Although mesothelioma was identified as a unique form of asbestos-related cancer since 1960, it was not until 1980 that the disease was brought to public attention. It was that year that the late actor Steve McQueen – an Indiana native – was diagnosed with the disease, from which he died less than a year later. McQueen was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and spent a substantial amount of time aboard naval transports. Before that, he was employed as a merchant seaman; later on, participating in motor sports, he wore asbestos suits.
Indiana Cities where Asbestos Exposure Occurred
Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Indiana where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked at any of these companies and/or jobsites in Indiana 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.Indiana Asbestos Sources
Indiana has no naturally-occurring asbestos deposits. Most asbestos exposure in the state was among employees at power generation plants, oil refineries and steel mills, where asbestos insulation was commonly used as a flame retardant, particularly in those plants fired by fossil fuels. Indiana corporations that have been named defendants in asbestos lawsuits filed by a mesothelioma lawyer include U.S. Steel and Countrymark Cooperative LLP (the state's only U.S.- owned oil refinery).There are a total of thirteen major work sites in the state where employees are known to have been exposed to asbestos. These are located in:
- Columbus
- Evansville
- Fort Wayne
- Gary
- Indianapolis
- Lafayette
- South Bend
- Terre Haute
Statistics
Most industrial exposure to asbestos was in the steel mills. Most deaths attributable to asbestos between 1979 and 2000 were concentrated in and around the city of Gary, which was once home to a thriving steel industry; 77% of these were from mesothelioma. As is the case nationwide, mesothelioma victims outnumber those with asbestosis in the urban areas of the state; the latter disease is more common in rural regions.Other Indiana 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.Angola
- Angola Die Casting
- Angola High School
- Angola Railway and Power Company
- Croyton and Kinney
- Indiana Utilities Company
- National Mill Water and Light Company
- Tri-State College
- Weatherhead Corporation
Baileytown
- Bailly Generating Station
- Bethlehem Steel Corp
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Bedford
- Allison - Bedford Foundry
- Central Foundry Div/Gm
- Deena Memorial
- Dunn Memorial Hospital
- General Motors Foundry
- Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
- Southern Indiana Railway Company
- Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
Bluffton
- Bluffton City High School
- Bluffton Schools
- Columbia Elem School
- Corning
- Franklin Electric Company
- Hoosier Condensed Milk Company
- New Corning Glass Plant
- North, Frazier Company
- Sterling Casting Corporation
Brazil
- Arketex Ceramic Corp
- Hydrualic Press Brick Company
- Knight Brinkerhoff Piano Company
Brookville
- Franklin County Courthouse
- Franklin Manufacturing Company
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
- Thompson and Norris Company of Indiana
- Town of Brookville
- Volney Felt Mills
Burns Harbor
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Inland Steel
- Midwest Steel Company - Enamel Products Div
Cayuga
- Cayuga Power Plant
- Cayuga Power Plant
- Hoosier Energy
- Public Service Company of Indiana
- Public Service Utilities
Chesterton
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Chicago
- Cities Service Oil Refinery
- Ed Du Pont E.
- Linde Air Products Company
- Mid West Tar Products Corp
- Shell Oil Company
- Sinclair Refining Company
- Stainless Processing
Clinton
- Bunsen Coal Company
- Clinton Electric Light and Power Company
- Clinton Ice Company
- Electric Shovel Coal Corporation
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Lafayette Coal Company
- Public Service Company of Indiana
- Wabash Valley Electric Company
Crawfordsville
- Beta Theta Pi
- Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power
- Crawfordsville Heating Company
- Crawfordsville Wire and Nail Company
- Indianapolis Crawfordville and Western Tractor Company
- Wabash College
Dana
- A.& C.
- Dana Heavy Water Plant
- Dana Powerhouse
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours
- Ford Motor Company (Fmc)
- Girdler Corporation
- Newport Energy Plant
Decatur
- Central Soya Company, Inc.
- Decatur Strawboard Company
- Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway
- General Electric Company
- Municipal Electric Plant
Edwardsport
- Edwardsport Power Plant
- Indiana Power Company
- Psi Energy Inc
- Public Service Company of Indiana
- Utilities Development Corporation
- Utilities Power and Light Corp
Elwood
- American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
- American Works
- Dasco Corp
- Elwood Electric Light Company
- G.I. Sellers and Sons Company
- Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Fairbanks
- Breed Power Plant
- Breed Station
- Indiana & Michigan Powerhouse
Gibson
- Chicago Indiana and Southern Railway Company
- Gibson Generating Station
- New York Central System
- New York Railroad Company
Greenfield
- Birma Products Corporation
- City Light Plant
- City of Greenfield
- Eli Lilly & Company
- Owens Bottle Company
Jasper
- City of Jasper Municipal Power Plant
- East 15Th Street Power Plant
- Indiana Desk Company, Inc.
- Jasper - Municipal Power Plant
- Jasper Corp
- Jasper Industrial Wastewater Facility
- Jasper Municipal Light Plant
Laketon
- Laketon Refining
Lebanon
- Central Station Engineering Company
- Indianapolis Nothwestern Tract Company
- Interstate Public Service Company
- Kentucky Utilities Company
- Townsend, Reed and Company
- Witham Memorial Hospital
Monticello
- Laughry Brothers Milling and Grain Company
- R.C.A. Victor
New Carlisle
- Ispat International
Newburgh
- Alcoa
- Culley Powerhouse
- F.B. Culley Generating Station
- Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
- Warrick Power Plant
Newport
- A-Bomb Heavy Water Plant
- Army Ammunition Plant
- Atomic Energy Commission
- Food Machinery & Chemical Corporation
- Newport Ammunition Depot
Orleans
- Heise Brothers and Company
- Pillsbury Farms
- Producers Dairy Marketing Association. Inc.
- Producers Marketing Association
Petersburg
- Co-Op Power Plant
- Hoosier Energy
- Indiana & Michigan Electric Company
- Indianapolis Power & Light
- Ipalco - Petersburg Generating Station
- Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
- Petersburg Power Plant
Portage
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- Luse-Stevenson Company
- Midwest Steel Company
- National Steel
Portland
- Bimel Spoke Auto Wheel Company
- City of Portland Ind Electric Light Department
- Elwood Plumbing and Heating Company
- Haas Foods, Inc
- Muncie and Portland Traction Company
- Naas Foods, Inc
- Portland Forge & Foundry
- Sheller Wood Rim Manufacturing Company
Princeton
- Evansville and Princeton Tract Company
- Gibson Generating Plant
- H J Heinz Company
- Princeton Mining Company
- R. J. Oil & Refinery Company
- Southern Railway Company
- W.C. Mcbride
- Wabash Valley Powerhouse
- Winmar Oil Company
Roby
- American-Maize Products
- Lever Brothers Company
- Western Glucose Company
Rochester
- Burton Plumbing & Heating Company
- Indiana Farm Bureau Co-Op Association, Inc
- Rochester Electric, Light, Heat and Power Company
- United Public Service Company
Rockport
- American Electric Power Service Corporation
- Indiana & Michigan Electric Company
- Indiana & Michigan Powerhouse
- Rockport Power Plant
- Rockport Water Works Company
- Wm. Cadick and Son
Seymour
- Blish Milling Company
- Freeman Field
- Grubb Warehouse
- John C Grubb Company
- National Veneer & Lumber
- Paramount Diecasting
- Seymour Manufacturing Company
- Seymour School
- Talon Manufacturing Plant
Speedway
- Allison Division of General Motors
- Linde Air Products Company
- Linde Company
- Speedway Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Union Carbide Corporation
Sullivan
- Amax Coal Company
- Breed Power Plant
- General Telephone Company
- Indiana and Michigan Electric Company
- Sullivan Supply, Inc.
- Travis & Isenstein
Warrick
- Alcoa Power Plant
- Aluminum Company of America
- General Electric Company
- Warrick Power Plant
Warsaw
- Dalton Foundries Inc
- First Methodist Church
- Gatke Corp
- R. R. Donelley Company
- The Dalton Foundries, Inc.
- Warsaw Court House
- Wiona and Warsaw Railway
Washington
- American Gas & Electric
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
- Municipal Electric Power Plant
- Washington Power Plant
West Lafayette
- Board of Trustees of Purdue University
- Jefferson High School
- Purdue University
West Terre Haute
- Public Service Company of Indiana
Winchester
- Anchor Hocking Glass
- City of Winchester Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Dayton and Muncie Traction Company
- Lee Driver School
- Overmyer Corp
Woodburn
- B. F. Goodrich Tire Company
- Fort Wayne
- Michelin Tire North America
Yankeetown
- Alcoa Aluminum
- Alcoa Warrick Power Plant
- Culley Power House
- General Electric
- Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
- Warrick Powerhouse
- Yankeetown Power Plant
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