Wyoming Asbestos Exposure

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry maps show naturally-occurring serpentine deposits in the state of Wyoming running along two parallel lines from the northwest to southeast. One is located along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains parallel to the Continental Divide; the other follows the I-25 and 90 corridors. Although serpentine is an asbestos source, these deposits are in sparsely populated areas and pose little in the way of a public health hazard.

Wyoming Cities where Asbestos Exposure Occurred

Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Wyoming where asbestos jobsites are known to have been located. If you worked at any of these companies and/or jobsites in Wyoming 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.

Asbestos Industries

Wyoming has historically been an oil-producing region; the Teapot Dome was once one of several oil-producing lands that were reserved for use by the U.S. Navy. Oil refineries are currently operated in the state by:
  • Standard
  • Stouffer
  • Texaco
  • Sinclair
Petroleum is a highly volatile and toxic substance even in crude form. In order to protect workers from fire hazards and burn injuries, most machinery and equipment used in oil refining was insulated with asbestos products. Asbestos was also used to line the protective clothing worn by petroleum workers.
Arguably, such use of asbestos saved many lives and avoided a great many injuries. However, a 2003 U.K. study of 28,000 oil refinery workers showed that workers employed in the actual refining process were far more likely to develop mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease.
Power generation plants also entail a great deal of risk from asbestos exposure. In 2003, Puerto Rican researchers analyzed the chest x-rays of 1,100 workers who had worked at least fifteen years in such a facility; more than 130 of these images showed signs of asbestos disease.
Asbestos was also used in industries were corrosive chemicals posed a hazard. In all these applications, it is relatively harmless while in one piece. As the asbestos materials age and deteriorate over time however, the begin to give off dust as they crumble (in this condition it is known as friable). Workers who have been negligently exposed should seek legal counsel from a mesothelioma lawyer.

Statistics

Wyoming is the 10th largest state in terms of area, but one of the smallest in population; the 2000 census counted under half a million people living in a region of 98,000 square miles. Despite its many asbestos jobsites, Wyoming has the lowest rate of asbestos-related deaths; only 67 such cases were reported between 1980 and 2000. Most were in the relatively urbanized areas around Cheyenne and Laramie as well as Casper. Mesothelioma accounted for about half of these fatalities. Those who have been exposed to asbestos should seek medical attention at any of the mesothelioma clinics in their area.

Other Wyoming 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.

Acme

  • Montana-Dakota Utilities Company

Alma

  • Wyoming Coal and Iron Company

Bitter Creek

  • Colorado Oil & Gas

Buffalo

  • Buffalo Northwest Electric Company

Cambria

  • Cambria Fuel Company

Capser

  • Fargo Oil Company

Caspar

  • Standard Oil Company of Indiana

Cody

  • Husky Refining Company
  • Texas Company

Cumberland

  • Union Pacific Coal Company

Diamondville

  • Diamond Coal and Coke Company

Encampment

  • Penn Wyoming Copper Company

Evanston

  • Becker Brewing & Malting Company
  • Chevron, United States of America, Inc.
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • Wyoming State Hospital

Evansville

  • Little America Refining
  • Texaco Oil Refinery Wyoming

Fort Laramie

  • Stanolind Pipe Line Company

Frontier

  • Frontier Supply Company

Gebo

  • Gebo Coal Company
  • Owl Creek Coal Company

Genrock

  • Pacific Power & Light Company

Gillette

  • Black Hills Generation
  • Black Hills Power Inc
  • Pacificorp
  • Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company

Glen Rock

  • Cabot Carbon Company
  • Dave Johnson Power Plant
  • Glen Rock Powerhouse
  • Mutual Oil Company
  • Pacific Power and Light Company
  • Powerhouse

Glen Rock/Glenrock

  • Pacific Power & Light Company

Glennrock

  • Continental Oil Company

Glenrock

  • Dave Johnston Power Plant
  • Pacific Power & Light
  • Pacificorp
  • Steam Power Plant

Granger

  • Stanolind Pipe Line Company

Granger Station

  • Utah Oil Refining Company

Greybull

  • Midwest Refining Company

Hanna

  • Union Pacific Coal Company

Inez

  • Teapot Coal Company

Kemmerer

  • Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
  • Kemmerer Coal Company
  • Naughton Station
  • Pacificorp

Kemmerier

  • Utah Power & Light Company

Kirby

  • Gebo Coal Company
  • Shipping Station

Lamine

  • Colo Tires and Iron Company

Lander

  • Lander Electric Light and Power Company

Laramie

  • Alumina Plant
  • California Pipeline Company
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Forest Products Treating Company
  • Monolith Portland Midwest Company
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • Union Pacific System
  • United States Bureau of Mines
  • University of Wyoming

Laramil

  • Midwest Refining Company

Leefe

  • San Francisco Chemical Company

Lincoln County

  • Plant Unit Number 2
  • Utah Power and Light Company

Lorance

  • Colo Fuel and Iron Company

Lovell

  • Great Western Sugar Company

Manderson

  • Jefferson Lake Sulphur Company

Manville

  • Continental Oil Company

Medicine Bow

  • Utah Oil Refining Company

Midwest

  • Continental Oil Company

Mommoth Camp

  • Midwest Refining Company

New Castle

  • Consumer Oil & Refining Company

Newcastle

  • Wyoming Refining

Oakley

  • Diamond Coal and Coke Company

Opal

  • El Paso Natural Gas Company

Osage

  • Black Hills Power and Light Company

Parco

  • Producers and Refiners Corp
  • Sinclair Oil
  • Sinclair Refining Company

Powell

  • S & H Construction Company

Rawlings

  • Union Pacific Railroad Company

Rawlins

  • Kaiser Engineers, Inc.

Reliance

  • Union Pacific Coal Company

Riverton

  • Northern Utilites Company
  • Pan American Petroleum Corporation
  • Winklemen Dome Field

Rock Spring

  • Union Pacific Coal Company

Rock Springs

  • Bridger Power Plant
  • Central Coal and Coke Company
  • Fmc Corporation
  • Jim Bridger Power Plant
  • Lion Coal Company
  • Pacific Power & Light Company
  • State Board of Charities and Reformatories
  • Union Pacific Coal Company
  • Wyoming State Hospital

Sage

  • Stauffer Chemical Plant Wyoming

Salt Creek

  • Midwest Refining Company
  • Salt Creek Central Power Station

Sheridan

  • Acme Plant
  • J. W. Denio Milling Company
  • Montana Dakota Utilities Company
  • Perkins Power Company
  • Perkins Power Company
  • Sheridan County Electric Company
  • Sheridan Sugar Company

Shute Creek

  • Exxon

Sinclair

  • Sinclair Oil Company
  • Sinclair Refining Company

South Torrington

  • Holly Sugar Corporation

Stauffer

  • Stauffer Chemical Company
  • Winston Brothers Company

Sweetwater

  • Tenneco Oil Company

Teapot

  • Midwest Refining Company

Terrington

  • Holly Sugar Corp

Thermopolis

  • Empire State Oil Company
  • Hot Springs Light and Power Company

Wallace

  • Boise Cascade Kraft Corporation

Wamsutter

  • Stanolind Pipe Line Company
  • Utah Oil Refining Company

Warren AFB

  • F.E. Warren Afb
  • Flight Deck & Maint Building

Westvaco

  • Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
  • For Food Machinery Corp
  • Ford Machinery and Chemical Company
  • Inorganic Chemicals Div
  • Intermoutain Chemical
  • West Vaco Chemical Division
  • West Virginia Power Company

Wheatland

  • Basin Electric Power Coop
  • Great Western Sugar Company
  • Laramie River Power Plant

Whitney Canyon

  • Amoco Production Company

Winton

  • Union Pacific Coal Company

Worland

  • Hollly Sugar Corp
  • Pure Oil Company
  • Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
  • Wyoming Sugar Company

Wyco

  • Wyco Chemical Company

Wyodak

  • Black Hills Power and Light Company
  • Homestead Mining Company
  • Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company
  • Wyodak Plant, Black Hills Pwr & Light Company

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