Tucson, Arizona has been home to a large asbestos industry since the middle of last century. Starting in the 1950s and 60s, American Asbestos Mines, part of Arizona Asbestos Inc., operated asbestos mines. Today the EPA-accredited Asbestos Institute, Inc. in Phoenix works to train and certify those in asbestos management and abatement.
Arizona Cities where Asbestos Exposure Occurred
Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Arizona where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked at any of these companies and/or jobsites in Arizona there is a possibility that you may have been exposed to harmful asbestos which is known to cause mesothelioma. Click on any link to view a complete list of jobsites in that city.
Industries
Three main industries in the state of Arizona have handled asbestos. They include:
- Solomon’s Mines, a vermiculite facility
- 7 major power-generation stations
- 3 major copper-smelting companies
W. R. Grace & Company, infamous for their asbestos mines and the people of Libby, Montana, also operated a vermiculite packing plant in Phoenix called Solomon’s Mines, Inc. The vermiculite, itself harmless, was contaminated with Amphibole asbestos from the Libby mines, and thus any mine workers, their families and those who lived in the area from 1964 until 1992, as well as current residents, are at risk for asbestos fiber exposure. Employees of these and other similar industries prior to 1990 are advised to have regular checkups at any of the
mesothelioma clinics in their area in order to check for and catch asbestos diseases early.
Death Rates and Asbestos
Starting in 1979 and twenty years following, over 500 Arizona residents were diagnosed with and died from
asbestos cancer, with the highest death rates in Maricopa County and the lowest in La Paz County. Nearly 60% of these developed
mesothelioma.
Laws Related to Asbestos in Arizona
Laws require that reports of diagnoses of asbestosis and mesothelioma must be made at the local level, and process up from there. Enforcement codes also state that employers need to provide employees with a recognizable-hazard-free work environment and job, as well as meet occupational safety and health standards. A
mesothelioma lawyer can assist in these reports.
Other Arizona Jobsites Where Asbestos Exposure Occurred
If someone you know has ever worked at one of the Jobsites listed below, they may have been exposed to high levels of
asbestos. Asbestos exposure at any one of these Jobsites could put them at risk for developing one of the following asbestos related diseases:
malignant mesothelioma (a terminal cancer), asbestos related lung cancer,
asbestosis or
pleural mesothelioma.
Ajo
- Indian Hospital
- New Corneilia Copper Company
- Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
- Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Chandler
- General Electric - Turbine
- South Western Nitrochemical Company
- Southwestern Agrichemical Company
- Spreckels Sugar Company
- Spreckles Sugar Plant
- Williams Air Force Base
Clarkdale
- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant
- Phoenix Cement Company
- United Verde Copper Company
- United Verde Extension Mining Company
Clifton
- Arizona Copper Company Ltd
- Phelps Dodge Aluminum
- Phelps Dodge Copper Products
- Phelps Dodge Corporation
- Shannon Copper Company
Cochise
- Apache Generating Station
- Apache Station
- Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
- Cochise Powerhouse/ Arizona Electric Power Co-Op
- General Electric
Douglas
- Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
- Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
- Douglas Improvement Company
- Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
- Phelps Dodge Corporation (Douglas Smelter)
- Us Inspection Station
Flagstaff
- Arizona State Teacher's College
- Flagstaff Electric Light Company
- Northern Arizona University
- Ponderosa Paper Products Company Incn
- Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company
- Southwest Forest Industries
- Southwest Lumber Mills
- Wisconsin Tissue
Fossil Creek
- Childs-Irving Power Plant
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