Nebraska Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Nebraska, 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. More than 131,000 tons of asbestos shipments were received in the state of Nebraska. The highest noted asbestos exposure was in Nebraska’s Douglas County, Lancaster County, Sarpy County, Lincoln County and Cass County.

Asbestos related deaths in Nebraska from 1999-2017 total up to 1,628. 306 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 1,224.

Statistics

  • Nebraska is 39th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in California is 11.5 per million.
  • In Nebraska, 210 Nebraska residents died from mesothelioma
  • Since 1979, 275 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Nebraska.
  • More than 113 asbestos-related deaths and more than 69 Mesothelioma Deaths were reported in Douglas County, NE
  • There are no natural deposits of asbestos in Nebraska
  • The highest number of asbestos-related diseases in Nebraska is in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy.

Settlements

  • $3.4 Million was awarded to a Navy Veteran with malignant mesothelioma who received asbestos exposure on the job.
  • $3.2 Million was awarded to a pipefitter in Nebraska who was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • $2.5 Million was awarded to a 78-year-old plant worker and office worker diagnosed with mesothelioma in Nebraska
  • $2.5 Million was awarded to a 79-year-old Navy veteran and truck driver with mesothelioma in Nebraska.
  • $1.8 Million was awarded to an 87-year-old U. S. Marines and trucker with mesothelioma in Nebraska after being exposed to asbestos during their service.
  • $1.6 Million was awarded to a 68-year-old man exposed to asbestos in his own home due to asbestos negligence in Nebraska.
  • $1.3 Million was awarded to a 76-year-old mason and architect with mesothelioma in Nebraska.

Nebraska Asbestos Jobsites

A.G. Processing Inc. Jack Perry Plumbing
Ace Drywall Company Jensen A O Company
Agrico Chemical Co. John Deere Company
Alger Warehouse Jones Street Station
All Seasons Heating K Steet Station
Alliance Municipal Electric System Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Company
Alliance Potash Company Kearney State College
Alliance Power Plant Kelley Plant
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation Kellogg Company
Allied Chemical Corp. Keys Manufacturing
Allied Chemical Corporation Kilwit Plaza
Allied Mills Inc. Kingfalfa Mills
American Beet Sugar Company Kitty Clover Potato Chip
American Crystal Sugar Company Kramer Power House
American Loan & Trust Company L. M. Marcum Co.
American Smelting & Refining Company L.D. Wright Steam Plant
Anderson Electric Land Paving Company
Appleoff Plumbing & Heating Lauhoff Grain Company
Armour & Company Lauritzen Grain & Lumber Co.
Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation Legault Residence
Arthur L. Hilberg Plumbing Lincoln Air Force Base
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Company Lincoln Electric
Atomic Power Plant Lincoln Fraction Company
Auburn Machinery Works Lincoln Gas and Electric Company
Auburn Municipal Power Plant Lincoln General Hospital
Auditorium & Pavilion Lincoln Traction Company
Aultman Company Loup River Public Power District
Bar Distributing Co Inc. Lutheran Medical Center
Beatrice Creamery Co. Lutheran Medical Hospital
Beatrice Creamery Company M.E. Smith Warehouse
Behlen Manufacturing Company Marle Furs of Omaha
Bellview Power Plant Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital
Bemis Brothers Bag Company Master Electronics
Bernal and Company Merkle Machinery Company
Best Laundry Cleaners Methodist Hospital
Beth Israel Synagogue Midland College – Observatory
Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital Midwest Asbestos Co.
Blue Chip Auto Company Military Air Base
Board of Public Works City of Hastings Mo Pacific RR Co.
Boiler Burner Equipment Company Mobil Oil Co.
Briggs Pump Company Montgomery Ward Co.
Brownville Pottery Municipal Light Plant
Brownville Power Plant Municipal Power Plant
Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning National Dehydrating Co.
Budahy Packing Company National Dehydrating Company
Burn Zol Corporation National Potash Company
Burquest Offset National Starch Company
C.G. Johnson Boiler Company Natkin Service of Omaha
CRA Inc. Natl Alfalfa Dehydrating
Caminco Products Co. – Granulating Plant Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Campbell Soup Company Neb Water Works
Canaday Station Nebraska Boiler Co.
Canaday Steam Plant Nebraska Cement Company
Carpenter Paper Co. Nebraska City Brick & Tile Co.
Castle Hotel Nebraska City Powerhouse
Ceco Steel Products Corporation Nebraska City Water & Light Company
Cedar Bluffs Dehy Nebraska Ordinance Plant
Central Contracting Corp. Nebraska Power & Light
Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District Nebraska Power Company
Central Nebraska Public Power – Canaday Steam Plant Nebraska Power District
Central Power Company Nebraska Public Power
Chadron State College Nebraska Public Power Distribution
Chaney Furnace Company Nebraska Public Power District
Charles T. Vaughn Inc. Nebraska Public Power System Kramer Plant
Chase County High School Nebraska State Capitol
Chase County Hospital Nebraska State Teachers College
Chemical Plant Nebraska University Gymnasium
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company New Hampshire Gas & Electric Co.
Chris’s Hatchery New Municipal Airport
City Hide & Metal Co. New Omaha Thompson Houston Electric Light Co.
City Light Plant New Union Station
City Power Plant New York Life Insurance Company
City Wide Heating Niks Iron & Metal Auto Salvage
City of Beatrice Nebraska Water Works Nitrogen Division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
City of Schuyler – Municipal Power Plant North Dakota Power & Light
Climate Control Inc. North Omaha Power Plant
Co-Op Refinery North Omaha Power Station
Cominco Products Co. North Omaha Power Station – Unit #4
Community Memorial Hospital North Platte Plumbing & Heating Co.
Consolidated Blenders Northern Gas Products Company
Consolidated Steel Corporation Northern Natural Gas
Construction Specialties Co. Northern Natural Gas Company
Consumers Cooperative Northern Natural Gas Company Plant
Consumers Public Power Company Northwestern Bell Building
Consumers Public Power Distributors Northwestern Iron & Metal Company
Consumers Public Power District Northwestern Metal Co.
Continental Gas and Electric Company Northwestern Public Service Co.
Cooper Nuclear Power Plant Norton Gregson Company
Cooper Nuclear Station Norton Lab
Corn Derivatives Company Nucor Corporation
Corn Husker Heating & Cooling O.P.P.D. Power Station
Cornell Hydro Electric Company OPPD – North Omaha Station
Cornhusker Hotel Oakland High School
Cornhusker Motor Club Offutt Air Force Base
Cornhusker Ordinance Plant Ohio Oil Company
Cramer Power Station Olron Bros Inc.
Creighton Memorial St. Joseph Hospital Oluaha Public Powerslist
Crete Mills Inc. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Cudahy Packing Co. Omaha City of – Purchasing Div.
Cudahy Packing Company Omaha Distilled Water Ice and Storage Company
Cuming County Public Power Omaha Electric Light and Power Company
David City Water & Light Dept. Omaha Gas Company
Dee’s Heating & Air Conditioning Omaha Gas Works
Department of the Navy Naval Ammunition Omaha Hardwood Co.
Dept. of Utilities – C W Burdint Plant Omaha Ice and Cold Storage Company
Dewey Park Tennis Center Omaha Muncipal
Dodge County Community Hospital Omaha Packing Company
Douglas County Hospital Omaha Powerhouse North
Drake Williams Steel Omaha Public Power
Eagle Company Inc. Omaha Public Power District
East High School Omaha Steam Electric Station
Eaton Electrical Inc. Omaha Tribal Housing Authority
Edmundson Hospital Otoe Food Products Company
Emergency Export Corp. Oxnard Construction Company
Endicott Clay Products Co. Pacific Fruit Express
Energy Systems Packaging Corp. of America
F.J. Higgins Milling Paul Davie & Sons
F.L. O’Neill Company Peoples Gas and Electric Company
Fairbury Light and Water Dept. Peoples Ice and Cold Storage Company
Fairmont Creamery Company Peter Kiewit & Sons
Falstaff Brewing Corporation Peterson Parking Garage
Farm Credit Building Phillips Petroleum Fertilizer Plant
Farmers Union Cooperative Phoenix Utility Company
Farwell Wallace Joint Ventures Pile Driver River Barge
Farwell Wallace Joint Ventures – Plant Plant Project #CAX-167
Father Flanagan’s Boys Home Platte Valley P & H – Coed Dormitory
Fel-Tex Inc. Power Service Corporation
Ferer Aaron & Sons Puritan Manufacturing
First Methodist Church Quaker Oats Company
First National Bank Quincy Railroad Company
First National Bank Building Rawhide Products Company
Flowserve Corporation Ray Martin Company
Forman Brothers Rosborough Fire Brick & Supply
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Rybin Plumbing & Heating
Fort Calhoun Power Station Schaefer Oil Co.
Fort Churchill Generating Station Schelkope Engineering Service
Frank J. Merwald & Sons Schlecht Plumbing & Heating
Frazier Heating Scottsbluff Packing Company
Fred Krug Brewing Company Scottsbluff Sugar Company
Fremont Brewing Company Sealtest Foods
Fremont Department of Utilities Sears Roebuck & Co.
Fremont Gas & Electric Light Company Sheldon Station
Frontier Oil Siebler Heating
Ft. Calhoun Station Sierra Talc and Clay Company
G. Gentleman Sinclair Refining
G.H. Hammond Packing Company Sioux Army Depot
Gas Pipe Line Company of America Skinner Packing Company
General Electric Smith & Moon Steel Co.
Geneva Lumber Co. Sperry Electric Light Company
Genoa High School St. Anthony Parish Church
Gerald Gentleman Station St. Francis Hospital
Gering Sugar Company St. Joseph’s Hospital
Gifford Grain Standard Distilling and Distributing Company
Gifford Roofing Standard Potash Company
Girdler Corporation Storz Brewing Company
Good Samaritan Hospital Superior Gasket & Packing Co.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Sutro Tunnel Company
Grand Island Power Plant Swift & Company
Grand Island Utilities Department Swift and Company
Grand Island Water and Light T J High School
Great Western Auto Parts Co. The Fairmont Creamery Company
Great Western Cereal Company Thomas A. Walsh Manufacturing Company
Great Western Sugar Company Transco Feed
H&M Equipment Co. U.S. Post Office
Hall County Alfalfa U.S. Supply
Hallam Nuclear Power Facility Union Pacific Coal Company
Hallam Nuclear Power Plant Union Pacific Railroad Company
Hallan Power Plant Union Pacific Railway Co.
Halliburton Union Station
Hartley School Union Stock Yards House Barns
Hastings Asphalt Inc. United Benefit Life Insurance Company
Hastings Municipal Power Plant United Electric Company
Hastings Regional Center United Gas Improvement Company
Hastings State Hospital United States Naval Ammunition Depot
Hastings Utilities Department University of Nebraska
Havelosh Shops Upjohn Chemical Company
Hellman Power Plant Vaughn Insulation
Hilton Hotel Vaughn Insulation Company
Hiram Scott College Water & Light Company
Hord Alkali Products Company Water Treatment Plant
Hotel Castle Weaver Potato Chip
Hy Grade Food Products Weco
Ideal Cement Company Wells-Abbott-Neiman Company
Ike Toy Roofing Western Brick & Aggregate
Imperial Manor Nursing Home Western Brick & Supply Co.
Incinerator Western Electric Company
Industrial Insulators International Western Electric Plant
Industrial Serv. & Engergy Co. Western Land Rollers
Insulation Industries Inc. Western Public Service Company
Interstate Bakery Co. William Berg Company
Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Company Willow Springs Distillery
Iowa Valley Sugar Company Inc. Wilson & Company
Irving Junior High School Wm. F. Anderson
J.J. Parks Construction Woodwards Disposal Service
Jack Finely Mason Contractor Zurn Industries Inc.

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