Idaho's heavy industry was spread thin across a large state, and it kept unlikely company: a federal reactor-testing reservation in the sagebrush, phosphate furnaces outside Pocatello, a lead smelter in a narrow mountain valley, and sawmills and sugar factories in the river towns. Every one of them depended on steam or furnace heat, and every one held that heat in with asbestos, on the boilers and pipe, in the refractory linings, and in the gaskets at each flange. Five parts of the state account for most of the trusts' Idaho entries:
- Lewiston and the Panhandle timber country — Potlatch Forests' mill on the Clearwater River, the worksite most trusts recognize in the state, and the Pack River Lumber mill at Dover;
- the Silver Valley — the Bunker Hill mine and smelter at Kellogg and Hecla's mines at Burke;
- the reactor desert west of Idaho Falls — the National Reactor Testing Station and the Navy's Naval Reactors Facility inside it;
- Pocatello and the phosphate country — Union Pacific's railroad shops, the FMC and J.R. Simplot plants west of the city, and Monsanto's furnaces at Soda Springs; and
- the Treasure and Magic valleys — Amalgamated Sugar's factories at Nampa and Twin Falls, and Boise Cascade at Boise.
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 Idaho, those lists hold 245 entries across 59 communities, from 18 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Several of our clients worked at Idaho 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.
You don't need the product names or old records. No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
Idaho filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Idaho 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. If an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos-related scarring, an Idaho court may count the two years from that earlier finding, so call us right away. After a death, the family's wrongful-death claim has its own two years, counted from the date of death. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.
Idaho 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. Idaho's wrongful death framework provides broad survivor recovery, including loss of consortium, companionship, society, and guidance without requiring proof of special damages.
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 clothing, 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 Idaho
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. Seventeen other trusts list Idaho worksites. The number of Idaho entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Babcock & Wilcox: 71 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Fibreboard: 36 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Owens Corning: 36 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- A.P. Green: 34 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 26 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Eagle-Picher: 9 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Combustion Engineering: 6 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 5 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- Flintkote: 4 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- W.R. Grace: 4 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- ACandS: 2 entries (insulation contracting)
- Armstrong World Industries: 2 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- Burns & Roe: 2 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- Owens-Illinois: 2 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 2 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- Turner & Newall: 2 entries (Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles)
- U.S. Gypsum: 2 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Idaho 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.
Idaho 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.
PocatelloPocatello grew as the Union Pacific's Oregon Short Line junction and shop town; west of the city, the FMC and J.R. Simplot plants turned southeastern Idaho's phosphate rock into elemental phosphorus and fertilizer.
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.
- FMC phosphorus plant (Westvaco Chemical)
- J.R. Simplot Don fertilizer plant
Railroads. Steam locomotives were insulated with asbestos, and railroad shops relined boilers and replaced brake shoes and gaskets on equipment that carried asbestos for decades after diesels arrived.
- Union Pacific Railroad shops (Oregon Short Line)
ScovilleScoville is the name the trusts use for the federal reactor-testing reservation on the Snake River Plain west of Idaho Falls, now the Idaho National Laboratory; the Navy's Naval Reactors Facility sits inside it.
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.
- Naval Reactors Facility (Westinghouse Electric)
Other worksites.
- National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory)
Other Idaho communitiesOne worksite each in 11 more communities.
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.
- Boise Cascade — Boise
- Pack River Lumber Co. — Dover
- Potlatch Forests Lewiston mill (pulp and paper mill, sawmill) — Lewiston
Food plants, breweries, and sugar mills. Sugar mills, breweries, corn and flour mills, and packing houses ran on steam: boilers, cookers, evaporators, and dryers, with miles of insulated pipe, all built with asbestos insulation, gaskets, and packing.
- Amalgamated Sugar Company — Nampa
- Amalgamated Sugar Company — Twin Falls
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.
- LDS Hospital — Idaho Falls
- University of Idaho — Moscow
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.
- Bunker Hill Company (mine and smelter) — Kellogg
- Hecla Mining Company — Burke
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.
- Monsanto elemental phosphorus plant — Soda Springs
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.
- Mountain Home Air Force Base — Mountain Home
Mesothelioma settlement values at Idaho's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least two 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.
Potlatch Forests Lewiston mill (pulp and paper mill, sawmill)
| 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 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | 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 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory)
| 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 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
J.R. Simplot Don fertilizer plant
| 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 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Boise Cascade
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| 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 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | 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 Idaho
| 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 |
| Flintkote | $184,000 – $450,000 | 15% | $27,600 – $67,500 |
| 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 |
FMC phosphorus plant (Westvaco Chemical)
| 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 |
| 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 |
Naval Reactors Facility (Westinghouse Electric)
| 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 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
LDS 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 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Amalgamated Sugar Company
| 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 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | 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 |
Monsanto elemental phosphorus plant
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bunker Hill Company (mine and smelter)
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Union Pacific Railroad shops (Oregon Short Line)
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Utah Idaho Sugar Company
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Intermountain Gas central service facility
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
J.R. Simplot Company
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
J.R. Simplot Conda phosphate operations
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| 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 |
Pack River Lumber Co.
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Boise Cascade Corp
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Utah Idaho Sugar Company
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Waters Asbestos Supply Co.
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Jaype Stud Mill & Plywood Plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pulp Mill Warehouse
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mountain Home Air Force Base
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Moore Dry Kiln Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Amalgamated Sugar Company
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
A closer look at major Idaho worksites
The worksites below are among those recognized by the most asbestos trusts in Idaho — five or more, counting Johns-Manville — together with the Bunker Hill mine and smelter at Kellogg, the Silver Valley's largest operation. 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.
Potlatch Forests Lewiston mill (pulp and paper mill, sawmill) — Lewiston
Potlatch's Lewiston mill on the Clearwater River was built as a sawmill in 1927 and became part of Potlatch Forests, Inc. when the company was formed in 1931; a pulp and paper mill was added on the same site in 1950, making it one of the largest integrated forest-products complexes in the Northwest. The company became Potlatch Corporation in 1973. The trusts list the complex under Potlatch, Potlatch Forests, Potlatch Forest Industries, Potlatch Forest Products, and the Potlatch Paper Mill; this page treats them as one site.
Workers exposed. Integrated pulp and paper operations of this scale required boilermakers, millwrights, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, recovery-boiler operators, paper-machine operators, power-plant operators, and the maintenance crews who serviced the facility around the clock.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1949 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers — including the recovery boilers at the heart of kraft pulping — carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections, while A.P. Green and Kaiser Aluminum refractory lined the recovery furnaces, lime kiln, and power boilers. 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, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward. Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered the steam and process piping. Turner & Newall's Limpet sprayed asbestos carried amosite, and its Limpet Blue grade crocidolite (blue asbestos), which also appeared in acid-service gaskets and packing. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory) — Scoville
The Atomic Energy Commission established the National Reactor Testing Station in 1949 on the Snake River Plain west of Idaho Falls, and more than fifty reactors were eventually built there. In 1951 its Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) produced the first usable electricity from nuclear power. The station was renamed the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in 1974 and is now the Idaho National Laboratory. The trusts list it under the station's names, the Atomic Energy Commission, EBR-I and EBR-II, its central-facilities and sponsors' warehouses, and Phillips Petroleum, one of its operating contractors, filed under Scoville, Arco, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello. The Navy's Naval Reactors Facility, inside the reservation, is listed separately below.
Workers exposed. Nuclear research reactor operations at this scale required boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, refractory workers, machinists, electricians, instrument technicians, and the engineering and construction trades that built and maintained the reactor complexes. Contractor employees across multiple decades worked alongside federal personnel throughout the facility.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1945 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, covered the hottest steam and process lines, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, their high-temperature grades also made with amosite, covered the rest. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers supplied the site's steam, with gaskets and packing on every steam connection, and A.P. Green refractory lined boilers and heaters. Burns & Roe did engineering and construction work at the station. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Naval Reactors Facility (Westinghouse Electric) — Scoville
The Naval Reactors Facility, inside the reactor-testing reservation, was operated for the Navy by Westinghouse Electric. Its S1W prototype, which first ran in 1953, was the land-based model of the reactor that powered the submarine USS Nautilus, and the facility trained Navy nuclear propulsion crews for decades. The trusts list it under Westinghouse Electric, Naval Reactors, and the NRF site, some entries under Scoville and some under Idaho Falls.
Workers exposed. Pipefitters, insulators, machinists, electricians, boilermakers, and the construction crews who built and refitted the prototype plants, along with the Navy personnel who trained on them.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The prototypes reproduced shipboard steam plants, insulated the way Navy ships were. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo pipe insulation carried amosite (brown asbestos) on the high-temperature steam lines, Fibreboard supplied more pipe and block insulation, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement finished fittings and valves. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
J.R. Simplot Don fertilizer plant — Pocatello
J.R. Simplot's phosphate fertilizer plant west of Pocatello, known as the Don plant, opened in the 1940s and made sulfuric and phosphoric acid and fertilizer from the rock of the southeastern Idaho phosphate field. The trusts list it under J.R. Simplot, Simplot's fertilizer division, its acid plant, and the Don plant.
Workers exposed. Fertilizer manufacturing required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, and process operators.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1954 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the acid-plant burners, dryers, and process heaters, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. 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. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and the acid service throughout the plant called for crocidolite (blue asbestos) gaskets and packing. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
FMC phosphorus plant (Westvaco Chemical) — Pocatello
The elemental phosphorus plant west of Pocatello opened in 1949 as part of Westvaco Chemical, a division of Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC), and for decades was one of the largest phosphorus producers in the world. Its electric furnaces smelted phosphate ore at very high temperatures. The plant closed in 2001. The trusts list it under FMC, its Phosphorus Chemical Division, and Westvaco, one entry filed under the Don siding.
Workers exposed. Furnace operators, refractory workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the furnaces, kilns, and heaters, and Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, their high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and process piping, finished with Eagle-Picher insulating cement. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Boise Cascade — Boise
Boise Cascade was formed in 1957, when the Boise Payette Lumber Company merged with the Cascade Lumber Company of Yakima, and it made Boise its headquarters. The trusts list the company at Boise under its own name, its building products operations, and a paper mill; this page groups those Boise entries. The company's Emmett mill is listed separately.
Workers exposed. Forest products manufacturing required millwrights, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, mechanics, and the maintenance trades supporting the process operations.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1965 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and Kaiser Aluminum refractory lined boilers, dryers, and process heaters. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, their high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and process piping, with gaskets and packing at the flanges and valves. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Monsanto elemental phosphorus plant — Soda Springs
Monsanto opened its elemental phosphorus plant at Soda Springs in 1952, feeding its electric furnaces with phosphate ore mined in the surrounding hills. The trusts list it under Monsanto and Monsanto Chemical, with one entry filed under the town name "Monsanto."
Workers exposed. Furnace operators, refractory workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 5 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1959 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the furnaces and heaters. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), along with refractory and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Bunker Hill Company (mine and smelter) — Kellogg
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at Kellogg, staked in 1885, became the largest producer in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, and the company built its lead smelter there in 1917. The mine and smelter closed in 1981. The trusts list the complex under Bunker Hill, the Bunker Hill smelter, and the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine and concentrator; Sullivan Mining is listed separately.
Workers exposed. Mining and smelting operations at this scale required refractory workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and the smelter operators servicing the high-temperature lead and zinc smelting infrastructure.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 4 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1941 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers powered the smelter and mine, with pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Fibreboard pipe insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam lines, and the Halliburton signature reflects the pumps and air compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington that mines and mills depended on. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Idaho entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Idaho entries in 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Scoville | 33 |
| Pocatello | 30 |
| Idaho Falls | 22 |
| Lewiston | 22 |
| Boise | 17 |
| Moscow | 7 |
| Nampa | 7 |
| Blackfoot | 6 |
| Kellogg | 6 |
| Arco | 5 |
| Burley | 5 |
| Conda | 5 |
| Soda Springs | 5 |
| Caldwell | 4 |
| Coeur d'Alene | 4 |
| Sandpoint | 4 |
| Emmett | 3 |
| Mountain Home | 3 |
| Osburn | 3 |
Entries are also listed in American Falls, Batiste Springs, Buhl, Burke, Clayton, Dover, Franklin, Glenns Ferry, Grandview, Grangeville, Hapelton, Horpster, Inkom, Jaype, Lincoln, Mackay, Milner, Montpelier, Paul, Payette, Post Falls, Potlatch, Preston, Priest, Princeton, Rigby, Ririe, Rupert, Shelley, Shoshone, St. Anthony, St. Joe, Sugar City, Sun Valley, Tamarack, Twin Falls, Utah Falls, Wallace, Whitney and Winchester.
Many Idaho communities appear on the lists only once, often for a single sugar factory, lumber mill, mine, or school.
Search the asbestos trusts' Idaho 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.
245 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 2 asbestos cases from Idaho courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Idaho workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Naval Reactors Facility (including A1W prototype)
- Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017): Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate in the Navy (training at the facility for six months), 1960s
- Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017): Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate in the United States Navy (training), 1960s
- Harris v. CBS Corporation (2012): Naval Officer undergoing training, 1964-65
National Reactor Testing Station (Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)
- Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010): Electrician and electrical crew supervisor, early-1950s to 1967
- Davis v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010): 1964-1976
Union Pacific Weiser roundhouse
- Stephens v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2019): Child of a roundhouse worker; dust on father's work clothes, late 1940s and early 1950s
- Stephens v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (2018): Son of a railroad roundhouse worker, 1944-1954
FMC phosphate plant
- Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010): Electrician, 1951-1952; 1960s
Monsanto phosphate plant
- Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010): Electrician
Nuclear Power School
- Gilstrap v. CBS Corporation (2021): Trainee/trainer, 1964-1967
Every worksite named in Idaho court decisions, with all their decisions
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 Idaho 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.
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How an Idaho case may work
Lawrence, age 76, worked for 32 years at Potlatch Forests in Lewiston, from 1970 through 2002. He came up through the maintenance and millwright crews supporting the integrated forest products complex along the Clearwater River — kraft recovery boiler operations, the in-plant powerhouse, the paper machines, and the broad maintenance work that kept the mill running across shifts and decades. His daily work brought him into contact with the full range of asbestos-containing products characteristic of a major historic integrated forest products operation: refractory in the recovery boilers and process heaters, high-temperature pipe and block insulation on steam and process piping, sprayed insulation on structural steel and high-temperature applications, gasket and packing on the pumps and valves throughout the plant, and the supporting industrial process services. Like most pulp and paper workers of his era, Lawrence had no health complaints until late 2025, when he developed persistent abdominal pain and progressive weight loss. A peritoneal biopsy in Boise in February 2026 confirmed peritoneal mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma histology.
For Lawrence's family, the case may open several recovery paths; when each is filed is decided case by case with our trial team. The Potlatch Lewiston listings support filings against at least ten site-specific trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Turner & Newall (Limpet sprayed asbestos, including the Limpet Blue crocidolite grade). Lawrence's pre-1982 exposure also qualifies him for the universal Johns-Manville Settlement Trust, in addition to the site-specific trust filings — Johns-Manville requires only one day of pre-1982 exposure for a mesothelioma claim, and Lawrence has 12 years of pre-1982 Potlatch work. A civil case against the still-solvent product manufacturers may be filed within Idaho's two-year deadline. Potlatch, his employer, is not a defendant; his remedy against it is Idaho workers' compensation. Where several exposures combine, Idaho juries decide whether each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing the disease. Lawrence's wife and adult daughter are eligible for free family asbestos health screening — asbestos brought home on a worker's clothing causes take-home exposure that can produce disease decades later, and we screen all immediate family members of our clients as part of representation.
Recoveries from cases like Lawrence'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 Idaho worker is the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where advanced treatments like HIPEC for peritoneal mesothelioma, lung-sparing surgery for pleural mesothelioma, 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 Idaho's filing deadlines, the product liability act's prolonged-exposure exception, comparative fault, premises claims, and damages, see the Idaho 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 Idaho 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 245 Idaho entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; several clients with Idaho job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — we can speak to the products, trades, and trust channels at your loved one's site from the first call
- Trust + civil + federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team — including EEOICPA for Idaho National Laboratory workers, VA service-connected disability for veterans, FECA for federal civilian employees, and SSDI for eligible claimants
- Remote case handling — phone, video, or home visit; no travel to our offices required
- Free family asbestos health screening — for spouses, children, and household members of every client
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family
Frequently asked questions
Is my Idaho worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold 245 Idaho entries in 59 communities — timber and paper mills, sugar factories, phosphate and fertilizer plants, railroad shops, mines and smelters, the reactor-testing station, military installations, hospitals, and schools. 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 the years your loved one worked there, and we can usually confirm coverage during the first call.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When an asbestos manufacturer files for bankruptcy, it typically sets up a settlement trust to pay future asbestos victims. Each trust maintains documentation of where its products were used. When we say a site is "recognized by 6 trusts," we mean six different asbestos trusts have records establishing that their products were used at that location — meaning a worker exposed there is positioned to file claims against all six trusts. Trust claims operate as paper filings, separately from any civil lawsuit, and recoveries from one trust do not reduce or offset recoveries from another.
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 workers and most families do not have specific product names from decades back. We reconstruct the product history from the trusts' site lists (which manufacturers' products were present at each site), the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. Your starting point is what your loved one did and where — the products come from our work.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Idaho sites?
That is common and it is helpful for the case, not a problem. Multi-site exposure histories typically support filings against more trusts and broader civil claims. Where several exposures combine, Idaho juries are told to decide whether each defendant's conduct was a substantial factor in causing the disease (Beebe v. North Idaho Day Surgery, 2023), so cumulative exposure at several sites doesn't defeat a claim; exposure to each defendant's product still has to be proved.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
The worksite physically closing does not affect the case. The trusts' lists document historical operations regardless of current site status; the trust claims are filed against the manufacturers (whose trusts continue operating regardless of whether the worksite still exists); and the civil claims are filed against the manufacturers and any successor entities that retained liability. Bunker Hill closed in 1981 and the FMC phosphorus plant in 2001, and both remain on the trusts' lists.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. Idaho's wrongful death framework provides broad survivor recovery, including loss of consortium, companionship, society, and guidance without requiring proof of special damages. Trust claims survive death and can be filed by the estate or surviving family members. The family's wrongful-death claim has two years from the date of death, even if the worker's own deadline had already passed, so call promptly.
What if my loved one worked at the Idaho National Laboratory?
Employees of the Department of Energy's contractors and subcontractors at INL may qualify for EEOICPA Part E (the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act), a federal program for illness linked to toxic exposure at a DOE site. Part E pays up to $250,000 plus medical benefits, is reduced by state workers' compensation for the same illness, and is offset by lawsuit and trust recoveries. DOE's own federal employees are not covered by Part E (their remedy for a work injury is FECA), and work at the Navy's Naval Reactors Facility is excluded from EEOICPA. Workers at the National Reactor Testing Station, EBR-I, EBR-II, the Materials Test Reactor, the Advanced Test Reactor, or other INL operations may also have product and trust claims; when each is filed is decided case by case.
Does Idaho's products liability statute of repose bar asbestos cases?
Not by itself. Idaho's product liability act presumes that harm appearing more than ten years after a product was delivered came after its "useful safe life," but that presumption does not apply when the harm was caused by prolonged exposure to a defective product. Manufacturers can still argue the useful-safe-life defense on the facts, and product claims must be filed within Idaho's two-year deadline. For the doctrinal treatment, see the Idaho mesothelioma law guide.
Talk with an Idaho 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.
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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.