Asbestos Exposure Sites Directory: Check Your Work History

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, one of the first questions is simple:

Where did the asbestos exposure happen?

Our firm maintains what we believe is one of the most detailed asbestos exposure-site databases in the United States, with more than 200,000 verified worksites across all 50 states. We use that database to compare a person’s work history, military service, job duties, and exposure dates against documented asbestos worksites, product manufacturers, bankruptcy trusts, and potential lawsuit defendants.

You do not have to remember the name of an asbestos product. You do not have to know which company made it. And in many cases, you did not have to work directly with asbestos at all.

Many asbestos claims come from people who breathed asbestos dust as bystanders — working near insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, mechanics, electricians, shipyard crews, construction workers, maintenance teams, or other trades using asbestos-containing materials nearby.

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On This Page

• Tell Us Where You Worked
• What Counts as Asbestos Exposure?
• What “Verified Exposure Site” Means
• How We Build and Maintain the Database
• Browse Asbestos Exposure Sites by State
• Trust Claims vs. Lawsuits
• What If Your Worksite Is Not Listed?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Next Step: Free Work History Review

Tell Us Where You Worked

The fastest way to check whether your work history matches our asbestos exposure database is to tell us where you or your loved one worked.

You do not need a perfect work history. Start with whatever you remember.

Helpful information includes:

• Employer or worksite name
• City and state
• Approximate years worked
• Job title, trade, or department
• Military service or shipyard work
• Refineries, power plants, factories, schools, hospitals, construction sites, mines, mills, or industrial facilities where you worked
• Whether you worked near pipes, boilers, pumps, valves, turbines, insulation, gaskets, packing, brakes, fireproofing, flooring, roofing, or other dusty materials

Free Work History Review

Use this form to send us the basics. We will compare the information against our exposure-site database and explain what compensation paths may be available.

Suggested form fields:

• Name
• Phone
• Email
• Who was diagnosed?
• Diagnosis
• Main worksite or employer
• City and state
• Years worked
• Job title or trade
• Other worksites you remember
• Military service, shipyard work, or federal facility work
• Best time to contact you

Submit Button:
Check My Work History

Privacy note: Your information is used only to review potential asbestos exposure and legal options. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship.

What Counts as Asbestos Exposure?

Many people assume they only have a claim if they personally installed, cut, removed, or handled asbestos products. That is not true.

Asbestos diseases are caused by breathing asbestos fibers. Those fibers could come from work you performed directly, or from dust created by other workers nearby.

For example, a person may have been exposed if they:

• Worked near pipefitters removing old pipe insulation
• Maintained pumps, valves, boilers, turbines, compressors, or steam systems
• Swept up dust after insulation, gasket, packing, brake, or flooring work
• Worked in a shipyard while other trades repaired asbestos-insulated equipment
• Worked in a refinery, power plant, steel mill, paper mill, chemical plant, or manufacturing facility where asbestos materials were used
• Worked around construction, renovation, demolition, or maintenance crews
• Was exposed to asbestos dust brought home on a worker’s clothing, hair, tools, or vehicle

The key question is not whether you knew the material contained asbestos. The key question is whether your work history placed you in an environment where asbestos-containing products were used, disturbed, repaired, removed, or handled.

What “Verified Exposure Site” Means

A verified exposure site is a worksite we have connected to asbestos exposure evidence.

A site in our database is not just a name on a public list. Our records may include evidence from:

• Client and witness interviews
• Employment records
• Union records
• Historical product catalogs
• Manufacturer records
• Court filings
• Deposition testimony
• Bankruptcy trust worksite records
• Site-specific research
• Product-identification investigation

A verified site does not mean every worker at that location automatically qualifies for every asbestos trust or lawsuit. Eligibility depends on the worker’s diagnosis, job duties, dates worked, products involved, exposure history, and available documentation.

But a verified site gives us a strong starting point. It can help identify which asbestos products may have been present, which companies supplied them, and which compensation options may apply.

How We Build and Maintain the Database

Our database is not static. It grows with every case we investigate.

When we interview clients, former coworkers, tradespeople, and witnesses, we add new details about worksites, products, job tasks, manufacturers, contractors, suppliers, and exposure patterns. We also review historical records, trust documents, product catalogs, court filings, and site-specific research to connect worksites to asbestos-containing products.

That matters because many asbestos victims do not remember product names. A retired pipefitter may remember the refinery but not the insulation manufacturer. A Navy veteran may remember the ship class but not the gasket supplier. A maintenance worker may remember replacing valves but not the brand of asbestos packing.

Our database helps fill those gaps.

We use it to identify:

• Documented asbestos exposure sites
• Known product types used at those sites
• Potential asbestos manufacturers and suppliers
• Bankruptcy trust claim opportunities
• Potential lawsuit defendants
• Similar worksites with matching products or trades
• Witnesses, records, and evidence sources that may support the claim

Browse Asbestos Exposure Sites by State

Use the table below to find your state’s asbestos exposure-site guide. Each state page will eventually include the number of verified sites, top cities, major exposure industries, heavily documented worksites, and trust-claim information.

The counts below reflect the trust-recognized portion of our database: worksites documented by the asbestos bankruptcy trusts themselves. Our full database, which also includes worksites documented through client interviews, invoices, coworker testimony, and site research, exceeds 200,000 worksites.

Trust Claims vs. Lawsuits

Our exposure-site database helps with both asbestos bankruptcy trust claims and civil lawsuits.

Asbestos Trust Claims

Many asbestos manufacturers filed for bankruptcy and created trust funds to compensate people harmed by their products. Trust claims are usually handled outside court and often do not require a deposition, trial, or in-person meeting.

A worksite match can help identify which trusts may apply. But trust eligibility still depends on the worker’s diagnosis, job duties, dates, product exposure, and supporting documentation.

Civil Lawsuits

Many mesothelioma cases also involve civil lawsuits against companies that are still legally responsible. These may include manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, premises owners, or other non-employer defendants.

A lawsuit can pursue compensation beyond what bankruptcy trusts may pay, including medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, and other damages available under state law.

Many Cases Involve Both

Many families pursue trust claims and lawsuits at the same time. Trust claims may provide a faster compensation path, while lawsuits may pursue additional recovery from solvent companies.

We review both options during the free work-history review.

For more detail, see our Asbestos Trust Claims guide and Asbestos Lawsuits guide.

What If Your Worksite Is Not Listed?

Do not assume you have no claim just because you do not see your worksite on a public page.

This page and the state pages show only part of what we investigate. Many valid asbestos claims come from smaller contractors, schools, hospitals, powerhouses, ship repair jobs, construction projects, maintenance work, military bases, and industrial sites that may not appear in a short public list.

Even when a worksite is not already documented, we may still be able to prove exposure by:

• Reconstructing job duties
• Interviewing coworkers or family members
• Reviewing employment or union records
• Identifying similar worksites
• Matching job tasks to known asbestos-containing products
• Reviewing historical supplier and manufacturer records
• Connecting a trade or department to product-specific trust evidence

The database is the starting point, not the ceiling.

Common Worksites and Industries in Asbestos Claims

Asbestos was used across thousands of ordinary worksites, especially from the 1940s through the 1980s. Exposure often occurred in places where heat, fireproofing, friction, insulation, or industrial durability mattered.

Common exposure settings include:

• Shipyards and Navy facilities
• Refineries and petrochemical plants
• Power plants and utility stations
• Steel mills and foundries
• Paper and pulp mills
• Chemical plants
• Oilfield service yards
• Mines and smelters
• Railroads and rail shops
• Auto, truck, and equipment plants
• Aerospace facilities
• Construction sites
• Schools, hospitals, and public buildings
• Military bases and federal facilities
• Boiler rooms, mechanical rooms, and maintenance shops

Common asbestos-containing materials included pipe insulation, boiler insulation, gaskets, packing, pumps, valves, turbines, refractory brick, fireproofing, transite pipe, brake materials, clutch materials, roofing, flooring, ceiling materials, joint compound, and industrial coatings.

Next Step: Free Work History Review

Whether you worked at a major shipyard, refinery, power plant, steel mill, chemical plant, paper mill, military facility, construction site, school, hospital, or smaller industrial facility, we can review your work history against our asbestos exposure-site database.

What we will look for:

• Whether your worksites are already documented in our database
• Which asbestos-containing products may have been present
• Which manufacturers or suppliers may be connected to the exposure
• Whether asbestos bankruptcy trust claims may be available
• Whether a civil lawsuit may be available
• Whether VA, LHWCA, workers’ compensation, or other benefit programs may apply
• Whether additional investigation could prove exposure at an unlisted site

Free Work History Review | No Fees Unless We Win | Call 833-4-ASBESTOS