Virginia Industrial, Chemical & Refinery Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Virginia's steel mills, chemical plants, oil refineries, and heavy manufacturing facilities were among the region's most intensive asbestos worksites. Process piping, reactors, boilers, and furnace linings required asbestos insulation and refractory throughout construction and decades of maintenance outages. Workers returning for seasonal and annual shutdowns accumulated exposures at multiple facilities across their careers. Click any site to read its full documented exposure history.
Full index of all 25 industrial, chemical and refinery sites
- Amoco / Standard Oil of Indiana — Yorktown VA Refinery Asbestos Exposure & Claims
- Babcock & Wilcox — Nuclear Operations / Mount Athos VA Plant Asbestos Exposure
- National Gypsum (Gold Bond) — Milford VA Wallboard Plant Asbestos Exposure
- American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Boeing Company — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Consolidated Natural Gas / Columbia Gas — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Electric Boat (General Dynamics) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Ford Motor Company — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- General Dynamics Corporation — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Georgia-Pacific — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Hercules Inc. — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- IBM (International Business Machines) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Mead / Westvaco / MeadWestvaco — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Merck & Co. — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Newport News Shipbuilding (HII / Tenneco / Litton) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS / N&W / Southern Railway) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Northrop Grumman Corporation — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Reynolds Metals Company — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Sperry Rand / Unisys / Sperry Corporation — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- U.S. Army / Navy / Air Force Bases — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Weirton Steel Corporation — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
- White Motor Corporation — Virginia Plant Asbestos Exposure
Map shows 25 documented Virginia industrial, chemical, and refinery exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Virginia Industrial & Chemical Sites
Amoco / Standard Oil of Indiana in Virginia — Yorktown Refinery
The Yorktown Refinery (York County VA, on the York River) was built by Amoco (then Standard Oil Company of Indiana) …
Babcock & Wilcox — Nuclear Operations / Mount Athos in Lynchburg VA
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
National Gypsum — Milford Wallboard Plant in Milford VA
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were allegedly …
American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
Boeing Company — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Consolidated Natural Gas / Columbia Gas — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Electric Boat (General Dynamics) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Ford Motor Company — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
General Dynamics Corporation — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Georgia-Pacific — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Hercules Inc. — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working …
IBM (International Business Machines) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Mead / Westvaco / MeadWestvaco — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Merck & Co. — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Newport News Shipbuilding (HII / Tenneco / Litton) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
Norfolk Naval Shipyard — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Norfolk Southern Railway (NS / N&W / Southern Railway) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation …
Northrop Grumman Corporation — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Reynolds Metals Company — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Sperry Rand / Unisys / Sperry Corporation — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
U.S. Army / Navy / Air Force Bases — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Weirton Steel Corporation — Plants in Virginia
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
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