Hawaii Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Hawaii, 60 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 Honolulu County, Hawaii County and Kauai County.

Asbestos related deaths in Hawaii from 1999-2017 total up to 747. 54 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and 139 were Mesothelioma Cancer Deaths. Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 556 in Hawaii during 1999-2017.

Statistics

  • Hawaii is 45th in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths.
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Hawaii is 7.7 per million.
  • In Hawaii, 135 residents died from mesothelioma.
  • Since 1979, 193 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Hawaii.
  • There is no known naturally occurring asbestos site in Hawaii.

Settlements

  • $5.3 Million was awarded to a dormer insulator in Hawaii who was exposed to mesothelioma in the workplace. 
  • $3.6 Million was awarded 66-year-old plant worker in Hawaii exposed to asbestos.
  • A $1.7 Million verdict was reached in favor of a 58-year-old former plantation worker with mesothelioma.

Hawaii Asbestos Jobsites

14th Naval District Pearl Harbor – Honokaa Kekaha Sugar Co. Ltd
300 Area Hanford Works – High Temp Sodium Facility Kekaha Sugar Company – Kahului
A. Ramsay, Ltd. Kekaha Sugar Company, Ltd – Kealia
Academy of Arts – Honolulu Kikei Plantation Island of Manihi
Alamoana Shopping Center – Honolulu Kilauea Sugar Plantation Co. Honolulu
Alexander & Baldwin – Honokaa Kilauea Sugar Plantation Company – Honokaa
Alexander & Baldwin Honolulu Kohala Sugar Co. Hawaii
Alexander & Baldwin Maui Kohala Sugar Co. Honolulu
Alexander Young Building Company Limited – Honokaa Kohala Sugar Co. Kauai
Aloha State Sales Co. Inc. Honolulu Kohala Sugar Co. Kilauea
American Factors, Limited Honolulu Kohala Sugar Co. Kohala
American Sanitary Laundry Co. – Honokaa Kohala Sugar Co. Mahukona
American Sanitary Laundry Limited Honolulu Kohala Sugar Co. Thahukoua
American Sugar Co. Molokai Kohala Sugar Company
American Sugar Company Koloa Mill
Assoc Mason Ltd – Honokaa Koloa Sugar Co. Grove Farm Co. Ltd. Puhi
Associated Insulation – Honokaa Koloa Sugar Co. Koloa
Associated Mason Limited – Honokaa Koloa Sugar Company – Puhi
Associated Mason Limited – Honolulu La Haina Plantation – Honokaa
Bechtel Power Corp. Honokaa La Haina Plantation Honolulu
Bechtel Power Corp. Honolulu Labor Services, Inc.
C & C, Inc. Hilo Laie Plantation – Honokaa
C. Brewer & Co. Limited Honolulu Lambert Cole & Company – Honokaa
C. Brewer & Company Limited – Honokaa Lambert Cole Co. Oahu Plumbing Honolulu
California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co – Waluku Maui . Laupahoehoe Sugar Co. Honolulu
California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. Aiea Laupahoehoe Sugar Co. Ookala Mill Hilo
California Packing Corp. Honolulu Laupahoehoe Sugar Co. Papa Aloa
California Packing Corporation – Honokaa Laupahoehoe Sugar Company – Hilo
Camp Smith Pearl Harbor – Honokaa Lewers & Cooke – Honokaa
Camp Smith Pearl Harbor Lewers Cooke Honolulu
Campbell Industrial Park Libby McNeil & Libby Cannery
Castle & Cooke Limited Honolulu Libby McNeil Libby Cannery Makawao
Castle & Cooke Ltd – Honokaa Libby McNeil Libby Honolulu
Charles Desky – Honokaa Libby Processing site
Chemical Construction – Honokaa Libby, McNeil & Libby – Honokaa
Chevron Hawaii Oil Co. Libby, McNeil & Libby Cannery – Makawao
Chevron Oil Refinery Oahu Lihue Plantation Co. Ltd. Lihue
Chevron USA Inc. – Barbers Point Lihue Plantation Company Ltd. – Lihue
Chevron USA Inc. – Campbell Industrial Park Lihue Plantation Powerhouse – Lihue
Chrysler Motors – Highland Park Plant Macroni Wireless Telegraph Co. of America Honolulu
Craig & Co. Makee Sugar Co. Kealia, Kauai
Craig & Company – Honokaa Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America – Honokaa
Dillingham Petroleum Corporation – Barbers Point Maston Container Station – Honokaa
Dole Co. Honolulu Matson Navigation Company – Honokaa
Dole Company – Honokaa Matson Navigation Honolulu
Electric Automobile Co. Honolulu Matson SS Lines
Electric Automobile Company – Honokaa Matson Ss Lines Kahului, Maui
Erra Plantation Hawaii Maui Agricultural Co. Paia, Maui
Ewa Plantation Co. Honokaa Maui Agricultural Company. – Paia
Ewa Plantation Co. Honolulu Maui Electric Co. Kahului Generating Station Kahului
Ewa Plantation Co. Island of Oahu Maui Electric Co. Ltd Kahului, Maui
Ewa Sugar Mill Hawaii Maui Electric Co. Wailuku, Maui
Ford Isle Tower Maui Electric Company – Kahului
Fort Shafter Maui Land Devlop & Pineapple Canning Corp. – Kahului
Foster Equipment Co. Honolulu Maui Pineapple Canning Kahului, Maui
Fuel Oil Storage Plant. – Pearl Harbor Mcbryde Sugar Co. – Eleele
Gear Lansing & Company – Honokaa Mcbryde Sugar Co. Honolulu
Gear Lansing Co. Honolulu Mcbryde Sugar Co. Ltd Eleele Kauai
General Electric – Fort Shafter Mcbryde Sugar Co. Port Allen
Grove Farm Company Ltd. – Puhi Mcbryde Sugar Company
Grove Farm Kauai Minister of the Interior
Grove Farms Co. Ltd. Koloa Mill Puhi Minister of the Interior Building – Honokaa
Grove Farms Company Ltd. – Koloa Mill – Puhi Minister of The Interior Honolulu
Grumman Ecosystems – Honokaa Morewood – Hill Limited
Grumman Ecosystems – Honolulu Naval Fleet Air Base
H Hackfield & Company Naval Shipyard – Ford Island
H R Worthington – Makawao Naval Smoke Abatement Facility
H. Hackfeld & Co. Honolulu Naval Supply Center – Pearl Harbor
H. Hackfield & Company – Honokaa Navy Dept. Bureau of Supplies & Accounts – Pearl Harbor
H. R. Worthington Honolulu Nuuanu Memorial Park Mortuary Ltd – Honokaa
H. R. Worthington Molokai Oahu Ice & Electric Co. Honolulu
Haiku Sugar Co. Island of Manihi Oahu Ice & Electric Company – Honokaa
Haiku Sugar Company Oahu Plumbing Honolulu
Hakalau Plantation Co. Honolulu Oahu Sugar Co. Honolulu
Hakalau Plantation Company – Honokaa Oahu Sugar Co. Ltd Waipahu
Halstead Brothers Oahu Sugar Company – Honokaa
Halstead Brothers Oahu Olaa Sugar Co. Hilo
Hanford Works – High Temp Sodium Facility Olaa Sugar Company
Hawaii Electric Co. Waiah Olokele Sugar Co. Haina
Hawaii Electric Company – Waiah Olokele Sugar Co. Limited Port Allen
Hawaii Electric Light Co. Olokele Sugar Company Ltd – Port Allen
Hawaii Electric Light Company Onemea Sugar Co. Honolulu
Hawaii Oil Co. Onemea Sugar Company – Honokaa
Hawaii Tile & Marble, Inc. Onomea Sugar Co. Island of Hawaii
Hawaiian Agricultural Co. Hilo Onomea Sugar Company
Hawaiian Agricultural Co. Honolulu Ookala Mill – Hilo
Hawaiian Agricultural Co. Pahala Oshu Sugar Co. Honolulu
Hawaiian Agricultural Co. Punaluu Oshu Sugar Company – Honokaa
Hawaiian Can Products Owens-Corning – Honokaa
Hawaiian Cane Products Plant – Hilo Owens-Corning Glass Co. Honolulu
Hawaiian Cane Products Plant Hilo Paauhau Sugar Plantation Co. Hilo
Hawaiian Comm. & Sugar Company – Makawao Paauhau Sugar Plantation Co.. – OPaauhau
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Kahului Paauhau Sugar Plantation Company
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Maui Paia Plantation Pumping Plant – Island of Mani
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Pannene Pearl Harbor – Ute Atf 76 – Engine Room – Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Puunere Maui Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Spreckelsville Pearl Harbor Naval Station – Honokaa
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company Ltd. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard – Honokaa
Hawaiian Electric Co. Kahe Plant Nanakuli Pearl Harbor Shipyard Honolulu
Hawaiian Electric Co. Kahe Station Honolulu Pearl Harbor Shipyard. – Oahu
Hawaiian Electric Co. Limited Honolulu Pearl Harbor Submarine Base – Honokaa
Hawaiian Electric Co. Waiau Power Plant Honolulu Pearl Harbor Ute Atf 76 Engine Room Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Electric Co. Waiau Station Honolulu Pepeekeo Sugar Co. Hilo
Hawaiian Electric Company – Kahe Station – Honokaa Pepeekeo Sugar Co. Pepeekeo
Hawaiian Electric Company – Oahu Pepeekeo Sugar Company – Hilo
Hawaiian Electric Company – Waiau Station – Honokaa Pioneer Mill Co. Honokaa
Hawaiian Electric Company Kahe Plant Pioneer Mill Co. Honolulu
Hawaiian Electric Light Co. – Hilo Pioneer Mill Co. Kahuli
Hawaiian Equipment Co. Limited Honolulu Pioneer Mill Co. Lahaina
Hawaiian Equipment Co. Limited Oahu Pioneer Mill Company Ltd
Hawaiian Equipment Co. Plant #29 Honolulu Pioneer Mills Kaanapali, Maui
Hawaiian Equipment Company, Ltd. – Honokaa Pioneer Mills – Island of Oahu
Hawaiian Laundry & Linen Supply Co. Honolulu Port Arthur Kauai
Hawaiian Laundry & Linen Supply Company – Honokaa Puna Sugar Co. Ltd
Hawaiian Laundry Linen Supply Co. Puna Sugar Company, Ltd – Kawaihae
Hawaiian Pineapple Co. Honolulu Queens Hospital – Honokaa
Hawaiian Pineapple Company – Honokaa R R Hind Hawaii Plantation
Hawaiian Refinery – Honokaa R. B. Davis Co.
Hawaiian Refinery Honolulu R. B. Davis Honolulu
Hawaiian Telephone Annex – Honokaa R. R. Hind Hawai Plantation Kohala
Hawaiian Tuna Packers Ltd – Honokaa R.B. Davis Co. – Honokaa
Hawaillian Agricultural Co. Honolulu R.R. Hind Hawaii Plantation – Kohala
Hawaillian Agricultural Company – Honokaa Reciprocity Sugar Co. Hana Maui
Henry R. Worthington – Honokaa Rockefeller Job – Kawaihae
Henry R. Worthington Honolulu S. Naval Shipyard
Hilo Coast Processing Co. Limited Hilo Schofield Barracks
Hilo Coast Processing Co., LTD. – Hilo Schofield Barracks, Laundry Honolulu
Hilo Coast Processing Company Ltd Shafter Hickam Air Force Base – Fort Shafter
Hilo Dry Wall Co. Inc. Honolulu Spreckelsville Maui
Hilo Dry Wall Company, Inc. – Honokaa Standard American Dredging Co. Honolulu
Hilo Electric Co. Hill Steam Power Station Hilo Standard American Dredging Company – Honokaa
Hilo Electric Light Co. Hawaii Standard Oil Co. Barbers Point
Hilo Electric Light Co. Hilo Standard Oil Co. Hawaiian Refinery
Hilo Electric Light Company Standard Oil Co. of California Ltd. Hawaiian Refinery Honolulu
Hilo Electric Power & Refrigerator Co. – Hilo Standard Oil Company of California – Honokaa
Hilo Powder Company – Hilo Standard Oil Refinery – Barbers Point
Hilo Sugar Co. Hilo Sugar Mills & Agric – Honokaa
Honokaa Sugar Co. – Haina Sugar Mlls Agriculture – Honolulu
Honokaa Sugar Co. Honolulu Tesoro Hawaii
Honokaa Sugar Company – Honokaa Tesoro Hawaii Oil Refining
Honokaa Sugar Inc. – Hana Thelmony Pulp & Paper Co. Kaukauna
Honolulu Brewing & Malting Co. Limited Honolulu Troy Laundry Machinery Co. Limited Honolulu
Honolulu Brewing Malting Company, Ltd – Honokaa Troy Laundry Machinery Company – Honokaa
Honolulu Emergency Labor Pool, Inc. U.S. Naval Shipyard – Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Gas Co. Honolulu U.S. Naval Supply Center – Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Gas Company – Honokaa U.S. Naval Transport Ship – Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Gas Equipment Co. – Iwilei Works – Honokaa U.S. Navy Submarine Base – Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Iron Works Co. Honolulu U.S. Navy Yard – Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Iron Works Company – Honokaa Union Oil Co. Lemont
Honolulu Laundry Company – Honokaa Union Oil Company of California – Lemont
Honolulu Planing Mill – Honokaa United States Naval Station
Honolulu Planing Mill Honolulu United States Naval Station Pearl Harbor
Honolulu Plantation Co. Aiea Utramar Refractories Wailuku, Maui
Honolulu Plantation Co. Honolulu Vermiculite of Hawaii W. R. Grace
Honolulu Power Plant Honolulu Von Hamm Young Co. Honolulu
Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. – Honokaa Von Hamm Young Company – Honokaa
Honolulu Shipyard – Honokaa W. A. Ramsay, Ltd. Hawaii
Honolulu Water Works – Honokaa W. A. Ramsey Ltd. Honolulu
Honorable James A. King, W.A. Ramsey Ltd. – Honokaa
Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co. Honolulu Waiahole Water Company – Honokaa
Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co. Naalehu Waiakea Mill Hilo
Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company – Honokaa Waiakea Steam Plant
Hydro-Blast Corp. Pearl Harbor Waialua Agricultural Co. Limited Honolulu
Hydro-Blast Corporation Waialua Agricultural Co. Limited Waialua
Iwilei Works Waialua Agricultural Co. Station Number 6 Oahu
J. C. Higgins Shipyard ggins Shipyard Waialua Agricultural Company – Honokaa
Kadina Air Base Waialua Agricultural Company Station
Kaeleku Sugar Co. Ltd Hana Waialua Plantation Hawaii
Kaeleku Sugar Company – Hana Waialua Plantation Oahu
Kahe IV Power Plant – Honokaa Waialua Sugar Mill – Honokaa
Kahe Iv Power Plant Aloha- Honolulu Waianae Plantation – Waianae
Kahe Power Plant Oahu Waiao Power Plant – Honokaa
Kahe Station Unit 6 – Honokaa Waiao Power Plant – Honolulu
Kahuki Plantation Co. Honolulu Waiau – V111 – Honokaa
Kahuki Plantation Company – Honokaa Waiau Power Plant Pearl Harbor
Kaiser Cement Gypsum Corp. Nanakuli Waiau V111 Honolulu
Kalihi Pumping Station – Honokaa Wailuku Plantation Wailuku, Maui
Kanehoe Bay Marine Corp. Base Wailuku Sugar – Honokaa
Kanoehe Ranch Company. – Oahu Wailuku Sugar Co. Wailuku
Kanoehe Rauch Co. Hawaii Waimanalo Sugar Co. Honolulu
Kauai Electric – Port Arthur – Kahului Waimanalo Sugar Company – Honokaa
Kauai Electric Company, Ltd. Waimea Sugar Co. Honolulu
Kauai Electric Port Allen Generating Station Kauai Waimea Sugar Company – Honokaa
Kauai Electric- Port Allen Power Station – Kahului Waipio Tunnel – Waipio Acres
Kauai Pineapple Company, Ltd – Kawai Kauai Yamada Transfer Hilo
Kekaha Sugar Co. Kekaha  
 

Table of Contents

  1. Statistics
  2. Settlements
  3. Hawaii Asbestos Jobsites

Table of Contents

  1. Statistics
  2. Settlements
  3. Hawaii Asbestos Jobsites

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