Louisiana Industrial, Chemical & Refinery Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Louisiana's steel mills, chemical plants, oil refineries, and heavy manufacturing facilities were among the region's most intensive asbestos worksites. Process piping, reactors, boilers, and furnace linings required asbestos insulation and refractory throughout construction and decades of maintenance outages. Workers returning for seasonal and annual shutdowns accumulated exposures at multiple facilities across their careers. Click any site to read its full documented exposure history.
Full index of all 33 industrial, chemical and refinery sites
- Cotton Belt Railway (SSW) — Shreveport, East LA Yard & Bossier City LA Asbestos Exposure & FELA Claims
- American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Dow Chemical Plaquemine Louisiana — Plaquemine
- Shell Norco Refinery Norco Louisiana — Norco
- Avondale Shipyards (Avondale Industries / Northrop Grumman / HII) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- BASF Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Boise Cascade — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- CITGO / Cities Service Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Entergy Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- ExxonMobil (Exxon / Mobil / Standard Oil of NJ / Standard Oil of NY) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- International Paper Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (LOF) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Marathon Oil / Marathon Petroleum — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Occidental Petroleum / OxyChem (Hooker Chemical successor) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- PPG Industries (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Praxair / Union Carbide Industrial Gases — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Shell Oil Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Texaco Inc. — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Textron / Bell Helicopter / Cessna — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- The Dow Chemical Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Todd Shipyards Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Union Pacific Railroad — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Valero Energy / Ultramar Diamond Shamrock / Tosco — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Warren Petroleum / Gulf Oil Natural Gas — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Worthington Industries — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Avondale Shipyard New Orleans Louisiana — New Orleans
- ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Louisiana — Baton Rouge
Map shows 33 documented Louisiana industrial, chemical, and refinery exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Louisiana Industrial & Chemical Sites
Cotton Belt Railway in Louisiana — Shreveport Division, East Louisiana Yard & Bossier City
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway (“Cotton Belt” or “SSW” — …
American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
⚠️ Louisiana One-Year Prescriptive Period — Act Immediately
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⚠️ Louisiana One-Year Prescriptive Period — Act Immediately
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Avondale Shipyards (Avondale Industries / Northrop Grumman / HII) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …
BASF Corporation — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Boise Cascade — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …
CITGO / Cities Service Company — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Entergy Corporation — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
ExxonMobil (Exxon / Mobil / Standard Oil of NJ / Standard Oil of NY) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …
Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
International Paper Company — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (LOF) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Marathon Oil / Marathon Petroleum — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Occidental Petroleum / OxyChem (Hooker Chemical successor) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation …
PPG Industries (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Praxair / Union Carbide Industrial Gases — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Shell Oil Company — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Texaco Inc. — Plants in Louisiana
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working …
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