Utah Asbestos Exposure

Between 1920 and 1980 asbestos toxins and fibers were at their height of exposure. In Utah, 50,000 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 Salt Lake City, Utah County, Weber County, David County and Washington County.

Asbestos related deaths in Utah from 1999-2017 total up to 1,593. 106 during that time were Asbestosis Cancer Deaths and 299 were Mesothelioma Cancer Deaths. Estimated-Asbestos Cancer Deaths totaled up to 1,196 in Utah during 1999-2017.

Statistics

  • Utah is 43rd in the U.S. for malignant mesothelioma deaths
  • The mortality rate from Mesothelioma in Utah is 5.8 per million.
  • In Utah, 154 residents died from mesothelioma.
  • Since 1979, 211 asbestos-related deaths occurred in Utah.
  • There are 7 natural asbestos sites in Utah.

Settlements

  • $5.6 Million was awarded to a military veteran exposed to asbestos during their service.
  • $5.2 Million was awarded to a former worker with peritoneal mesothelioma against Georgia–Pacific, Hamilton Materials, and Union Carbide Corporation
  • $4 Million was settled to a 61-year-old army veteran with mesothelioma.
  • $3.9 Million was settled in Utah to an auto mechanic diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer.
  • A $2.7 Million verdict was settled to an 82-year-old plant worker diagnosed with mesothelioma.
  • $1.54 Million was awarded to a 75-year-old janitor who has mesothelioma.
  • $1.2 Million was settled to an electrical engineer with mesothelioma.

Utah Asbestos Jobsites

Alphine Fabricators – Salt Lake City Ogden Defense Depot Activity Ogden
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Lewiston Ogden Defense Depot Ogden Ut – Ogden
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Logan Ogden Portland Cement Co. – Baker Spur
Amalgamated Sugar Co. Ogden Ogden Sugar Co. – Ogden
American Fork Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. Ogden
American Linen Supply Co. – Salt Lake City Oil Refinery Salt Lake City
American Oil Co. – Salt Lake City Ontario Silver Mining Co. – Echo
American Smelting & Refining Co. – Garfield Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. – Ogden
American Smelting & Refining Co. Murray Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. Salt Lake City
American Smelting & Refining Co. Salt Lake Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. – Salt Lake City
American Stores – Salt Lake City Pace Industries – Salt Lake City
Amoco Oil Refinery – Salt Lake City Pace Turpin & Co. Salt Lake City
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Tooele Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe – Provo
Anaconda-International Smelting Refining Tooele Pacificorp – Castledale
Apartment Building, 7th East & Second South Streets – Salt Lake City Pacificorp Salt Lake City
Arizona Fules Refinery – Salt Lake City Paco Turpin & Co. – Salt Lake City
Artc Building – Salt Lake City Palmer Christensen Utah State Prison – Salt Lake City
Arthur Central Warehouse – Magna Pennys Salt Lake City
Arthur Concentrator – Salt Lake City Peoples Sugar Co. – Moroni
Atkin Plumbing & Heating Co. – Provo Pet Milk Co. – Richmond
Atlas Mineral Products – Moab Peterson Bros. Construction
Backman Foundry & Machine – Provo Pete’s Texaco Service
Big Sandwash Reservoir Hydro Petroglyph Operating Co., Inc. – Roosevelt
Big West Oil/Flying J Refinery – N. Salt Lake City Petroleum Co. Woodscross
Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. – Bingham Canyon Phillips 66 Oil Refinery – Wood Cross
Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. – Bingham Phillips 66-Slc – Salt Lake City
Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. Salt Lake City Phillips Petroleum Co. Wood Cross
Bingham Copper & Gold Mining Co. Bingham Junction Phillips Petroleum Co. Woodscross
Bingham Copper & Gold Mining Co. Salt Lake City Phillips Woodscross Refinery Woodscross
Bingham Copper & Gold Mining Co. – Bingham Phoenix Utility Co. – Salt Lake City
Bingham High School – Copperton Pleasant Grove Canning Co. – Ogden
Bingham Junction Bingham Junction Point Of Mt. Site – Salt Lake City
Bloomington Power Plant Portland Cement Co. Salt Lake City
Bonneville Concentrator – Salt Lake City Prico Utah Powerhouse – Price
Bowers Building & Construction Co. – Salt Lake City Primary Children’s Hospital – Sic
Bp Amoco Utah – Salt Lake City Provo City Power – Provo
Brigham Young University Physical Education Building Provo Prudential Tower – Sic
Brigham Young University – Provo Pure Oil Co. Moab
Brown Terry & Woodruff Co. – Salt Lake City Pure Oil-Union Oil-Unocal Moab
Bullough Asbestos – Salt Lake City Quail Creek Hydro Plant #1
Bullough Asbestos Supply Co. – Salt Lake City Railway Exchange Building – Salt Lake City
Bullough Insulation & Supply Ralph M. Parsons Co. – Tremonton
Bureau Of Mines, The – Salt Lake City Red’s Drywall
Burn Zol Corporation – Ogden Remington Arms – Salt Lake City
Byu – Chp – Provo Ringel – Utilities
Byu Physical Education Building – Provo Robison Dist Co. – Salt Lake City
Cache Valley Electric Co. Robison Distributing Co. – Salt Lake City
Cactus Mine – Frisco Rock Tenn Co. – Sheldon Springs
Calera Mining Co. – Garfield Roosevelt Jr. High School – Salt Lake City
California Packing Corporation – Ogden Salt Lake Chemical Co. – Burmester
California Steel Tank – Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Circuit Court
Cameo Sportswear Wood Cross Salt Lake City District Court
Carber Sheetmetal-Slc – Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Refinery
Carver Sheetmetal – Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Refinery Salt Lake City Ut – Salt Lake City
Castle Gate Power Plant – Castle gate Salt Lake City Refining Co. – Salt Lake City
Castle Gate-Carbon Power Plant Salt Lake City Shops – Salt Lake City
Castle Grand Power Plant-Slc – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Country Club, Snack Bar – Salt Lake City
Cement Division Devils Slide Salt Lake County Infirmary – Salt Lake City
Centennial Eureka Mining Co. – Eureka Salt Lake Factory – Ogden
Centennial Eureka Mining Co. Salt Lake City Salt Lake Hot Springs Sanatorium Co. – Salt Lake City
Central Eureka Mining Co. – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Metro Jail
Chester Simmons Salt Lake Refinery – Wood Cross
Chevron Chemical – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Refinery Woodscross Ut – Wood Cross
Chevron Chemical Co. – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Refining Co. – Salt Lake City
Chevron Corporation – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Refining Co. Chevron Oil Salt Lake City
Chevron Oil Co. – Salt Lake City Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co. – Salt Lake City
Chevron Oil Co. Standard Oil Refinery Salt Lake City Salt Temple – Salt Lake City
Chevron Oil Salt Lake City Ut – Salt Lake City Salt Temple – Sic
Chevron Refinery – Salt Lake City San Francisco Chemical Co. – Vernal
Chevron USA North Salt Lake City Sandy City Corp.
Chevron Utah – Salt Lake City School of Nursing
Chicago Bridge & Dam – Salt Lake City School Of Nursing, Moreau Hall – Salt Lake City
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. – Salt Lake City Sego Milk Products Co. – Richmond
Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Ogden Sego Milk Products Co. Salt Lake City
Clover Club Foods – Kaysville Shelby Smelting & Lead Co. – Garfield
Cnh Contractors-Slc – Salt Lake City Sheldon Springs
Colo Mining & Mineral Point Tunnel Co. – Mineral Point Shell Oil Co. – Price
Colonial Lumber, Inc. Shupe William Candy Co. – Ogden
Columbia Geneva Steel Division – Geneva Shupe-Williams Candy Co. – Ogden
Columbia- Geneva Steel Provo Silver Eagle Refining – Wood Cross
Columbia Steel Co. – Geneva Skyline Insulation, Inc. – Salt Lake City
Columbia-Geneva Steel – Provo Smelting & Refining Co. Tooele
Continental National Bank – Salt Lake City Solvay Process Co. – Salt Lake City
Cottonwood Hospital – Murray South High School – Salt Lake City
Cottonwood Makk – Salt Lake City South Jordan School District – S. Jordan
Covey Investment Co. Southern California Edison Co. – Sigurd
Crysen – Wood Cross Southern Pacific/Union Pacific – Ogden
Cudahy Packing Co. – N. Salt Lake City Southern Utah Power Co. – Cedar City
D. H. Spencer & Co.- Spencer Spur – Salt Lake City Southern Utah Power Co.
Daly West Mining Co. – Park City Springville Mapleton Sugar Co. – Springville
David O. McKay Hospital – Ogden St Marys Academy – Salt Lake City
Day Judge Mug Co. – Park City St. Mark’s Hospital – Salt Lake City
Defense Depot Ogden – Ogden Standard Coal Co. – Helper
Defense Plant Corp., Vanadium Corporation Of America – Monticello Standard Oil – Salt Lake City
Del Monte Corporation – Smithfield Standard Oil Of California – Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. – Salt Lake City Standard Oil Refinery – Salt Lake City
Department of the Army – Ogden Standard Oil Refinery Salt Lake City
Desert Power Lp Station Ksl – Salt Lake City
Dhro Insulation – Salt Lake City Stauffer Chemical – Garfield
Diamond Match Co. – Salt Lake City Steel Geneva Works – Geneva
Diamond Mateh Co. – Salt Lake City Steel Mill – Provo
Dr W.H. Groves Latter Day Saints Hospital – Salt Lake City Steel Plant – American Fork
Dugway Army Proving Grounds – Dugway Steiner Corporation – Salt Lake City
E.J. Bartells Co. – Salt Lake City Sunnyside Cogen Associates
Eimco Corp Purchasing Dept – Salt Lake City Sunnyside School District – Sunnyside
Eimco Purchasing Department – Salt Lake City Sure Seal Corporation – Salt Lake City
Ej Bartells Salt Lake City Sweet Candy Co. – Salt Lake City
Emery Holmes Apartment House – Salt Lake City Taylor’s Excavating
Emery Plant – Castledale Tesoro Refining Marketing – Salt Lake City
Empire Building – Salt Lake City Thermodynamics Corporation – Helper
Empire Mining Co. – Park City Thiokol Chemical Corp. Watch Division Thiokol
Engineers Limited Thiokol Missile Site – Tremont
Ensign & Ensign Second Wards Thom D Memorial Hospital – Ogden
Ephraim City Hydro Plant No. 3 Tooele Army Proving Ground – Salt Lake City
Eureka Silver Mining Co. – Eureka Torkelson Co. F G Salt Lake City
Fenco – Salt Lake City Transportation Office – Defense Depot Activity – Ogden
Fiberglas Engineering & Supply Co. – Salt Lake City Tribune Publishing Co. – Salt Lake City
Filtrol Corporation – Salt Lake City Troy Laundry Co. – Ogden
Final Finish Co. Troy Laundry Co. Salt Lake City
Flag Staff Silver Mining Co. – Salt Lake City Turpins – Ogden
Flaming Gorge Dam Turpins Salt Lake City Ut – Salt Lake City
Flying J Refinery North Salt Lake U. S. Department of Interior Brigham City
Gadsby – Salt Lake City U. S. Mining Co. – Salt Lake City
Gadsby Plant – Salt Lake City U. S. Mining Co. Salt Lake City
Gadsby Power Plant Unit 3 Salt Lake City U. S. Refining & Mining Co.
Galigher Machinery Co. – Salt Lake City U. S. Smelting & Refining & Mining Co.
Garfield Smelter – Salt Lake City U. S. Smelting Co. Bingham Junction
Garfield Smelting Co. – Garfield U. S. Smelting Co. Salt Lake City
Gemini Mining Co. – Eureka U. S. Smelting Refining Mining Co. Lark
Geneva Steel – Provo U. S. Smelting Refining Mining Co. Midvale
Geneva Steel – US Steel – Vineyard U. S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. Midvale
Geneva Steel Co. – Geneva U. S. Steel Corp. Geneva Steel Division Geneva
Geneva Steel Mill U. S. Steel Corp. Geneva Works Geneva
Geneva Steel Provo U. S. Steel Corp. Geneva Works Orem
Geneva Steel Salt Lake City U. S. Steel Corp. Geneva Works Provo
Geneva Steel Vineyard U. S. Steel Corp. Geneva
Geneva Works & Pipe Mill – Ogden U. S. Steel Corp. Provo
Geneva Works Geneva Ut – Geneva U. S. Steel Corporation – Geneva
Geneva Works Open Hearth Orem U. S. Steel Geneva Works Orem
Geneva Works Pipe Mill Orem U. S. Steel Geneva Works Provo
Geneva Works Provo U. S. Steel Provo Ut – Provo
Germania Lead Works – Salt Lake City U. S. Steel, Geneva Works – Ogden
Globe Grain & Milling Co. – Ogden U. S. Stores Co. – Bingham
Goodwin Builders U. S. Stores Co. Bingham Junction
Green Mountain Power Corporation – Hardwick U. S. Stores Co. Salt Lake City
Gulf Refinery Elk City U. S. Vanadium Corp. Salt Lake City
Gunnison Sugar, Inc. Gunnison U. S. War Department – Brigham City
Gunnison Valley Sugar Co. – Gunnison U. S. War Department Brigham City
Heber Light & Power Co. U. S. War Department Ogden
Hercules Inc. Magna U.S. Smelting & Refining & Mining Co. – Lark
Hercules Powder Co. – Bacchus U.S. Steel Mill – Provo
Hercules Power Co., Inc. – Magna Union Oil Co. Moab
Hercules Refinery – Salt Lake City Union Pacific Railroad Co. Milford
Hercules, Inc. – Magna Union Pacific Railroad Co. Salt Lake City
Hill Air Force Base – Hill Field United States Department of Interior – Brigham City
Hill Air Force Base Ogden United States Post Office – Salt Lake City
Hill Field Air Force Base – Clearfield United States Smelting Co. – Bingham
Holly Refining & Marketing – Wood Cross United States Smelting, Refining, & Mining Co. – Midvale
Holy Cross Hospital – Salt Lake City United States Steel Corporation – Geneva
Holy Cross Hospital Association – Salt Lake City United States Stores Co. – Bingham Canyon
Holy Cross Hospital Salt Lake City Ut – Salt Lake City United States Vanadium Corp – Salt Lake City
Holy Cross Hospital, Moreau Hall – Salt Lake City United States War Department – Ogden
Homestake Mining Co. of California University Of Utah – Salt Lake City
Hooper Sugar Factory – Hooper Unocal Pure Oil Moab
Hospital Salt Lake City Uranium Reduction Co. Thompson
House #26 – Garland Uranium Reduction Plant
Hunter Insulation Co. – Salt Lake City Utah & Idaho Sugar Co. Brigham City
Hunter Power Plant – Price Utah & Idaho Sugar Co. West Jordan
Huntington Power Plant Utah Air Material Area – Mill Field
Husky Oil Co. – N. Salt Lake City Utah & Idaho Sugar Co. – Brigham City
Ibm – Salt Lake City Utah Army Base – Ogden
Ideal Basic Industries Inc. – Devils Slide Utah Army Depot – Auc – Ogden
Ideal Cement Co. – Devils Slide Utah Army Depot – Auc Ogden Ut – Ogden
Industrial Service & Engineering Co. – Salt Lake City Utah Army Depot – Ogden
Intermountain Power Agency – Delta Utah Asbestos Exposure
Intermountain Power Plant, Unit #1-4 Delta Utah Boiler Plant Salt Lake City
Intermountain Power Project Utah By-Products Co. – Ogden
Intermountain Waste Oil Refinery Utah Canning Co. – Ogden
International Smelting & Refining Co. – International Utah Canning Plant – Ogden
International Smelting & Refining Co. – Sooele Utah Canning Plant Ogden Ut – Ogden
Interstate Brick Co. – Salt Lake City Utah Central Railroad
Ipp Power Plant – Delta Utah Consolidated Mining Co. – Murray
Irs Building Ogden Ut – Ogden Utah Consolidated Mining Co. Murray
J C Penny Building – Salt Lake City Utah Consolidated Mining Co. Salt Lake City
J C Penny’s – Salt Lake City Utah Construction Co.
J. Mel Brown Co. – Salt Lake City Utah Copper Co. – Garfield
J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Bldg. – Salt Lake City Utah Copper Co. Magna
J.C. Penney Store – Salt Lake City Utah Dredging Co.
Jas Stewart & Co. Salt Lake City Utah General Depot – Ogden
Jensen Construction Co. Utah Idaho Sugar Co. – Honeyville
John Khuni & Sons – Provo Utah Light & Railway Co. Salt Lake City
John Scowcroft & Sons Co. Ogden Utah Light & Railway Co. – Salt Lake City
Jones & Jacobs Salt Lake City Utah Oil Co. – Salt Lake City
Jones Lawson Machine Co. – Springfield Utah Oil Refinery – Salt Lake City
Jordan Steam Electric Station – Salt Lake City Utah Oil Refining Co. Salt Lake City
K & M Food Service Co. Utah Oil Refining Salt Lake City
Kays Mill & Cabinet Shop Utah Power & Light – Emery
Kennecott Copper Co. Arthur Utah Power & Light Co. Carbon Station – Helper
Kennecott Copper Co. Garfield Utah Power & Light Co. Careyville
Kennecott Copper Co. Magna Utah Power & Light Co. Castle Dale
Kennecott Copper Co. Salt Lake City Utah Power & Light Co. Huntington
Kennecott Copper Corporation – Magna Utah Power & Light Co. Provo
Kennecott Copper Magna Utah Power & Light Co. Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Smelter – Magna Utah Power & Light Huntington
Kennecott Minerals Co. – Magna Utah Power & Light Plant – Salt Lake City
Kennecott Power Plant – Magna Utah Power & Light Salt Lake City Ut – Salt Lake City
Kennecott Refinery – Salt Lake City Utah Power & Light Steam Plant – Huntington
Kennecott Utah Copper – Magna Utah Power & Light, Power Plant Salt Lake City
Ketchum & Refining Co. Salt Lake City Utah Power Light Co Carbon Station Castle Gate
Knight Ideal Coal Co. – Wellington Utah Power Light Co. – Carbon Station
L.L. Nunn – Provo Utah Power Light Co. Emery
Lagoon Cogeneration Facility Utah Power Light Gadsby #3, 4,5,6 Salt Lake City
Lake Side Power Plant Utah Salduro Co. – Salduro
Larrowe Construction Co. – Salt Lake City Utah Southern Railroad
Latter Day Saints Hospital – Salt Lake City Utah State Agricultural College – Logan
Layton Sugar Co. – Layton Utah State Capitol Building – Salt Lake City
Layton Sugar Co. Layton Utah State Department of Health – Salt Lake City
Lea County Electric Cooperative Utah State Hospital – Provo
Leo J. Muir Elementary School – Bountiful Utah State Mental Hosp. – Provo
Lewiston Sugar Co. – Lewiston Utah State Mental Hospital – Provo
Lewiston Sugar Co. Richmond Utah State Office Building – Salt Lake City
Limited Iqbalpur, District of Saharanpur Utah State Prison – Salt Lake City
Little Bell Consolidated Mining Co. – Park City Utah State University – Logan
Little Bell Consolidated Mining Co. – Salt Lake City Utah Sugar Co. – Corrine
Lone Peak Partners Power Utah University – Salt Lake City
Looking Glass Project – Moab Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Garland House #26
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad – Provo Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Garland
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. – Lyndyll Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Honeyville
Magna Water & Sewage Treatment Plant – Magna Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. House #26 Garland
Mahalakshmi Sugar Mills Co. Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Idaho Falls
Marblehead Lime Co. Marblehead Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Lehi
Marquardt Aircraft Co. – Ogden Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Payson
McKay Hospital – Ogden Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Provo
Meneral Products Corp. Marysvale Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Salt Lake City
Metropolitan Hall of Justice Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Sanpete
Mill Field Air Force Base – Mill Field Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Spanish Fork
Millcreek Power Generation Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. West Jordan
Mineral Point Tunnel Co. – Mineral Point Vanadium Corp. of America Monticello – Defense Plant
Mineral Point Tunnel Co. – Salt Lake City Vitro Uranium Co. – Salt Lake City
Mineral Products Corporation – Marysville W H H Bowers – Salt Lake City
Missisquoi Pulp & Paper Co. – Sheldon Springs W.H.H. Bowers – Salt Lake City
Moreau Hall Walker Bank Building – Ogden
Morning Milk Co. – Wellsville Wasatch County Hospital – Heber City
Moroni Turkey Processors – Moroni Wasatch Energy Systems
Moroni Turkey Processors Moroni Wasatch Oil Refining Co. – Wood Cross
Morris P Kirk & Sons – Salt Lake City Weber County School District
Mountain States Insulating Co. – Salt Lake City West Cache Sugar Co. – Cornish
Murray B. Allen Center for The Blind – Salt Lake City West High School – Salt Lake City
Murray Laundry – Murray West One Bank – Salt Lake City
Murray Turbine Western Gypsum – Sigurd
National Galvanizing Co. – Wood Cross Western Gypsum Co. – Sigurd
National Lead & Chemical – Salt Lake City Western States Refinery, Woodscross
National Lead Co. – Salt Lake City Westinghouse Electric Co. – Ogden
National Lead Industries – Rowley White Builders Supply
National Lead Toole Whittier Elementary – Salt Lake City
Naughton Power Plant Wilson Hotel – Salt Lake City
Naval Supply Depot – Clearfield Woodbury Granite Co. – Hardwick
Nebo Power Station Woodcross Refinery – Wood Cross
Newhouse Mines & Smelters – Salt Lake City Woodcross Refinery Woodscross
Newhouse Plant – Salt Lake City Woods Cross Refinery
North Salt Lake Refinery Woodscross Refinery Woodscross
Northgate Business Center – Salt Lake City Yampa Smelting Co. Bingham Canyon
NY Mineral Point Tunnel Co. – Mineral Point Yampa Smelting Co. Salt Lake City
Ocf Salt Lake City Yampa Steel Co. – Bingham
Ogden Defense Depot Activity – Ogden Zcmi Department Store – Salt Lake City

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