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) [Podcast] [Video]
- Armco Oil Refinery
- Ashland Oil
- Ashland Oil & Refinery
- Ashland Steel Company
BEDFORD, KY
- Trimble County Generating Station
BOWLING GREEN, KY
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 [Podcast] [Blog Post]
- 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 [Podcast]
COVINGTON, KY
DECOURSEY, KY
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
DRAKESBORO, KY
GHENT, KY
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 [Podcast]
- National Aluminum
- National Southwire Aluminum Company
- Willamette Industries/Willamette Paper Mill [Podcast]
LAWRENCEBURG, KY
LEWISPORT, KY
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) [Podcast]
LOUISVILLE, KY
- American Air Filter
- American Standard [Podcast]
- American Rubber & Chemical Company
- American Synthetic
- American Tobacco
- Anaconda Aluminum [Podcast]
- AT&T [Podcast]
- B.F. Goodrich
- Brown & Williamson [Podcast]
- 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 [Podcast]
- Ford Motor Company – Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant [Podcast]
- Gates Rubber
- General Electric – Appliance Park [Podcast] [Blog Post]
- Girdler Catalyst & Chemical Company
- Girdler Corporation
- Henry Vogt Machine Company
- International Harvester [Podcast]
- 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) [Podcast] [Video]
- P. Lorillard Tobacco Company [Podcast] [Video]
- Philip Morris
- Reynolds Metals
- Rohm & Haas Stauffer Chemical
MADISONVILLE, KY
MAYFIELD, KY
- Continental Tire / General Tire & Rubber Company [Podcast]
MAYSVILLE, KY
- East Kentucky Power Cooperative
- East Kentucky Powerhouse
- East Kentucky Power-Spurlock Station
- East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
- Parker Tobacco
MORGANFIELD, KY
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 [Podcast]
PADUCAH, KY
- AEC Plant (aka Union Carbide, Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin, Gaseous Diffusion)
- B. F. Goodrich Company
- E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company [Podcast]
- GAF Corporation
- Henry A. Petter Supply Company
- Illinois Central Railroad Company / Paducah Locomotive Shops [Podcast]
- Pennwalt
- TVA Shawnee Steam Plant
- Triangle Insulation Company [Podcast]
ROBARDS, KY
- Big Rivers Electric — Sebree Station (Robert Reid and Robert Green) [Podcast]
RUSSELL, KY
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
RUSSELLVILLE, KY
- Rockwell International Corporation [Podcast]
- KU-Tyrone Powerhouse
- Westvaco/MeadWestvaco Paper Mill
VERSAILLES, KY
- KU-Tyrone Powerhouse
WICKLIFFE, KY
INDIANA
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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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