Arizona has mined more copper than any other state for more than a century, and copper is hot, heavy work. Open pits and underground mines fed the concentrators, and the concentrators fed smelters whose furnaces, converters, boiler plants, and acid plants were lined, wrapped, and packed with asbestos. Around that core grew the power stations that kept the mines and the desert cities running, cement kilns, a pulp and paper mill on the Colorado Plateau, and, after World War II, the aluminum and electronics plants of the Phoenix area. Read region by region, the trusts' lists follow the ore and the power lines:
- the Morenci–Clifton district — Phelps Dodge's Morenci mine, smelter, and acid plant, recognized by more trusts than any other Arizona mine;
- the Globe–Miami district and the Gila River smelters — Inspiration Consolidated Copper at Miami, and the Kennecott and ASARCO smelters at Hayden;
- Magma Copper country in Pinal County — the San Manuel mine and smelter and the Superior mine, with Apache Powder's explosives plant at Benson supplying the mines;
- the border and the far southwest — the Phelps Dodge smelter at Douglas and the New Cornelia mine at Ajo;
- metropolitan Phoenix and Tucson — the Reynolds Metals aluminum plant in Phoenix, the Salt River Project's Kyrene station in Tempe, and the University of Arizona campus; and
- the northern plateau — Arizona Public Service's Cholla plant at Joseph City, the Navajo Generating Station at Page, and the Snowflake paper mill.
Cement kilns at Clarkdale and Rillito and the air bases at Tucson and Glendale fill in the rest.
When these companies went bankrupt, the trusts set up to pay their asbestos claims each published a list of locations where its products were proven to be present. For Arizona, those lists hold 568 entries across 92 communities, from 25 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Dozens of our clients worked at Arizona job sites.
Every asbestos trust claim has to prove two things: that a company's asbestos-containing product was present at a job site, and that the worker handled that product, or worked close enough to it, to breathe its dust. If you or your loved one worked at a site on those lists during the applicable years, the first half is already established, because the trust has acknowledged its products were there.
We help workers who are alive and recently diagnosed, adult children and spouses researching on behalf of someone who is sick, and families of workers who have already passed away from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis. If you are a worker who has just been diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open for your family. There is still a claim to be made for families of workers who have already passed; we handle wrongful death cases routinely.
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Arizona filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Arizona gives a diagnosed worker two years to file a personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.
Arizona deadlines, the wrongful-death rule, and how they apply to your family
Most workers exposed before 1983 can also file against the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust independently of anything documented at a specific site. How trust eligibility works.
We help families of workers who have already passed away. Wrongful death claims, survival claims, and trust filings on behalf of a deceased worker are part of what we do routinely.
Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed at home through a worker's clothes, hair, or vehicle. The screening is a chest X-ray read by a B-reader, with a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early.
The sites profiled below show confirmed asbestos products based on the asbestos trusts established for companies that did business there. Those trusts exist because Clarence Borel, a Gulf Coast insulator, chose to sue in 1969 — not for himself, but because he realized his coworkers would die the same way he was dying. His decision created the legal framework that produced the trust system you're about to scan.
Today the choice is yours. You can file trust claims based on the documented exposure at your loved one's worksite — paper claims, no courtroom. Or you can follow Clarence Borel and also sue the manufacturers and premises owners directly, which allows us to build a full exposure profile for every site your loved one worked at and recover from defendants the trust system doesn't reach. Read his story.
Asbestos trust coverage across Arizona
The Johns-Manville Settlement Trust is open to most workers exposed before 1983, regardless of which specific worksite the exposure occurred at. Johns-Manville supplied so much asbestos and so many asbestos products across so many American industries that the trust does not require site-specific documentation. For mesothelioma claims, even one day of asbestos exposure before December 31, 1982 (at work or through a family member's work clothes brought into the home) can qualify a worker for Johns-Manville Settlement Trust compensation.
For lung cancer, asbestosis, and other non-mesothelioma asbestos diseases, the threshold is 60 months of total asbestos exposure with at least 6 months occurring before December 31, 1982. The one-day-of-exposure threshold for mesothelioma reflects how the disease actually develops (even brief exposure can cause it) and most major asbestos trusts apply similarly low-threshold eligibility for mesothelioma claims.
Because Johns-Manville keeps no site list of its own, every worksite on another trust's list also qualifies for Johns-Manville. Twenty-four other trusts list Arizona worksites. The number of Arizona entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Babcock & Wilcox: 149 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- J.T. Thorpe (California): 85 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- Fibreboard: 69 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Owens Corning: 64 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- W.R. Grace: 47 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 29 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- A.P. Green: 24 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- Combustion Engineering: 22 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Eagle-Picher: 22 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- U.S. Gypsum: 12 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- ABB Lummus: 9 entries (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- DII Industries (Harbison-Walker): 8 entries (refractory brick and castables)
- Owens-Illinois: 5 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- ASARCO: 4 entries (asbestos mining and smelting)
- Burns & Roe: 4 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- Flintkote: 4 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 3 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- J.T. Thorpe (Texas): 2 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- A-Best: 1 entry (asbestos safety clothing)
- Armstrong World Industries: 1 entry (insulation contracting and floor products)
- NARCO: 1 entry (refractory gun mixes and castables)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 1 entry (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- Plibrico: 1 entry (refractory plastics and castables)
- Thorpe Insulation: 1 entry (insulation contracting)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Arizona workers with significant industrial exposure histories will trigger filings against multiple trusts simultaneously — typically Johns-Manville plus the site-specific trusts documented at their worksites.
Arizona cities and their industries
Open a city to see the worksites there that the asbestos trusts recognize, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos.
HaydenHayden is a smelter town on the Gila River: the ASARCO smelter that has worked there since 1912 and the Kennecott smelter that treated ore from the Ray mine.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- ASARCO (American Smelting & Refining) smelter
- Kennecott Copper smelter
PhoenixPhoenix holds about a quarter of Arizona's entries: the Reynolds Metals aluminum plant, the power plants of Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project, the Arizona State Hospital and other hospitals, and the downtown towers and shopping centers of the postwar boom.
Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.
- Reynolds Metals aluminum plant
Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.
- Arizona State Hospital
TempeTempe pairs Arizona State University with the Salt River Project's Kyrene station and Arizona Public Service's Ocotillo plant.
Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.
- Arizona State University
Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.
- Salt River Project — Kyrene generating station
TucsonTucson's entries run from the University of Arizona campus and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to Tucson Electric Power's generating stations and Pacific Fruit Express, the railroads' refrigerator-car line.
Military installations. Military bases ran boiler plants, steam distribution systems, and aircraft and vehicle maintenance shops, and built and renovated for decades with asbestos-containing materials.
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.
- University of Arizona
AjoAjo grew around the New Cornelia open-pit mine, which Phelps Dodge ran from 1931 until 1985.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Phelps Dodge New Cornelia mine and smelter
DouglasDouglas, on the Mexican border, was founded as a smelter town for the Bisbee mines; the Phelps Dodge and Calumet & Arizona smelters both stood there.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Phelps Dodge Douglas smelter (Copper Queen smelter)
MiamiMiami and neighboring Inspiration and Globe are the old Globe-Miami copper district: Inspiration Consolidated Copper, Miami Copper, and the Old Dominion mine.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Inspiration Consolidated Copper
MorenciMorenci is the site of one of North America's largest open-pit copper mines, worked by Phelps Dodge for most of the twentieth century and by Freeport-McMoRan since 2007.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Phelps Dodge Morenci mine, smelter, and acid plant
San ManuelSan Manuel was built in the 1950s as Magma Copper's company town for its underground mine, concentrator, and smelter.
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Magma Copper San Manuel mine and smelter
Other Arizona communitiesOne worksite each in 8 more communities.
Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.
- Arizona Public Service — Cholla plant — Joseph City
- Navajo Generating Station — Page
- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station — Tonopah
Paper mills and manufacturing plants. Paper mills, glass plants, lumber mills, and factories ran their own boilers and steam systems, insulated with asbestos pipe covering and sealed with asbestos gaskets. A paper mill's recovery boilers were among the most asbestos-intensive equipment anywhere.
- Phoenix Cement plant — Clarkdale
- Snowflake paper mill (Southwest Forest Industries) — Snowflake
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Apache Powder Company — Benson
Military installations. Military bases ran boiler plants, steam distribution systems, and aircraft and vehicle maintenance shops, and built and renovated for decades with asbestos-containing materials.
- Luke Air Force Base — Glendale
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Magma Copper Superior mine — Superior
Mesothelioma settlement values at Arizona's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least three trusts besides Johns-Manville. Trust counts are minimums: a trust may list a site under a name we haven't yet matched to it. The years are the exposure window the trusts' lists recognize at each site; most lists end at 1982.
Open a worksite to see each trust that lists it, with the mesothelioma values the trust publishes and its current payment percentage. "Trust values together" adds up those trusts' values at their payment percentages: the low figure uses each trust's scheduled value, the high figure each trust's published maximum, which Individual Review can reach. Most mesothelioma claims are paid above the scheduled value. But each trust sets its own eligibility rules — the years, the work, and the length of exposure it requires — so few people qualify for every trust on a list, some trusts publish no fixed schedule, and these figures are not a prediction of any recovery. All trust values and payment percentages.
Reynolds Metals aluminum plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Best | $30,500 | 18% | $5,490 |
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phelps Dodge Morenci mine, smelter, and acid plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Kennecott Copper smelter
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona Public Service — Cholla plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Inspiration Consolidated Copper
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Magma Copper San Manuel mine and smelter
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
University of Arizona
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phelps Dodge New Cornelia mine and smelter
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phelps Dodge Douglas smelter (Copper Queen smelter)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Salt River Project — Kyrene generating station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Apache Powder Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phoenix Cement plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ASARCO | $170,000 – $900,000 | 35% | $59,500 – $315,000 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
ASARCO (American Smelting & Refining) smelter
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona State Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Snowflake paper mill (Southwest Forest Industries)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Magma Copper Superior mine
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona State University
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Spreckels Sugar plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phelps Dodge Corp
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Apache Generating Station (Arizona Electric Power Cooperative)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Salt River Project — Agua Fria plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Duval Mineral Park mine
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Miami Copper Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Navajo Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona Public Service Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Good Samaritan Hospital (Banner Good Samaritan)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Motorola
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
St. Joseph's Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona Public Service — Saguaro plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona Portland Cement plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Arizona Public Service — Ocotillo plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Pacific Fruit Express
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
A closer look at major Arizona worksites
The worksites below are recognized by the most asbestos trusts in Arizona — six or more, counting Johns-Manville. Each profile draws on the trust signatures present at the site to identify the products workers handled, the trades most heavily exposed, and the asbestos types they likely encountered. Your specific worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear here — call us.
Reynolds Metals aluminum plant — Phoenix
Reynolds Metals, one of the major American aluminum producers, ran an aluminum plant in Phoenix for decades. Alcoa acquired Reynolds in 2000, and one trust lists the plant as Alcoa, formerly Reynolds Metals; the others list it as Reynolds Metals, Reynolds Aluminum, and the Reynolds Metals Aluminum Plant. It is one facility.
Workers exposed. Aluminum production and fabrication required refractory workers, boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, mechanics, millwrights, and electricians. Melting and holding furnaces drove refractory work; the process steam and fabrication systems drove pipe insulation and gasket and packing work.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — A-Best, A.P. Green, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), NARCO, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1942 through 1984. No Arizona worksite is recognized by more trusts.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green, Harbison-Walker, and NARCO refractory brick, castables, and gun mixes lined the melting and holding furnaces, and A-Best's asbestos gloves, aprons, and protective clothing, worn by the men who tended those furnaces, were themselves a source of fiber. Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and process piping, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews, a major West Coast insulation contractor. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, with their gaskets and packing. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Phelps Dodge Morenci mine, smelter, and acid plant — Morenci
Morenci, in Greenlee County, is one of the largest copper mines in North America. Phelps Dodge began developing its open pit there in the late 1930s, built a smelter alongside it, and ran the operation until Freeport-McMoRan acquired the company in 2007. The trusts list it as Phelps Dodge, the Phelps Dodge copper mine, the Phelps Dodge acid plant, the Morenci smelter, and the Morenci Branch supply department, some of them filed under neighboring Clifton; it is one operation. The Morenci power plant and a Phelps Dodge listing at Clifton appear separately in the table above.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, bricklayers and refractory workers on the reverberatory furnaces and converters, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and the operators and maintenance crews of the acid plant, which turned the smelter's sulfur gas into sulfuric acid.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1940 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe insulation, their high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and process piping, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews, and ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work at the plant. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing of the acid plant's acid service.
Magma Copper San Manuel mine and smelter — San Manuel
Magma Copper developed the San Manuel orebody in the 1950s through its San Manuel Copper Corporation, building an underground mine, concentrator, smelter, and refinery, and a company town to house the workforce. For a time it was among the largest underground copper mines in the world. BHP acquired Magma in 1996 and shut the San Manuel operation down in 1999. The trusts list it under Magma Copper, San Manuel Copper, the San Manuel Division, and BHP Copper; it is one operation.
Workers exposed. Integrated copper smelter operations at this scale required boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, refractory workers (bricklayers and hot-side mechanics on the reverberatory furnaces, converters, and anode furnaces), millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and crane operators. Underground mine, concentrator, and refinery workers faced exposure as well; asbestos products were present across every department.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1954 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers powered the smelter's steam systems, insulated with high-temperature pipe and block insulation and sealed with asbestos gaskets and packing. Harbison-Walker refractory brick and refractory cement lined the reverberatory furnaces, converters, and anode furnaces, the heaviest refractory work in any smelter. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, their high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam, process, and refinery piping, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews, and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement finished irregular shapes and fittings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Kennecott Copper smelter — Hayden
Kennecott Copper ran a smelter at Hayden, on the Gila River, for ore from its Ray mine a few miles away. The trusts list it as Kennecott Copper and the Kennecott Copper Smelter. ASARCO's smelter, which has worked in Hayden since 1912, is listed separately in the table above.
Workers exposed. Smelter operations required boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, refractory workers on the reverberatory furnaces and converters, millwrights, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians. Maintenance crews servicing pumps, compressors, and rotating equipment faced ongoing exposure to packing and gaskets through routine repair cycles.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1956 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Harbison-Walker refractory brick and refractory cement lined the reverberatory furnaces and converters, and Combustion Engineering boilers carried more refractory, insulation, and gaskets and packing. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, whose packing and gaskets were replaced again and again. Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered the process steam piping, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe crews. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper — Miami
Inspiration Consolidated Copper mined, milled, and smelted copper in the hills between Miami and Globe from the 1910s, with its own company town of Inspiration. The operation later passed to Cyprus and then to Phelps Dodge, and Freeport-McMoRan runs the Miami smelter today. The trusts list it as Inspiration Consolidated Copper and the Inspiration Copper Mine, filed under Miami, Inspiration, and Globe; it is one operation. Its neighbor, Miami Copper Company, is listed separately.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, bricklayers and refractory workers on the smelter furnaces and converters, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and the mine, concentrator, and leaching-plant crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1917 through 2001.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory brick, castables, and cements lined the smelter furnaces and converters. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Fibreboard pipe insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam piping, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe crews, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Arizona Public Service — Cholla plant (Joseph City)
Arizona Public Service's Cholla plant, a coal-fired generating station near Joseph City in Navajo County, went into service in the early 1960s and added units into the early 1980s. The trusts list it as Arizona Public Service, the Cholla plant, and Ebasco Services' Cholla Station, after the engineering firm that worked there; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction and overhaul crews. Boiler insulation removal and installation during construction and major overhauls generated the most concentrated exposure.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1960 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, their high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and turbine piping, applied by J.T. Thorpe crews from both the California and Texas companies. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
University of Arizona — Tucson
The University of Arizona, the state's land-grant university, was founded in Tucson in 1885 and built much of its campus during the asbestos decades. The trusts list the university as a whole and building by building, among them the Douglass Building, the Science Building, and the planetarium; it is one site.
Workers exposed. The construction trades who built and renovated campus buildings — insulators, pipefitters, plumbers, plasterers, drywall finishers, and ironworkers around fireproofed steel — and the maintenance staff and boiler operators who kept the heating plant and steam lines running.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, J.T. Thorpe (California), Owens Corning, Plibrico, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1951 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Combustion Engineering boilers, lined with Plibrico refractory plastics and castables, heated the campus. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam piping with Eagle-Picher insulating cement on the fittings, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews, with gaskets and packing on every steam connection. W.R. Grace Monokote spray fireproofing coated the structural steel of newer buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Phelps Dodge New Cornelia mine and smelter — Ajo
The New Cornelia mine at Ajo, one of Arizona's early open-pit copper mines, was developed by the New Cornelia Copper Company in the 1910s and passed to Phelps Dodge in 1931, when Phelps Dodge absorbed Calumet & Arizona. Phelps Dodge ran the mine and its smelter until 1985. The trusts list it as Phelps Dodge, the Phelps Dodge copper mine, and New Cornelia Copper; it is one operation.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, bricklayers and refractory workers on the smelter furnaces, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and the mine and concentrator crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1916 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Fibreboard pipe insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and process piping, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe crews, and ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Phelps Dodge Douglas smelter (Copper Queen smelter) — Douglas
Phelps Dodge built the Copper Queen smelter at Douglas in the early 1900s to treat ore from its Bisbee mines, and the town grew up around it. The smelter ran until 1987. The trusts list it as Phelps Dodge, the Douglas smelter, the Phelps Dodge copper mine, and Copper Queen Consolidated Mining; it is one facility. Calumet & Arizona's smelter at Douglas is listed separately.
Workers exposed. Smelter operations at Douglas required refractory workers, boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, millwrights, mechanics, and electricians. The reverberatory furnaces and converters drove continuous refractory work; the boiler plant and steam distribution system drove continuous pipe insulation work.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Kaiser Aluminum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1926 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing, and Kaiser refractory went into the furnaces and converters. Fibreboard pipe insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and process piping, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe crews. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Salt River Project — Kyrene generating station (Tempe)
The Salt River Project's Kyrene generating station in Tempe, a steam-electric plant serving the Phoenix area, went into service in the early 1950s. The trusts list it as the Kyrene Steam Electric Station, the Kyrene steam plant, and the Kyrene powerhouse, some filed under Phoenix; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction and overhaul crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, J.T. Thorpe (California), Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering signatures reflect the station's boilers, with their pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Arizona entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Arizona entries in 92 communities. Open the list below for the number of entries in each. Call us for any specific worksite — whether or not the city appears here.
Entries on the trusts' lists, city by city
| City | Entries on the trusts' lists |
|---|---|
| Phoenix | 147 |
| Tucson | 66 |
| Tempe | 31 |
| Morenci | 20 |
| San Manuel | 18 |
| Hayden | 15 |
| Snowflake | 14 |
| Globe | 13 |
| Douglas | 12 |
| Miami | 11 |
| Clifton | 10 |
| Ajo | 9 |
| Yuma | 9 |
| Flagstaff | 8 |
| Inspiration | 8 |
| Page | 8 |
| Chandler | 7 |
| Clarkdale | 7 |
| Rillito | 7 |
| Scottsdale | 7 |
| Bisbee | 6 |
| Cochise | 6 |
| Glendale | 5 |
| Joseph City | 5 |
| Benson | 4 |
| Casa Grande | 4 |
| Kingman | 4 |
| Litchfield Park | 4 |
| McNary | 4 |
| Red Rock | 4 |
| Superior | 4 |
| Ganado | 3 |
| Helena | 3 |
| Mesa | 3 |
| Mineral Park | 3 |
| Nogales | 3 |
| Prescott | 3 |
| Winslow | 3 |
The trusts' lists also name 54 other Arizona communities.
Many of the communities with one or two entries are old mining camps, such as Jerome, Tombstone, and Oatman.
Search the asbestos trusts' Arizona lists
Type any name the plant went by — the company, a later owner, or the city — to see every entry on the trusts' lists that matches, as the trusts wrote it, with each trust and the years it lists.
568 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 14 asbestos cases from Arizona courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Arizona workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Fort Huachuca
- Hatten v. Grobet USA (2020): Art teacher and jewelry-making instructor, 1977-1979
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Terminal 2
- DeStories v. City of Phoenix (1987): Employed in various capacities by subcontractors
Southern Pacific Tucson rail yard
- Perez v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co. (1993): Visitor delivering her father's lunch
Every worksite named in Arizona court decisions, with all their decisions
Plants that made asbestos products
Companies' sworn answers in asbestos lawsuits, the asbestos industry's trade journal and company records in our library name this Arizona plant as a place where asbestos products were made. Each plant's page says who ran it and when, what was made there, and which document says so. People who worked in these plants, their families, and people who lived nearby may have been exposed.
- PhoenixZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 1960–1973 · 2 products
Asbestos mines
The U.S. Bureau of Mines' and Geological Survey's yearbooks and the asbestos industry's trade journal, Asbestos, report these Arizona mines producing asbestos fiber that was sold or shipped. Each mine's page says who worked it and when, what it produced and which document says so. Miners and millers, their families, and people who lived near these mines may have been exposed.
- American Asbestos Cement Corp.Globe district · American Asbestos Cement Corp. · 1955–1957
- American Fiber Co.Globe · American Fiber Co. · 1953–1959
- American Ores and Asbestos propertySierra Ancha Mountains, about fifty miles from Globe · American Ores and Asbestos, Inc. · 1920
- Arizona Asbestos CorporationGila · Arizona Asbestos Corporation, Gladding, McBean Co. · 1937–1942
- Arizona Asbestos Mining Co.Globe · Arizona Asbestos Mining Co. · 1953–1955
- Arizona Asbestos, Inc.Globe district · Arizona Asbestos, Inc. · 1958
- Arizona Chrysotile Asbestos Co.Globe · Arizona Chrysotile Asbestos Co. · 1937–1948
- Arthur Enders mineApache Reservation, Globe · Arthur Enders · 1938–1955
- Asbestos Manufacturing Co.Globe district · Asbestos Manufacturing Co. · 1963
- Asbestos Peak mineGila County · Asbestos Manufacturing Co. · 1964
- Asbestos-mining propertyFort Apache Indian Reservation
- Ash Creek mineAsh Creek, 40 miles northeast of Globe · Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Asbestos Manufacturing Co. · 1916–1964
- Barry De RoseGlobe district · Barry De Rose · 1955–1957
- Bear Canyon mineGlobe · Bear Canyon Asbestos Co., R. G. Robertson, Bear Canyon Mining Co. and others · 1930–1955
- Canadian & Last Chance groupabout three miles east of the Regal Mine · Shanley and Morrison · 1923
- Chrysotile mineGila County · Jaquays Mining Corp. · 1964–1975
- Chrysotile mineGila County · Jaquays Mining Corp. · 1961–1964
- Clarence ViaGlobe district · Clarence Via · 1955
- Crown Asbestos MinesGlobe · Crown Asbestos Mines, Inc. · 1953–1955
- E. E. ProchnowWinslow · E. E. Prochnow · 1942
- Earl PierceYoung · Earl Pierce · 1943
- El Dorado mineTonto National Forest, about 32 miles north of the Globe-Miami District · Jaquays Asbestos Corporation, Johns-Manville Corporation · 1975
- Emsco Asbestos Co.Globe · Emsco Asbestos Co., Fibre & Metal Products, Inc., Fiber & Metal Products Co. · 1921–1942
- Fiber King mineGila · Globe Asbestos Co., Charles Ireland · 1946–1947
- Floyd BrownGlobe · Floyd Brown · 1944
- Grand View mineGila · Guy Phillips · 1953
- Guy G. PhillipsGlobe · Guy Phillips, Guy G. Phillips, Phillips Asbestos Mines and others · 1941–1970
- Jack KennedyGlobe district · Jack Kennedy · 1954
- JaquaysGlobe district · D. W. Jaquays, Jaquays Mining Corp. · 1951–1981
- John A. BaconRoosevelt · John A. Bacon · 1945
- Johns-Manville mine and millChrysotile · Johns-Manville Products Corporation · 1926–1953
- Ladder mineSalt River District · Guy Phillips · 1953
- Lawrence D. PoorGlobe district · Lawrence D. Poor · 1956–1957
- Le Tourneau Asbestos Corp.Globe district · Le Tourneau Asbestos Corp. · 1960
- Lucky Seven mineGila County · Metate Asbestos Corp. · 1964–1970
- Metate Asbestos Corp.Globe · Metate Asbestos Corp. · 1951–1963
- Moore and PhillipsGlobe district · Moore and Phillips · 1958
- Neighbors & Spencer, Ltd.Globe · Neighbors & Spencer, Ltd. · 1941
- Pan American Fiber Corp.Globe district · Pan American Fiber Corp. · 1960–1962
- Pine Top Asbestos MinesGlobe · Pine Top Asbestos Mines, Globe Asbestos Co., Grady B. Gulledge and others · 1941–1953
- Regal mineGlobe · Arizona Chrysotile Asbestos Co., Jaquays Mining Corp. · 1919–1965
- Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc.Globe district · Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc., Arthur Enders · 1942–1958
- Roger Q. KyleGlobe · Roger Q. Kyle, Kyle Asbestos Mines of Arizona · 1912–1960
- Triple Star Mining Co.Globe district · Triple Star Mining Co. · 1954
- Vesta Asbestos Corp.Globe district · Vesta Asbestos Corp. · 1958
- Via Development Co.Globe district · Via Development Co. · 1955–1957
- W. B. PattersonGlobe district · W. B. Patterson · 1954
- Western Chemical Co.Globe district · Western Chemical Co. · 1953–1957
- Wilson Cherry Creek minenear Young · Gila Asbestos Co., American Asbestos Cement Corp. · 1950–1953
Our records also name 24 Arizona asbestos deposits and mines with no sales reported: deposits and prospects the documents describe or report exploring, and mines they report worked without fiber sold. Each page says what the documents report.
24 deposits and mines with no sales reported
- Globe Asbestos Co.Worked, no sales reported · Globe Asbestos Co. · 1948
- Johns-Manville claimsWorked, no sales reported · about 30 miles east of Globe, south of the Salt River · Johns-Manville Products Corporation
- Sorsen Asbestos Corp.Worked, no sales reported · Globe · Sorsen Asbestos Corp. · 1953
- Fourth of July groupDeposits and prospects · one mile west of the Regal Mine · Shanley and Morrison
- Indian Springs mineDeposits and prospects · 12 miles east of Globe · Scott and Vinck Mining Company
- Miami Asbestos GroupDeposits and prospects · 45 miles north of Globe, Sierra Ancha Mountains · Roger Q. Kyle
- Mystery mineDeposits and prospects · 18 miles east of Globe · Neal and Green Mining Company
- Pueblo GroupDeposits and prospects · 60 miles north of Globe on the Central Mountain Mesa · Roger Q. Kyle
- Sloan Creek GroupDeposits and prospects · eight miles east of Young · Roger Q. Kyle
- Sloane asbestos depositDeposits and prospects · Sierra Anchas, above Roosevelt Dam · Riga Mining Company
- Ancha Asbestos Co.Too little in the documents to tell · Globe · Ancha Asbestos Co. · 1953
- Apache Asbestos Mines, Inc.Too little in the documents to tell · Apache Asbestos Mines, Inc. · 1948–1952
- Asbestos King mineToo little in the documents to tell · Jaquays Mining Corp. · 1952
- Canadian mineToo little in the documents to tell · Gila · Globe Los Angeles Mining Co. · 1945–1952
- Charles IrelandToo little in the documents to tell · Charles Ireland, Frank Witte · 1948–1951
- Chemical Sales Corp.Too little in the documents to tell · Globe · Chemical Sales Corp. · 1953
- Dennis BrownToo little in the documents to tell · Globe · Dennis Brown · 1951
- George W. KohlToo little in the documents to tell · Globe · George W. Kohl · 1952
- K. ReidheadToo little in the documents to tell · K. Reidhead · 1948
- Louis KuehneToo little in the documents to tell · Louis Kuehne · 1948
- Ned H. BrownToo little in the documents to tell · Clifton · Ned H. Brown · 1951–1952
- O. W. GuthrieToo little in the documents to tell · Globe · O. W. Guthrie · 1953
- Ted HeronToo little in the documents to tell · Ted Heron · 1948
- Victory mineToo little in the documents to tell · Ash Creek Canyon, adjacent to the El Dorado Mine, Tonto National Forest · Jaquays Asbestos Corporation
Don't see your worksite?
Your worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear on this page. If your loved one worked at an Arizona facility not listed, call us. Johns-Manville requires no site list at all, and we can often document exposure through the products, contractors, and equipment at a site even when no trust lists it by name.
Smaller worksites, contract jobs, short-tenure employment, and exposures across multiple sites are all part of the case-building process. Arizona's copper industry, in particular, produced long careers that crossed several sites — a worker who started at Bisbee or Globe and moved to San Manuel or Morenci over thirty years may have worked at several sites on the trusts' lists.
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How an Arizona case may work
Robert is a 76-year-old retired smelter worker from San Manuel. From 1968 until the operation shut down in 1999 he worked at Magma Copper's San Manuel smelter, primarily in the maintenance and converter departments. His daily work included servicing reverberatory furnaces, converters, and anode furnaces; cutting and fitting refractory brick during reline cycles; removing and replacing pipe insulation on steam and process lines; and repacking pumps and valves across the smelter and refinery. He worked alongside insulators applying high-temperature pipe and block insulation and bricklayers cutting refractory brick — exposure that was constant, daily, and uncontrolled for the first decade of his career. In late 2025, after a year of unexplained chest pain and increasing shortness of breath, Robert was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma histological subtype.
For Robert's family, the pathway forward involves both site-specific trust filings and the universal Johns-Manville Settlement Trust. The San Manuel listings support filings against at least six site-specific trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), and Owens Corning — covering boilers, refractory, pipe and block insulation, and insulating cement that Robert handled directly. Robert's pre-1982 exposure history qualifies him for the universal Johns-Manville Settlement Trust as well, independent of the site-specific filings. On the civil side, claims against still-solvent manufacturers documented at San Manuel run in parallel with the trust filings. Robert's wife and children also receive free asbestos health screening through our representation — take-home exposure on a smelter worker's clothes was substantial in the heavy asbestos decades. Recoveries from cases like Robert's routinely fund what insurance does not cover — travel to academic cancer centers, lodging during extended treatment, out-of-pocket medication costs, and home help. The nearest NCI-designated cancer center for an Arizona worker is the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, where advanced treatments like HIPEC, lung-sparing surgery, and the latest immunotherapy combinations are available. When the written agreement and applicable law permit it, our firm can also advance the cost of travel and lodging when getting to the right treatment center matters. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →.
For the full doctrinal treatment of Arizona's discovery rule, comparative fault framework, premises liability standard, and damages framework, see the Arizona mesothelioma law guide.
This example is general. Every case depends on the diagnosis, exposure history, dates, defendants, applicable law, and available evidence.
What happens when you call
A staff attorney answers — not a screener. The first call usually runs 20 to 30 minutes. We listen to the work history, identify which Arizona worksites and trust channels apply to your loved one's exposure, and explain the timeline and case structure for your family's specific situation.
We never pressure anyone to retain us during the first call. If you decide to move forward, we come to you — phone, video, or home visit, whichever works best. No travel to our offices is required at any point in the case.
You do not need to come to the call with product names, exposure dates, or work records. We reconstruct the exposure history using our worksite database, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember; we handle the documentation work from there.
A spouse, adult child, or other family member can call for the worker. Many of our first calls are from a daughter or wife researching on behalf of a parent or husband. That is standard, and the family member can make the call without the worker on the line.
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Why families choose our firm
- $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; all 568 Arizona entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; dozens of clients with Arizona job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge. We operate from documented trust coverage at each site rather than from generic intake scripts — the first call already speaks to the products, trades, and trust channels at your loved one's facility.
- Trust, civil, and federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team. Trust claims, civil lawsuits, VA benefits, and FECA filings run alongside one another rather than competing.
- Remote case handling. Phone, video, home visit — no travel to our offices required at any point in the case.
- Free family asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed at home.
- No fee unless we recover for your family.
Frequently asked questions
Is my Arizona worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold 568 Arizona entries in 92 communities — copper mines and smelters, power stations, cement plants, military installations, hospitals, schools, and a wide range of smaller industrial and commercial operations across the state. You can search every entry on this page. Even if a specific facility isn't listed, we can often document exposure there through the products and contractors involved. Call us with the worksite name and we can confirm coverage during the first conversation.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When an asbestos manufacturer went bankrupt, the bankruptcy court typically required the company to fund a settlement trust to pay current and future asbestos disease claims. There are roughly 60 of these trusts operating today, holding tens of billions of dollars. "Trust coverage" at a worksite means a trust's own approved-site list shows that its products were present at that location, which supports a claim against that trust. Trust claims are paper claims — no courtroom, no trial — and they run alongside any civil lawsuit against the still-solvent manufacturers.
Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?
Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.
Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?
No. Most families do not arrive with product names, dates, or work records — and they should not need to. We reconstruct the exposure history using the trusts' site lists, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember about the work; we handle the documentation work from there.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Arizona sites?
That is common, especially for copper industry workers — many Arizona miners and smelter workers had careers that spanned San Manuel, Superior, Hayden, Morenci, Globe, Bisbee, and the smaller operations. Multi-site exposure histories often strengthen the case rather than complicate it. Each site is checked against the trusts' lists, and the trust filings reflect the cumulative exposure.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
It does not affect the case. Magma's San Manuel operation shut down in 1999, and its listings on the trusts' approved-site lists still stand. The same is true for closed copper operations across Arizona, demolished plants, and facilities that no longer exist. Closure of a worksite does not affect a worker's eligibility for trust filings or civil claims.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. Wrongful death claims, survival claims, and trust filings on behalf of a deceased worker are part of what we do routinely. The Arizona wrongful death deadline is two years from the date of death — call us as soon as practical, since gathering records and identifying defendants takes time.
What if my loved one served at Davis-Monthan, Luke, Fort Huachuca, or Yuma Proving Ground?
Federal civilian employees at these installations are typically covered by the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. Military veterans may be eligible for VA service-connected disability — available with proof of in-service asbestos exposure and a doctor's opinion linking it to service. Trust claims and federal benefits run in parallel; some must be coordinated, because a few programs carry offsets or repayment rules. We coordinate all of these channels in a single case.
Talk with an Arizona asbestos lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, we are ready to help. Your loved one's worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't.
You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.
Related resources
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.