West Virginia Asbestos Areas

West Virginia Asbestos Areas


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No added accompaniment in the Union is as angry to the mining industry as West Virginia. Atramentous mines are still the ballast of the state’s economy; it will acutely abide so as there are assuredly new coal-fired plants in the nation’s future. Some of the industries that use atramentous and added fuels for processing are aswell in the state; abounding of them are jobsites area asbestos acknowledgment may accept been a circadian accident for workers.

West Virginians are accustomed with the hazards of alive in a abundance and the respiratory diseases are acquired by abundance dust – atramentous lung ache acquired by atramentous dust was awful publicized as one of the state’s anatomic assurance woes. Asbestos is no different; acknowledgment to the tiny fibers that asbestos gives off if abashed can could could cause asbestosis and mesothelioma cancer. Asbestosis is abridgement in lung accommodation acquired by scarring of the lungs while cancerous mesothelioma is blight that a lot of generally attacks the lining of the lungs and may ultimately advance to lung cancer. In all cases, mesothelioma is cureless and fatal.

Asbestos Acknowledgment Risk in West Virginia

There are no asbestos mines in West Virginia but there are industries that fabricated abounding use of asbestos as insulation. Old asbestos will crumble and accord off dust absolute asbestos fibers; inhaling them in a branch ambience is just as alarming as in a abundance if there is circadian exposure.

The oil refineries and ability plants in West Virginia are acceptable sites for asbestos exposure. Steel mills are aswell advised awful hazardous, as are abounding barrio and even homes that accept asbestos insulation. That includes a lot of barrio complete above-mentioned to 1975. West Virginia has its allotment of abeyant asbestos acknowledgment sites, some of which are listed below.

Asbestos Job Sites in West Virginia

If you were active at one of these plan sites in West Virginia during the accomplished two or three decades, you are a abeyant applicant for an asbestos-related disease. Discuss the implications of your above job with your doctor; if you accept accustomed a mesothelioma diagnosis, or been diagnosed with addition asbestos-related disease, argue a West Virginia mesothelioma advocate about the advantage that may be owed to you.

COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION ADALINE WV

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORP. ADRIAN WV

MONONGAHELA POWER CO. ALBRIGHT WV

UNION CARBIDE ALLOY WV

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO APPLE GROVE WV

KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. - TAR PRODUCTS DIVISION ARROYO WV

BECKLEY NATIONAL BANK BECKLEY WV

UNITED MINE WORKERS HOSPITAL BECKLEY WV

BEECH BOTTOM POWER CO BEECH BOTTOM WV

WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL BEECH BOTTOM WV

E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. BELLE WV

UNION BOILER BELLE WV

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. BENWOOD WV

WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL BENWOOD WV

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO - MOUNT STORM STATION BISMARCK WV

J. F. PRITCHARD & COMPANY BUCKHANNON WV

CABIN CREEK POWER PLANTG CABIN CREEK WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY CABIN CREEK WV

PURE OIL COMPANY - REFINING DIVISION CABIN CREEK WV

ADALINE COMPRESSOR STATION CAMERON WV

SHELL CHEMICAL CANOVA WV

A & I COMPANY CHARLESTON WV

ACANDS, INC. CHARLESTON WV

ALLIED SERVICES INCORPORATED CHARLESTON WV

AMHERST INDUSTRIES, INC. CHARLESTON WV

ANAWHA CTY CHARLESTON WV

APPALACHIAN POWER CO. CHARLESTON WV

ASHLAND OIL & REFINERY CO. CHARLESTON WV

ATLAS STORAGE WAREHOUSE CHARLESTON WV

BALDWIN SUPPLY COMPANY CHARLESTON WV

C & P TELEPHONE BLDG CHARLESTON WV

CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICALS CORP. CHARLESTON WV

CHARLESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL CHARLESTON WV

CHARLESTON NATIONAL PLAZA CHARLESTON WV

DANIEL BOONE HOTEL CHARLESTON WV

FMC CORPORATION CHARLESTON WV

GOODRICH GULF CHEMICAL CO. INSTITUTE CHARLESTON WV

INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. CHARLESTON WV

JOHN AMOS POWERHOUSE CHARLESTON WV

KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO CHARLESTON WV

MONONGAHELA POWER CO. CHARLESTON WV

MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO CHARLESTON WV

OHIO POWER CO CHARLESTON WV

OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY CHARLESTON WV

PORT AMHERST CHARLESTON WV

UNION CARBIDE CHEMICAL CO. CHARLESTON WV

WESTVACO CHLOR ALKALAI DIVISION - UNION CARBIDE CO CHARLESTON WV

FMC CORPORATION CHARLOTTE WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY CHELYAN WV

CELOTEX CORPORATION CHESTER WV

BROCKWAY GLASS COMPANY - ANCHOR GLASS CLARKSBURG WV

EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC. CLARKSBURG WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY CLARKSBURG WV

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO CLARKSBURG WV

STUART-MCMUNN COMPANY CLARKSBURG WV

UNION PROTESTANT HOSPITAL CLARKSBURG WV

COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION COCO WV

UNITED FUEL GAS CO - COCO COMPRESSOR SIZTION COCO WV

QUAKER STATE REFINERY CONGO WV

CAPTINA OPERATING CO - KAMMER PLANT CRESAP WV

CONSOLIDATED COAL CO CRESAP WV

MITCHELL POWERHOUSE CRESAP WV

OHIO POWER CO CRESAP WV

MOUNT STORM POWERHOUSE DAVIS WV

ACANDS, INC. DUNBAR WV

ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY DUNBAR WV

DUNBAR GLASS DUNBAR WV

PORT AMHERST DUNBAR WV

UNION CARBIDE DUNBAR WV

RAVENS METAL PRODUCTS ELIZABETH WV

ALLEGHENY VEENER PLANT ELKINS WV

BARHARD & WETZEL BLOCK COMPANY ELKINS WV

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO ELKINS WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY FAIRMONT WV

OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY FAIRMONT WV

SHARON STEEL FAIRMONT WV

WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. FAIRMONT WV

WESTINGHOUSE - SEALED BEAM & GLASS PLANT FAIRMONT WV

E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. FALLING WATERS WV

POTOMAC RIVER CONSTRUCTION FALLING WATERS WV

KOPPERS CO., INC. FOLLANSBEE WV

KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. - TAR & CHEMICAL DIVISION FOLLANSBEE WV

WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL FOLLANSBEE WV

MONONGAHELA POWER CO. FORT MARTIN WV

CELANESE CORPORATION OF AMERICA GALLIPOLIS FERRY WV

HOECHST CELANESE GALLIPOLIS FERRY WV

APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC - KANAWHA RIVER PLANT GLASGOW WV

GLASGOW POWERHOUSE GLASGOW WV

TRIANGLE CONDUIT & CABLE CO., INC. GLENDALE WV

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO GRAFTON WV

PHILIP SPORN STATION GRAHAM WV

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO - STONY RIVER GRANT COUNTY WV

HALLTOWN PAPER BOARD COMPANY HALLTOWN WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY HASTINGS WV

ALLEGHENY ENERGY HAYWOOD WV

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO HINTON WV

HINTON SANITARY BOARD HINTON WV

ACF INDUSTRIES HUNTINGTON WV

AMERICAN CAR HUNTINGTON WV

ASBESTOS SERVICE COMPANY HUNTINGTON WV

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO HUNTINGTON WV

CONNORS STEEL HUNTINGTON WV

CSX TRANSPORTATION HUNTINGTON WV

DANCO INCORPORATED HUNTINGTON WV

DUPONT CHEMICAL HUNTINGTON WV

ENTERPRISE-BLACK DIAMOND CORPORATION HUNTINGTON WV

HUNTINGTON ALLOYS - INCO ALLOYS HUNTINGTON WV

INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO HUNTINGTON WV

MOREHEAD STATE COLLEGE HUNTINGTON WV

OHIO VALLEY INSULATING COMPANY, INC. HUNTINGTON WV

OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS HUNTINGTON WV

OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY HUNTINGTON WV

WEST SIDING HUNTINGTON WV

B. F. GOODRICH INSTITUTE WV

BF GOODRICH SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT INSTITUTE WV

CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICAL INSTITUTE WV

MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY INSTITUTE WV

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION INSTITUTE WV

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. LONG REACH WV

UNION CARBIDE LONG REACH WV

UNION CARBIDE & CARBON CO. - SILICONS DIVISION LONG REACH WV

WEST VIRGINIA PULP & PAPER LUKE WV

ALLEGHENY ENERGY MAIDSVILLE WV

FORT MARTIN POWER STATION MAIDSVILLE WV

CAPTINA OPERATING CO - KAMMER PLANT MARSHALL CTY WV

CORNING GLASS WORKS MARTINSBURG WV

MITCHEL POWER STATION MARTINSVILLE WV

MOBAY CHEMICAL CO. MATRIUM WV

BLENKO GLASS COMPANY MILTON WV

BUREAU OF MINES MORGANTOWN WV

FIRST NATIONAL BANK MORGANTOWN WV

MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP. MORGANTOWN WV

OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP. MORGANTOWN WV

ORDNANCE WORKS DISPOSAL AREAS MORGANTOWN WV

STERLING FAUCET MORGANTOWN WV

U. S. BUREAU OF MINES MORGANTOWN WV

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR MORGANTOWN WV

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MORGANTOWN WV

ALLIED CHEMICAL MOUNDSVILLE WV

ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORP - NATIONAL ANILINE DIV. MOUNDSVILLE WV

CONSOLIDATION COAL CO - COAL GASOLINE PLANT MOUNDSVILLE WV

FOSTORIA GLASS COMPANY MOUNDSVILLE WV

MOUNDSVILLE POWER PLANT MOUNDSVILLE WV

OHIO POWER MOUNDSVILLE WV

OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS MOUNDSVILLE WV

POWER PLANT MOUNDSVILLE WV

SOLVAY CHEMICAL COMPANY MOUNDSVILLE WV

ST. JOSEPH LEAD WORKS MOUNDSVILLE WV

GAVENS POWERHOUSE MOUNT PLEASANT WV

MOUNT STORM POWER COMPANY MOUNT STORM WV

STONE & WEBSTER ENG. CORP. - MT STORM POWER PLANT MOUNT STORM WV

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO MOUNT STORM WV

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORP. NATRIUM WV

MOBAY CHEMICAL CO. NATRIUM WV

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO - CHEMICAL DIVISION NATRIUM WV

PPG INDUSTRIES NATRIUM WV

NOVAMONT CORPORATION NEAL NEAR KENOVA WV

CENTRAL OPERATING COMPANY NEW HAVEN WV

MOUNTAINEER POWERHOUSE NEW HAVEN WV

PHILIP SPORN POWERHOUSE NEW HAVEN WV

CENTRAL VALLEY INSULATION CO. NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

CENTURIAL PRODUCTS NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

COLUMBIA SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORP. NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

L AIR LIQUIDE - MOBAY CHEMICAL CO. NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

MOBAY CHEMICAL NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

PIERCE ELECTRIC NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

PPG INDUSTRIES NEW MARTINSVILLE WV

ERGON-WEST VIRGINIA NEWELL WV

KOPPERS CO., INC. NEWELL WV

QUAKER STATE CORPORATION NEWELL WV

AMERICAN VISCOSE RAYON PLANT - FMC NITRO WV

FMC CORP. NITRO WV

FMC ORGANIC PLANT NITRO WV

CORNING GLASS CO PADEN CITY WV

AMERICAN VISCOSE RAYON PLANT - FMC PARKERSBURG WV

BROCKWAY GLASS COMPANY PARKERSBURG WV

DUPONT CHEMICAL PARKERSBURG WV

KEENE CORPORATION PARKERSBURG WV

LIBBEY OWENS FORD GLASS CO. PARKERSBURG WV

MOUNTAIN STATE STEEL CASTINGS FOUNDRY PARKERSBURG WV

SHELL OIL PARKERSBURG WV

WASHINGTON WORKS PARKERSBURG WV

CSX TRANSPORTATION PEACH CREEK WV

ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE PERKINS WV

GRANT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PETERSBURG WV

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION PINEVILLE WV

FORT MARTIN STATION POINT MARION WV

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO POINT PLEASANT WV

MARIETTA MANUFACTURING POINT PLEASANT WV

KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL RAVENWOOD WV

RAVENWOOD GLASS NOVELTY RAVENWOOD WV

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION RICHWOOD WV

WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD RIDGELEY WV

ALLEGHENY ENERGY RIVESVILLE WV

MONONGAHELA POWER CO. RIVESVILLE WV

GREENBRIER INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED RONCEVERTE WV

ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORP. MARSHALL COUNTY WV

AMOS POWER PLANT SCARY WV

HARRISON POWER PLANT SHINNSTON WV

SISTERSVILLE TANK WORKS, INC. SISTERSVILLE WV

UCC SISTERSVILLE WV

A & I COMPANY SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICAL SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICAL - BLAINS ISLAND PLANT SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

CARBIDE DEVELOPEMENT CENTER SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

CHLOR ALLIED DIVISION SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

FMC SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

FOOD MACHINERY CORP. SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

SOUTHEASTERN CONSTRUCTION CO. - DEPOT TRACK (C&O) SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

TECH RESEARCH CTR OLEFINS LAB SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

UNION CARBIDE CHEMICAL CO. SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

UNION CARBIDE TECH. CENTER CHEMICAL PLANT SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

WESTVACO CHEMICAL - FOOD MACHINERY & CHEMICAL CORP. SOUTH CHARLESTON WV

A & I COMPANY SPRING HILL WV

ASHLAND OIL INC SPRING HILL WV

FMC CORP SPRING HILL WV

GIRDLER CORP SPRING HILL WV

HASTINGS COMPANY SPRING HILL WV

KENTUCKY POWER SPRING HILL WV

MANSANTO CHEMICAL CO. SPRING HILL WV

OHIO POWER CO SPRING HILL WV

OHIO VALLEY INSULATION CO SPRING HILL WV

SHELL OIL COMPANY SPRING HILL WV

UNION CARBIDE PLASTICS SPRING HILL WV

QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CO ST. MARYS WV

DAVIS LYNCH GLASS STAR CITY WV

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO STONY RIVER WV

KEENE CORP - PENN METAL DIV VIENNA WV

NATIONAL BOTTLE VIENNA WV

UNIVERSAL GLASS VIENNA WV

CARBORUNDUM METALS CO. WASHINGTON WV

SAINT-GOBAIN ADVANCED CERAMICS CORP. WASHINGTON WV

WASHINGTON WORKS WASHINGTON WV

CABOT CORP WAVERLY WV

CONTINENTAL CAN WEIRTON WV

KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. - FOLLANSBEE PLANT WEIRTON WV

NATIONAL STEEL WEIRTON WV

WEIRTON STEEL WEIRTON WV

WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL WEIRTON WV

HUDSON PAPER COMPANY WELLSBURG WV

HOPE NATURAL GAS COMPANY WEST UNION WV

AMSTAN CORPORATION WHEELING WV

BLAW KNOX FOUNDRY WHEELING WV

BLOCH BROTHERS TOBACCO COMPANY WHEELING WV

BLOCK BROS TOBACCO CO WHEELING WV

GARVIN'S JERSEY FARMS, INC. WHEELING WV

MOBAY CHEMICAL WHEELING WV

T & L SUPPLY, INC. WHEELING WV

WHEELING COLLEGE WHEELING WV

WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY, INC. WHEELING WV

GREENBRIER HOTEL - BOILER PLANT WHITE SULPHUR SPGS WV

AMERICAN CYANAMID WILLOW ISLAND WV

CYTEC INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED WILLOW ISLAND WV

MONONGAHELA POWER CO. WILLOW ISLAND WV

PLEASANTS POWERHOUSE WILLOW ISLAND WV

E C ERNEST ELECTRIC COMPANY WINFIELD WV

Deaths from Asbestos Acknowledgment in West Virginia

A analysis was done allegory the appear deaths from asbestosis and mesothelioma blight over the twenty years amid 1979 and 2000. The advisers analyzed recorded afterlife certificates and in the case of mesothelioma, developed a ambit of apparent deaths because some cases of lung blight were cited as the could could cause of afterlife if they were accessory to pleural mesothelioma, a anatomy of blight in the linings of the lungs acquired by asbestos.

The analysis shows 410 deaths in West Virginia associated with asbestosis over the two-decade period. Mesothelioma deaths were in the ambit from 585 to 697 for the aforementioned period. Those abstracts are top in allegory to abounding added states, demography absolute citizenry into account. In 1999 the federal government began tracking mesothelioma deaths carefully. From 1999 through 2004 there were 149 deaths in West Virginia attributed to mesothelioma.

Cancer Treatment in West Virginia

Cancer Care Center of Southern West Virginia

3200 MacCorkle Ave SE

Charleston, WV 25304

(304) 388-9413

Mary Babb Randolph Blight Center Clinic

One Medical Center Drive

Health Sciences Center

PO Box 8110

Morgantown, WV 26506-8110

(304) 293-4500 or

1-877-427-2894

Options in adjacent states:

Comprehensive Blight Center

The Ohio Accompaniment University

OSU James Blight Hospital

300 W. 10th Ave.,

Columbus, Ohio 43210

Tel: (614) 293-7521

University of Pittsburgh Blight Institute

UPMC Blight Pavilion

5150 Centre Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232

Tel: (412) 623-3205

Fax: (412) 623-3210



West Virginia Asbestos Areas