New Hampshire Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In New Hampshire, thousands of asbestos-containing products and materials were used in buildings, residential buildings, industrial plants, factories, power plants, chemical plants, refineries, shipyards and manufacturing plants. The highest noted asbestos exposure was in New Hampshire’s Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, Stafford County and Merrimack County.

Statistics

  • New Hampshire is 44th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in New Hampshire is 15.79 per million.
  • In New Hampshire, 210 residents died from mesothelioma
  • since 1979, 314 asbestos-related deaths occurred in New Hampshire
  • More than 81 asbestos-related deaths and more than 53 mesothelioma deaths were reported in Hillsborough County, NH
  • There are no natural deposits of asbestos in New Hampshire

Settlements

  • $3.4 Million was awarded in New Hampshire to a navy veteran who died from mesothelioma
  • $2.5 Million was settled in New Hampshire to a Maintenance worker who was exposed to asbestos on the job.
  • $1.6 Million was settled in New Hampshire to a 60-year-old worker with mesothelioma.
  • $1.2 Million was awarded to a 76-year-old Navy veteran and shipyard worker diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • $1.1 Million was awarded to an 84-year-old retired shipyard worker in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Asbestos Jobsites

A.E.S. Corporation Laconia Savings Bank
AT&T Lake Hopatcong
Air Traffic Control Center Lincoln Transit Co.
Allied Corporation Loon Mountain Ski Resort
American Agricultural Chemical Company Lumber Store Inc.
American Hoechst Corporation Macallen Company
American Locomotive Company Manchester Knitted Fashions
Andorra Forrest Products Co. Manchester Traction Light & Power Company
Anheuser Busch Inc. Manchester Traction Light and Power Company
Army Air Force Base Merrimack Industrial Metals
Army Air Force Base – Mess Hall & Sac Barracks Merrimack Station
Ashuelot Paper Company Inc. Merrimack Station Powerhouse
Atlantic Corp. Midwest Boiler & Turbine Company of Warner
Auto Warehouses Inc. Miller Insulation Co.
B.R. Weld Milton Leather Board Company
Bargers Sulphite Fibre Company Mittersill Inn
Beaunit Mills Mobil Oil Refinery
Bemis Bro. Bag Co. Monadnock Mills
Bendix Monadnock Paper Mills Inc.
Berlin Mills – Cascade Plant Monadonock Mills Bennington
Berlin Mills – Riverside Plant Morgan County Metals Corp.
Bethlehem Steel Mount St. Mary’s College
Boise Cascade Corp. Mt. Washington Hotel
Boise Cascade Paper N.H. Mcelevain Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Company NG Manufacturing Plant
Bow Power Plant Nashua Chemical
Bradford Securities Operations Inc. Nashua Corporation
Brezner Canning Nashua Foundation
Brezner Tanning Corporation Nashua Light Heat & Power Company
Brown Company Nashua Manufacturing Company
Brown Paper Company Nashua Municipal Airport
Brown Paper Company – Burgess Mill National Grange Insurance
Brown Paper Company – Cascade Mill National Gypsum Co.
Budweiser Brewery National Gypsum Plant
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts National Leather Company
Burnt Hills Boston Lake School Naval Ammunition Depot
CK Liquidation Corp. New England Power Co.
Calton Homes Inc. New England Telephone
Center School New England Telephone & Telegraph Building
Central Facilities New England Wood Preserving Company
City of Charlestown – Wastewater Treatment Facility New Hampshire Gas & Electric Co.
City of Concord – Hall Street Wastewater Plant New Hampshire Gas & Electric Company
City of Gorham – Water Pollution Control Plant New Hampshire Soldiers Home
City of Laconia Incinerator Newington Mall
City of Lebanon Public Works Newington Station
City of Manchester – Cresent Road Pump Station Newport Electric Light Company
Claremont Paper Company Northeast Constructors
Claremont Paper Mill Nylstar Inc.
Cold Regions Engineering Lab Pacific Mills
Colts Neck Panasonic Corporation of North America
Compax Inc. Pease Air Force Base
Concord Electric Company Penacook Fiber Mill
Concord Land and Water Power Company Phillips Exeter Academy
Congoleum Corporation Pittsburgh Wood Preserving Company
Consolidates Felspar Corp. Plymouth Manufacturing Company
Construction Aggregates Portsmouth Air Force Base
Continental Airlines Portsmouth Federal Building
Crotched Mt. – Hayden Building Portsmouth Generating Station
Crown Paper Board Co. Portsmouth High School
Crown Zellerbach Portsmouth Hospital
Daniels St. Station Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Dartmouth College Portsmouth Power Plant
Davidson Rubber Company Portsmouth Telephone Building
Davis & Furber Princeton University
Davis Boxboard Division Public Service Co. of New Hampshire
Davis Paper Company Public Service Company of New Hampshire
Derry Steam Laundry Co. Publishers Paper Company
Diamond Match Company Pulp and Paper America
Dover Gas & Electric Company Pulp and Paper of America LLC
Eastern Oil and Rendering Company Quinn-T Corporation
Elementary School R.B. Phillips Manufacturing Company
Elementary School Jewett St. RW Denny & Buckley & Co.
Elementary School Reservoir Ave. Regional Center
Elliot Community Hospital Ridgefield Park
Elliot Hospital Riverside Rest Home
Federal Building Rockingham County Light and Power Company
Federal Post Office & Office Building Ryan Estate
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Schiavone Construction Co.
Fitch Recuperator Company Schiller Power Station (Boilers 4 5 & 6)
Foster Grant Schiller Station
Foster Wheeler Schiller Station Powerhouse
Francis P. Connor Inc. Sea Dragon
Franconia Paper Corporation Seabrook Station Power House
Frank P. Holt Sheraton Tara Hotel
Franklin Pierce College Simplex Wire & Cable Company
French and Steald South Merrimack
Frisbee Memorial Hospital Spaulding Fibre Company Inc.
Fuller Brush Company St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Gates Construction St. Paul’s School
Gates-Atlantic Marine Construction Standard Plumbing & Heating Supply Inc.
General Electric Industrial Systems Standard Tank Cleaning
General Electric Realty Corporation Standard Uniform Service
Glen Mill Stevens Institute of Technology
Gonic Manufacturing Company Suburban Transit
Grace Church Suncook
Granite Board Inc. Syntextils Inc.
Granite Hosiery Mills Systra Engineering Inc.
Granite State Insulation Co. Telephone Building Elm St.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Inc. Textron Incorporated
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. The Bretton Woods Co.
Grenier Air Force Base Titan Southeast Construction
Groveton Paper Company Town of Lisbon – Water Pollution Control Facility
Hamilton Smith Town of Newington – Wastewater Treatment Plant
Hampden Beach Trailmobile Leasing
Hampshire Chemical Corp. Troy Blanket Mills
Hillsboro Court House Troy Mills Inc.
Hoague Sprague Corporation Turbine Company of Warner
Honeywell Inc. Twin State Gas & Electric Company
Hooksett Mills U.S Post Office – Pleasant Street
Industrial Pipe & Equipment Corp. U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co.
Ingersoll Rand Plant US Army Corps of Engineers
Insuline Corporation of America US Navy Yard
International Paper Company United Gas & Electric Company
International Shoe Company United States Navy Yard
J. Spaulding & Sons University of New Hampshire
J.W. Busier and Company W.J. Barker and Company
James River Corp. Warren Manufacturing Co.
James River Pulp & Paper Company Warren Separating Company
Jefferson Township School District Wastewater Plant
Jersey City Wausau Paper
Jo-Mar Builders Weeks Dredging & Contracting
John Adams Wentworth by the Sea
Johns Manville Corporation West Hopkinton Plant
Joy Manufacturing Westinghouse Electric Company
Keasbey & Mattison White Mountain P
Keene Gas Company White Mountain Paper Company
Keene Shopping Mall White Washburne Corporation
Kellogg Company Wilkins Toy Company
Kelly Falls William H. Mcelwain Company
Kellys Falls Steam Plant Winchester Tannery Company
L.M. Pike & Sons Wyoming Valley Paper Company
 

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