Asbestos Exposure Sites In Kentucky

Exposure to asbestos is a common cause of mesothelioma and other forms of cancer. Despite known dangers, employers throughout Kentucky unnecessarily exposed workers — and their family members through secondhand exposure — to the dangers of asbestos. While inexcusable, their negligence can lead to compensation for victims and their families.

Here is a list of sites throughout Kentucky known for exposing workers to harmful asbestos particles and asbestos-containing products:

ASHLAND, KY

• Allied Chemical
• Allied Chemical Coke Plant
• American Rolling Mill Company
• Armco Steel (aka AK Steel, Coke Plant)
• Armco Oil Refinery
• Ashland Oil
• Ashland Oil & Refinery
• Ashland Steel Company

BEDFORD, KY

• Trimble County Generating Station

BOWLING GREEN, KY

• Cutler Hammer/Eaton

BRANDENBURG, KY

• Olin-Mathison

BURGIN, KY

• Dix River Powerhouse
• E.W. Brown Generating (KU)

BURNSIDE, KY

• Cooper Powerhouse
• Cumberland Charcoal Company
• East Kentucky Power Cooperative
• East Kentucky Power-Cooper Station
• East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
• John Sherman Cooper Station

CALVERT CITY, KY

• Air Products & Chemicals
• Airco Alloys
• Atochem North American (aka Elf Atochem, Pennwalt)
• B.F. Goodrich
• Cumberland Chemical Corporation
• Gaf Corporation
• IPS Chemical
• Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation
• Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
• SKW Metals & Alloys

CARROLLTON, KY

• Arkema, Inc.
• Dowing Corning Corporation
• Kentucky Utilities Ghent Powerhouse
• M&T Chemical

CATLETTSBURG, KY

• Union Carbide & Carbon Chemical Corporation

CORBIN, KY

• U.S. Steel Corporation
• U.S. Steel Prep Plant

CENTERTOWN, KY

• Big Rivers Electric — D.B. Wilson Station

COVINGTON, KY

• Plastic Moldings Corporation (Cincinnati, Ohio)

DECOURSEY, KY

• Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company

DRAKESBORO, KY

• TVA Paradise Steam Plant

GHENT, KY

• Ghent Powerhouse

GREEN RIVER, KY

• Green River Power Station

GUTHRIE, KY

• Koppers Industries

HARRODSBURG, KY

• Kentucky Utilities-E.W. Brown Generating Station

HAWESVILLE, KY

• Big Rivers Electric – Kenneth C. Coleman Power Plant
• National Aluminum
• National Southwire Aluminum Company
• Willamette Industries/Willamette Paper Mill

LAWRENCEBURG, KY

• Martin Marietta Aluminum
• Florida Tile

LEWISPORT, KY

• Martin Marietta Aluminum

LEXINGTON, KY

• IBM
• Lexington Roller Mills Company
• Lexington Utilities Company
• Lexmark International
• Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Southwestern Tobacco
• Square D (Schneider Electric)

LOUISVILLE, KY

• American Air Filter
• American Standard
• American Rubber & Chemical Company
• American Synthetic
• American Tobacco
• Anaconda Aluminum
• B.F. Goodrich
• Brown & Williamson
• Brown-Forman Distillery Company
• Cardinal Insulation
• Colgate, Palmolive Plant (Jeffersonville, IN)
• Courier Journal Building
• CSX Railroad/L&N Railroad-South Louisville Shops and Osborne Yards
• E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company
• Ford Motor Company – Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant
• Gates Rubber
• General Electric – Appliance Park
• Girdler Catalyst & Chemical Company
• Girdler Corporation
• Henry Vogt Machine Company
• International Harvester
• Jewish Hospital
• Kentucky Electric Company
• Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center
• Kosmos Portland Cement Company
• Louisville Gas & Electric Company (LG&E) (Paddys Run, Mill Creek, Cane Run, Waterside, Magnolia, Hydro, Trimble CO)
• P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
• Philip Morris
• Reynolds Metals
• Rohm & Haas Stauffer Chemical

MADISONVILLE, KY

• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
• York International

MAYFIELD, KY

• Continental General Tire
• General Tire & Rubber Company

MAYSVILLE, KY

• East Kentucky Power Cooperative
• East Kentucky Powerhouse
• East Kentucky Power-Spurlock Station
• East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
• Parker Tobacco

NEWPORT, KY

• Acme Newport Steel Company
• Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Light & Traction Company
• Newport Rolling Mill Company
• Newport Steel Corporation

OWENSBORO, KY

• Green River Steel
• Owensboro Municipal Utilities

PADUCAH, KY

• AEC Plant (aka Union Carbide, Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin, Gaseous Diffusion)
• B. F. Goodrich Company
• E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company
• GAF Corporation
• Henry A. Petter Supply Company
• Illinois Central Railroad Company
• Paducah & Louisville Railroad Company
• Pennwalt
• TVA Shawnee Steam Plant
• Triangle Insulation Company

ROBARDS, KY

• Big Rivers Electric — Sebree Station (Robert Reid and Robert Green)

RUSSELL, KY

• Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company

RUSSELLVILLE, KY

• Rockwell International Corporation
• KU-Tyrone Powerhouse
• Westvaco/MeadWestvaco Paper Mill
• Rockwell International Corporation

VERSAILLES, KY

• KU-Tyrone Powerhouse

WICKLIFFE, KY

• Westvaco/MeadWestvaco Paper Mill

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If your current or past employer is on this list and you were diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation through a personal injury claim. Satterley & Kelley PLLC is one of Kentucky’s leading law firms in mesothelioma and asbestos-related illness claims. We’ve recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts throughout Kentucky, and we can help you too. Let us be your boots on the ground.

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