Louisiana Power Generation Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Louisiana's coal-fired power plants, steam generating stations, and industrial utilities rank among the highest-density asbestos exposure worksites in the region. Every boiler drum, turbine casing, and mile of high-pressure steam piping was insulated with asbestos-containing materials from the 1930s through the 1980s — and outage workers returned to the same sites for decades. Scroll the map to explore Louisiana power facilities; click any pin to read the full exposure history.
Full index of all 33 power generation 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 power generation exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Louisiana Power Generation Sites
Cotton Belt Railway (SSW) — Shreveport, East LA Yard & Bossier City LA Asbestos Exposure & FELA Claims
Power Generation
American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Asbestos Exposure at Dow Chemical Plaquemine — Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Plaquemine, LA
Power Generation
Asbestos Exposure at Shell Norco Refinery and Chemical Plant — Norco, Louisiana
Norco, LA
Power Generation
Avondale Shipyards (Avondale Industries / Northrop Grumman / HII) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
BASF Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Boise Cascade — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
CITGO / Cities Service Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Entergy Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
ExxonMobil (Exxon / Mobil / Standard Oil of NJ / Standard Oil of NY) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
International Paper Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (LOF) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Marathon Oil / Marathon Petroleum — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Occidental Petroleum / OxyChem (Hooker Chemical successor) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
PPG Industries (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Praxair / Union Carbide Industrial Gases — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Shell Oil Company — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Texaco Inc. — Louisiana Plant Asbestos Exposure
Power Generation
Showing 24 of 33 documented power generation sites. View all Louisiana jobsites.
Louisiana sets a short filing deadline for asbestos claims, running from diagnosis. The deadline and how it is counted are set by statute — see Louisiana Laws — Louisiana State Legislature. Power plant workers frequently develop mesothelioma 20–50 years after exposure — by diagnosis, the clock is already running. Contact an attorney immediately.
Mesothelioma Attorney for Louisiana Asbestos Claims
If you were diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease after being exposed to asbestos — or you lost a loved one to one — you and your family may have a legal claim. An experienced asbestos attorney can evaluate the case — at no cost to you.
If you were diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, a filing deadline may already be running. You may have a legal claim now — and claims can often be pursued even if the company is out of business.
Surviving spouses and children may pursue a wrongful-death claim and asbestos-trust recovery on a loved one's behalf — a separate deadline that can run from the date of passing.
- Free case review — no obligation to hire
- No attorney fee unless a financial recovery is made
- Personal-injury and wrongful-death claims both evaluated
- Trust-fund claims and civil lawsuits pursued simultaneously
- Filing deadlines may limit the time you have — the sooner the better