital Providence Gas Company
Charles Fletcher Providence Gravure Company
Charles Orm’s Providence Health Building
Chas Fletcher Providence Housing Project
Chase and Company Providence IRS Building
Cherry, Webb & Tourraine Providence Insurance Building
Ciba-Geigy Corp. Providence Jewish Synagogue
Cities Service Oil Co. Providence Journal
Cities Service Oil Company Providence Journal Building
Citizen’s Savings Bank Providence Keyes Building
City Services Providence Lying Inn Hospital
City of Providence Field Point Pumping Station Providence Main Post Office
City of Providence Hope Pumping Station Providence Municipal Dock Building
City of Providence Public Works Providence Nursing Home
Clariant Corporation Providence Office Building
Clark Falls Company Providence Oil Lines
Classical High School Providence Oil Tanks-Allen
Coats and Clark, Inc. Providence Outlet Co. Store
Coca-Cola Providence Pencil Co.
Coddington Housing Providence Pontiac Library
Coddington Housing Boil Rm Providence Post Office
Cole Teaming Company Providence Print Shop-Allens Ave.
Collyer Insulated Wire Company Providence Radio Station-Wpro
Commercial High School Providence Railroad Station
Commonwealth Insurance Co. Providence Regency Apartments
Connecticut Construction Co. Providence Regency East Apt.
Contrexville Manufacturing Company Providence Regency West Apt
Corning Glass Works Providence School For The Deaf
Cranston Print Works Company Providence Sewage
Crescent Corporation Providence Shipyards
Crown Worsted Mills Providence State Office Building
Curran & Burton-Coal Co. Providence Steam & Gas Pipe Company
Cutler Manufacturing Company Providence Steam Engine Company
Cutter Fire Brick Company Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Company
D. & W. Fuse Company Providence Steel & Iron
Danbury & Harlem Tract Co. Providence Telephone Building
Davisville Woolen Company Providence Temple Bethel
Davol Rubber Company Providence Veteran’s Theater
Delite Fabrics, Incorporated Providence Vocational School
Dexter Asylum Providence Water Works
Dexter Manor Providence Welfare Building
Dexter Yarn Company Providence Women & Infant Hospital
Dimeo Construction Providence Worsted Mills
Dimeo Construction Co. Providence and Danielson Railway Company
Donnelly’s Department Store Pttaconsett Pumping Station
Donovan Company Public Works Center Building 354
Dyerville Manufacturing Company Public Works Center Building 354 – Coddington Point
E. Jenckes Manufacturing Company Queen Dyeing Company
East Providence High School Quidnick Manufacturing Company
Eastern Film Corp Quincy Dye Works
Eastern Supply Co. Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Eden Corporation R. I. School of Design
Edgewood School Ralston Plastering Company
Electric Boat Red Fox Bottling Company
Ernest St. Sewage Pumping Station Regency House
Essex Company Revere Rubber Company
Estate of Sarah B. Eaton Reynold’s Machine Tool Co.
Exeter School Rheem Manufacturing Co.
F. P. Sheldon and Sons Engineers Rheem Manufacturing Company
F.W. Bird and Son, Inc. Rhode Island Brewing Company
Federal Products Rhode Island Chemical Company
Ferricup Metal Company Rhode Island Cinder Block
Fields Point Ice Rink Rhode Island Coal Company
Fields Point Incinerator Plant Rhode Island College
Fieldspoint Chemical Rhode Island Company
First National Bank Rhode Island Covering Company, Inc.
Flax Processing and Linen Company Rhode Island Dyeing and Finishing
Fleet Bank Rhode Island Hospital
Fleet Bank Building, 6th Floor Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank
Fleet Building (Nortec Office) Rhode Island Jr. College-Pump Station
Fleet Building, Old Building 5th Fl Rhode Island Malleable Iron Co.
Fleet National Bank Rhode Island Perkins Horseshoe Company
Fletcher Land Company Rhode Island Perkins Horseshoe Company
Fox Point Elementary School Rhode Island Prison
Freeman Estate New House Rhode Island Public Transit
Fruit of the Loom Rhode Island School for the Deaf
Fulford Manufacturing Company Rhode Island School of Design
G.E. Company Rhode Island School of Nursing
G.W. Reynolds & Company Rhode Island State Prison
Geigy Chemical Rhode Island State Sanitorium for Consumptions
General Chemical Rhode Island Suburban Railway Co.
General Electric Rhode Island Works
General Fire Ex Company Roger Williams College
General Fire Extinguisher Company Roger Williams General Hospital
General Ice Cream Roger Williams House
Geneva Mill Roger Williams Medical Center
Geneva Mill of Wanskuck Company Rogers Screw Company
George West School Roland & Whytlock Co.
Gilbane Building Royal Electric Corporation
Gilbane General Contractor Royal Weaving Company
Glenlyon Dye Works Rumford Chemical Company
Glenlyon Print Works Rumford Chemical Works
Gondard Brothers Samoset Plant
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Sassafras Point Works
Gordon Besser & Company Sayles Finishing Plant, Inc.
Gorham Company Sayles Finishing Plant, Incorporated
Gorham Manufacturing Company Sayles Finishing Plants
Gould Island Facilities Schrader and Company
Grant’s Dept. Store Schraffts Restaurant
Greater Providence Trust Sea View Railroad Company
Green Airport Seaboard Advertising Co.
Greenhalgh Mills, Inc. Sergeant & Wilbur
Greenville Finishing Company Shepard Store
Grinnell Corporation Shipyard 10 Pin Bowling
H. & W. Realty Corporation Simpson Spring Company
H. Martin Brown Sinclair Refining Company
Halkyard Manufacturing Company Slater Cotton Company
Hamlet Textile Company Slater Cotton Mills
Hancom Manufacturing Slatersville Finishing Company Division
Hanley Brewery Smith Granite Company
Harbor Junction Wharf Social Manufacturing Company
Hart Co. South Providence
Hartford Park Housing South Street Station
Hartford Railroad Company St. Anne’s School
Hayes Building St. Bartholomew’s
Hearst Chemical St. Catherine’s Home
Heaton Button Fastener Company St. John the Baptist School
Heminways Grill St. John’s Church
Heritage House St. Joseph Home For Aged
Hilton Hotel St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hindle Building – Broad St. St. Paul’s Church
Holiday Inn St. Peter & Paul Cathedral
Homestrike Mining Company Standard Mill Supply Company
Hoods Milk Standard Oil Company
Hope Company Star City Glass Co.
Hope Erco Building Star Cleaners
Hope High School Star Market
Hope Pumping Sta State Hospital
Hope Pumping Station Staud Mill Sup Company
Hope Webbing Company, Inc. Steere Worsted Mills
Housing for the Elderly Stillwater Worsted Mills
Howard Building Stop & Shop, Resevoir Ave.
Howard Power Plant Summit Medical Building
Htfd Park Housing Boiler Rm Sunoil Co.
Hudson Oil Swift River Woolen Co.
Huntington Towers Synthron, Inc.
I.B. Darling Fertilizer Tamarack Company
ITT Grinnel Texas Company
ITT Royal Electric Textron Manville Division
Ibm Providence The Dunes Club
Ideal Jewelry Theodore T. Green Airport
Industrial Bank Building Towel Rack and Novelty Company
Industrial Ceramics Tower Iron Works
Industrial National Bank Trades Building, Inc.
Industrial National Plant Turks Head Building
Industrial Park – Niantic Ave. Turnkey Post Office
Industrial Trust U. S. Naval Base – Underwater Ordnance
Intelex Systems U.S. Engineers
Interlaken Mills U.S. Naval Air Station
International Braid Company U.S. Naval Base
International Supply U.S. Rubber Products
Interstate Fire Brick Company US Army Reserve
Irons and Russell US Bobbin and Shuttle Company
J A Budlong and Son Company US Naval Base, Hospital
J. Samuels and Bro US Navy Construction Battalion
J.A. Budlong and Son Company US Navy Yard
J.D. Nichols US Rubber
J.E. Fletcher Coronet Worsted Mills Mill #1 & #2 Underwater Ordinance Station – U. S. Naval Base
J.L. Hudson Union Oil Company
J.P. Coats, Limited Union Railroad Company
James Brown Uniroyal Incorporated
Jas. Hanley Brewing Company Uniroyal, Inc.
Jenekes Spinning Company United Engineering
Jesse Metcalf Building United States Cotton Company
John Austin and Son United States Gutta Percha Paint Company
John Clarke United States Naval Submarine Base
John F. Brady United States Naval Torpedo Station
Johnson & Maylor Co. United States Naval Training Station
Johnson & Wales College United States Rubber Company
Johnson’s Humocks United Wire
Jos. Benn and Sons Universal Optical
Joseph Benn and Sons Universal Winding Company
Joseph Beum and Son University Heights Mall
Joseph Beun and Son University of Rhode Island
Kaiser Shipyard Valley Falls Company
Keiths Theatre Valley View Housing
Kelly Hamburger Valley Worsted Mills
Kent County Hospital Veacy School
Keys Building Vermont Manufacturing Company
Lady Of Providence Seminary Vesta Knitting Mills
Lafayette Worsted Company Vesta Underwear Company
Lasalle Acedemy Veterans Administration Hospital
Lauderdale Building Veterans’ Memorial Building
Lawton Spinning Company Vineyard Elementary School
Lawton Spinning Corporation W. & W. Jewelry
Leach Refractories W.F. and F.C. Sayles
Leesona Corporation W.F. and F.C. Sayles
Lerner’s Dress Shop Walsh Kaiser Shipyard
Leviton Manufacturing Company Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.
Lincoln School For Girls Wanskuck Company
Lockwood Company Warner Bros
Lockwood Greene and Company Warner Brothers Inc.
Lonsdale Company Warwick Elementary School
Lonsdale Company, Hope Mill & Phoenix Mill Warwick Mills
Lorraine Manufacturing Co. Washburn Wire Company
Lorraine Manufacturing Company Washington Insurance
Lowe Supply Company Wayland Manor Nursing Home
Lymansville Company Weeden Underwood Co.
Macdonald Refractories Westerly Textile Company
Malina Corporation Westerly Water Works
Manchester Street Station Westerman Realty
Manganaro Brothers, Inc. Westford Training School
Manton Heights Boiler Room Westminster Construction Co.
Manufacturers Building Company Weybosett Square Apartments
Manufacturers Building. Company Weybosset #1 Building
Manville Company Weybosset Hill Off Building
Manville Company Nourse Mills Weybossett Hill Office Building
Marriott Hotel Weyerhauser Timber Company
Marvin Corp. Wiggam Village Housing
Mathieson Alkali Works William Clark Company
Mathieson Alkali Works. William Coddington
Mayfair Laundry William E. Joslin and Company
Mcdonald’s Drug Store William Gregory
Mchale Warehouse William Grosvenor
Mcvickers House, Benefit St Williams & Manchester Shipyard
Mech. Ceramics Wilson Co.
Medical Building, Weller St. Wm E. Joslin and Company
Memorial Plaza Woonsocket Electric Machine & Power Company
Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Company Woonsocket Spool & Bobbin Company
Mercury Plumbing & Heating Woonsocket Worsted Mills
Minute Man Laundry YMCA
Miriam Hospital  
 

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