North Dakota had the lowest rate of asbestos disease of any state between 1980 and 2000. The factors here were due to a low population and the fact that the vast majority of the state's economic activity is related to agriculture. There are however a number of power generation facilities as well as an oil refinery operated by BP Amoco. Oil refineries and power plants are among the most hazardous in terms of asbestos exposure. In addition, a large amount of asbestos-containing products from the W.R. Grace mines in Montana was processed in North Dakota.North Dakota Cities where Asbestos Exposure Occurred
Provided below is a list of cities in the state of North Dakota where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked at any of these companies and/or jobsites in North Dakota 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.Power Plants
Three North Dakota jobsites that have been identified as having asbestos issues are:- Coyote Station
- Stanton Powerhouse
- United Power
- boilers
- turbines
- generators
- gaskets (used for sealing valves, pumps and pipe fittings)
According to Center for Health Statistics, 3% of all work-related fatalities at power generation plants are due to mesothelioma. This has been confirmed by a Puerto Rican study, in which 13% of such employees were found to have “abnormalities” in their chest x-rays that were indicative of asbestos disease.
The BP-Amoco Operation
Asbestos has been used in the construction of oil refineries since the mid-nineteenth century, as the process of turning crude oil into usable fuel involved both fire and chemical hazards. A medical study in the U.K. followed 45,000 oil refinery and petroleum distribution workers over the course of several years; the results showed that refinery workers suffered “significantly elevated” rates of mesothelioma and other cancers, even among those who had worked there for no more than twelve months.Vermiculite
Vermiculite ore from Libby, Montana was processed in Stanton, Minot and Center, were 300 shipments totaling nearly 26,000 tons passed through between 1948 and 1993. Vermiculite itself is a relatively harmless form of clay, but is usually contaminated with tremolite, a deadly form of amphibole asbestos. As fibers were released into the air, they exposed not only people who worked at the plants, but anyone in the vicinity as well.Statistics
Among the nearly 100 victims of asbestos disease during the years leading up to 2000, mesothelioma victims outnumbered those with asbestosis by two-to-one. Although mesothelioma is quite rare compared to asbestosis, it is virtually always fatal, whereas asbestosis can usually be managed for many years if diagnosed early on and the patient receives proper treatment at mesothelioma clinics and hospitals.Other North Dakota Jobsites Where Asbestos Exposure Occurred
Any tradesmen who worked at one of the North Dakota Jobsites listed below could 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 or asbestosis..Beulah
- Ang Coal Gasification Company
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Coyote Power Station
- Hughes Electric Company
- Montana Dakota Utilities
- Otter Tail Power Company
- Wellsboro Electric Company
Bismarck
- Basic Electric Power Corp
- Cowan Building
- Garrison Dam
- Lignite Combustion Engineering Company
- Montana-Dakota Utilities
Bismark
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Bismarck Civil Center
- Hughes Electric Company
- Lignite Combustion Engineering Company
- North Dakota State Peniteniary
Center
- Center Power Plant
- Milton R. Young Station
- Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.
- Square Butte Electric Company
Emerado
- Grand Forks Air Force Base
- Macarthur Warehouse Building
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