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Louisiana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage

Reviewed by Justinian C. Lane, Attorney Last reviewed November 2026

Drive River Road from Baton Rouge toward New Orleans and the cane fields give way, bend after bend, to refineries and chemical plants; cross to Lake Charles and the same pattern lines the Calcasieu. Louisiana put its oil, natural gas, salt, sulphur, and pine where they met deep water, and the boilers, process heaters, and steam lines of those plants, and the ships built beside them, were wrapped, lined, and sealed with asbestos. Most of the trusts' Louisiana listings fall along five stretches:

  • the Mississippi River chemical corridor, Baton Rouge to Norco — Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery, Dow at Plaquemine, and Shell at Norco;
  • Lake Charles and Westlake on the Calcasieu — the Citgo (Cities Service) and Conoco refineries and the PPG and Olin Mathieson chemical plants;
  • the New Orleans waterfront — Avondale Shipyards, the Chalmette refinery, and the Port of New Orleans;
  • the paper-mill towns — International Paper at Springhill, the Bogalusa mill, and Olinkraft at West Monroe; and
  • Acadiana and the coast — McDermott's yards at Morgan City and Amelia and the sugar mills along Bayou Teche.

Contract crews followed the work from plant to plant, turnaround after turnaround.

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 Louisiana, those lists hold more than 3,000 entries across 340 communities, from 29 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Thousands of our clients worked at Louisiana 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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Louisiana filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief

Louisiana gives a diagnosed worker one year to file a personal-injury claim for asbestos exposure before July 1, 2024 (two years for claims arising after that date). Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count one year from the date of diagnosis. If an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos-related scarring, a Louisiana court may count the year from that earlier finding, so call us right away. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.

Louisiana 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. Survival and wrongful death actions are separate causes of action under Louisiana civil law, and the firm handles both 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 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 Louisiana

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-eight other trusts list Louisiana worksites. The number of Louisiana entries on each trust's list:

Trust coverage at this depth means most Louisiana workers with significant industrial exposure histories will qualify for claims with multiple trusts — typically Johns-Manville plus the site-specific trusts documented at their worksites.

Louisiana cities where our clients worked

Open a city to see the worksites there where more than a dozen of our clients worked, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos.

Lake CharlesLake Charles became a refining and chemical center after its deepwater channel to the Gulf opened in the 1920s, with Cities Service (Citgo), PPG, and Olin Mathieson among its largest plants. Firestone's synthetic-rubber plant and Hercules add to the city's industry.6 worksites

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.

  • Hercules Chemical
  • Olin Mathieson Lake Charles chemical plant
  • PPG Lake Charles chemical plant (Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Columbia-Southern)

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Citgo Lake Charles refinery (Cities Service, CITCON)

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.

  • Gulf Coast Aluminum

Tire and synthetic-rubber plants. Synthetic-rubber and tire plants ran boilers, steam lines, and steam-heated presses and curing equipment insulated and sealed with asbestos.

  • Firestone
Baton RougeBaton Rouge's industry grew around the Standard Oil refinery, opened in 1909 and now Exxon's, and spread along the river to Ethyl, Copolymer's synthetic-rubber plant, and other chemical works.3 worksites

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.

  • Copolymer Plant
  • Ethyl Corp.

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Exxon Baton Rouge refinery and chemical plant (Standard Oil, Esso, Humble)
GeismarGeismar, on the Mississippi in Ascension Parish, is a cluster of chemical plants — BASF Wyandotte, Borden, and Allied Chemical among them.3 worksites

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.

  • Allied Chemical Geismar
  • BASF Wyandotte Chemicals
  • Borden Chemical
ChalmetteChalmette, in St. Bernard Parish just downriver from New Orleans, paired the Tenneco refinery, later Mobil's, with Kaiser Aluminum's Chalmette works.2 worksites

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Chalmette refinery (Tenneco, Mobil)

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.

  • Kaiser
Morgan CityMorgan City, on the Atchafalaya, grew with the offshore oil industry: McDermott built platforms and vessels there and at nearby Amelia, and Avondale ran a yard of its own.2 worksites

Shipyards. Ships' boilers, engine rooms, and steam lines were insulated with asbestos, much of it to Navy specification, and shipyard workers in tight spaces breathed the dust whether or not they handled it themselves.

  • Avondale Shipyard
  • McDermott Shipbuilding
New OrleansNew Orleans's port and its shipyards, Equitable among them, built, repaired, and outfitted vessels for the river and the Gulf, while longshore crews worked miles of wharves.2 worksites

Shipyards. Ships' boilers, engine rooms, and steam lines were insulated with asbestos, much of it to Navy specification, and shipyard workers in tight spaces breathed the dust whether or not they handled it themselves.

  • Equitable Shipyard

Ports and longshore work. Dockworkers loaded and unloaded asbestos fiber and asbestos products that moved through the ports, and worked aboard ships insulated with asbestos.

  • Port of New Orleans
PlaqueminePlaquemine, on the west bank south of Baton Rouge, is home to Dow Chemical's Louisiana Division, opened in 1958, and to the chemical plant Georgia-Pacific ran there, later Georgia Gulf.2 worksites

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.

  • Dow Chemical Plaquemine (Louisiana Division)
  • Georgia Pacific
AvondaleAvondale, on the west bank upriver from New Orleans, was home to Avondale Shipyards, which built Navy and commercial ships there from the late 1930s until 2014.1 worksite

Shipyards. Ships' boilers, engine rooms, and steam lines were insulated with asbestos, much of it to Navy specification, and shipyard workers in tight spaces breathed the dust whether or not they handled it themselves.

  • Avondale Shipyards
NorcoNorco takes its name from the New Orleans Refining Company, whose refinery Shell took over in 1929; Shell's chemical plant grew up beside it.1 worksite

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Shell Norco refinery and chemical plant
WestlakeWestlake, across the Calcasieu River from Lake Charles, is home to the Conoco refinery, which the trusts often file under Lake Charles.1 worksite

Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.

  • Conoco Lake Charles refinery (Continental Oil)
Other Louisiana communitiesOne worksite each in 11 more communities.11 worksites

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.

  • Cabot Corp — Franklin
  • Ciba-Geigy — St. Gabriel
  • Monsanto — Luling
  • Union Carbide — Taft

Textile and garment plants. Textile and garment plants ran steam for dryers, presses, and heating, and their boiler rooms and maintenance shops carried the same asbestos insulation, gaskets, and packing as any industrial plant.

  • Fruit of the Loom — St. Martinville
  • Fruit of the Loom, Inc. — Jeanerette

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.

  • Standard Fittings Company — Opelousas

Shipyards. Ships' boilers, engine rooms, and steam lines were insulated with asbestos, much of it to Navy specification, and shipyard workers in tight spaces breathed the dust whether or not they handled it themselves.

  • McDermott Shipbuilding — Amelia

Ports and longshore work. Dockworkers loaded and unloaded asbestos fiber and asbestos products that moved through the ports, and worked aboard ships insulated with asbestos.

  • Port of Iberia — New Iberia

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.

  • Fort Polk — Fort Polk

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.

  • River Bend Nuclear Plant — St. Francisville

Mesothelioma settlement values at Louisiana's most-documented worksites

These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least six 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.

Avondale ShipyardsAvondale · at least 15 trusts · 1939–1982 · trust values together about $310,000 to $2.2 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Flintkote$184,000 – $450,00015%$27,600 – $67,500
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Bogalusa paper mill (Gaylord Container, Crown Zellerbach)Bogalusa · at least 15 trusts · 1932–1982 · trust values together about $300,000 to $1.1 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
RaytechNot published——
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Citgo Lake Charles refinery (Cities Service, CITCON)Lake Charles · at least 15 trusts · 1942–1982 · trust values together about $320,000 to $2.1 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Fuller-Austin$58,50045%$26,325
J.T. Thorpe (California)Not published——
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
PPG Lake Charles chemical plant (Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Columbia-Southern)Lake Charles · at least 15 trusts · 1947–1982 · trust values together about $330,000 to $2.1 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Fuller-Austin$58,50045%$26,325
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Exxon Baton Rouge refinery and chemical plant (Standard Oil, Esso, Humble)Baton Rouge · at least 14 trusts · 1920–1982 · trust values together about $230,000 to $760,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
J.T. Thorpe (California)Not published——
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Olin Mathieson Lake Charles chemical plantLake Charles · at least 14 trusts · 1934–1982 · trust values together about $390,000 to $2.4 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Fuller-Austin$58,50045%$26,325
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Shell Norco refinery and chemical plantNorco · at least 13 trusts · 1930–1982 · trust values together about $230,000 to $760,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
Kaiser AluminumNot published——
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Conoco Lake Charles refinery (Continental Oil)Westlake · at least 13 trusts · 1944–1982 · trust values together about $270,000 to $2.0 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Fuller-Austin$58,50045%$26,325
J.T. Thorpe (California)Not published——
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Dow Chemical Plaquemine (Louisiana Division)Plaquemine · at least 12 trusts · 1958–1982 · trust values together about $210,000 to $1.8 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Fuller-Austin$58,50045%$26,325
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Chalmette refinery (Tenneco, Mobil)Chalmette · at least 11 trusts · 1955–1982 · trust values together about $180,000 to $580,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Allied Chemical GeismarGeismar · at least 11 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $160,000 to $1.6 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
RaytechNot published——
Turner & Newall$200,000 – $600,0002.9%$5,800 – $17,400
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
International Paper Springhill millSpringhill · at least 11 trusts · 1937–1982 · trust values together about $280,000 to $2.1 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Olinkraft paper mill (Olin Mathieson)West Monroe · at least 10 trusts · 1936–1982 · trust values together about $260,000 to $2.0 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Ethyl Corp.Baton Rouge · at least 8 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $160,000 to $1.6 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
International PaperBastrop · at least 7 trusts · 1946–1982 · trust values together about $120,000 to $1.5 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
BASF Wyandotte ChemicalsGeismar · at least 7 trusts · 1956–1982 · trust values together about $120,000 to $410,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Borden ChemicalGeismar · at least 7 trusts · 1965–1982 · trust values together about $83,000 to $260,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Continental Can CoHodge · at least 7 trusts · 1941–1982 · trust values together about $84,000 to $270,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Kaiser AluminumNot published——
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000

A closer look at major Louisiana worksites

The worksites below are where the most of our clients worked, among Louisiana sites recognized by at least eleven asbestos trusts, 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.

Citgo Lake Charles refinery (Cities Service, CITCON) — Lake Charles

Recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts · 1942–1982

Cities Service built its Lake Charles refinery during World War II, and the plant has run under the Citgo name since the 1980s; it is one of the largest refineries in the country. The trusts list it under Cities Service, City Services, CITCON, and Citgo; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Refinery operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in the cat crackers and process heaters, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians, with contract insulation crews working turnarounds across the plant.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1942 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. 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; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered more of the high-temperature lines, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin contractor crews. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined the cat crackers, crude heaters, and other high-temperature units, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection. Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boiler exteriors and process equipment, ABB Lummus did refinery engineering and construction, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe of refining.

PPG Lake Charles chemical plant (Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Columbia-Southern) — Lake Charles

Recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts · 1947–1982

Columbia-Southern Chemical, Pittsburgh Plate Glass's chemical subsidiary, opened the Lake Charles plant in 1947 to make chlorine and caustic soda; it is now part of Westlake. The trusts list it under PPG, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and Columbia-Southern; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Chemical plant operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, electricians, and the contract crews who built and expanded the plant.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1947 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. 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; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos, Fibreboard, and Armstrong pipe and block insulation covered more steam and process piping, applied by ACandS, J.T. Thorpe, and Fuller-Austin contractor crews. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory lined furnaces and high-temperature process equipment, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boiler exteriors; the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing that chlorine and caustic production relied on.

Avondale Shipyards — Avondale

Recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts · 1939–1982

Avondale Shipyards, on the west bank of the Mississippi River just upriver from New Orleans, was one of the largest shipbuilders in the country. Avondale built Navy auxiliary ships, destroyer escorts, container ships, oceanographic vessels, and a broad range of Navy and commercial vessels from the late 1930s until the yard closed in 2014. The trusts file the main yard under Avondale, New Orleans, Westwego, and Bridge City; Avondale's Morgan City yard is a separate site.

Workers exposed. Avondale employed thousands of shipfitters, welders, pipefitters, electricians, insulators, boilermakers, machinists, sheet-metal workers, riggers, and laborers across decades of operation.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Flintkote, NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1939 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used at this site; Unibestos met the Navy specification for high-temperature pipe insulation. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo, also an amosite product, was used here during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line, and Fibreboard and Armstrong supplied more pipe and block insulation for shipboard steam lines. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering marine boilers came with their insulation and A.P. Green and NARCO refractory, Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boilers and fittings, and Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets and other gaskets and packing sealed shipboard valves, pumps, and flanges; the Halliburton signature reflects shipboard pumps and compressors. The Turner & Newall signature identifies Limpet sprayed asbestos, an amosite product, with Limpet Blue made with crocidolite (blue asbestos) in the hottest shipboard service, and Flintkote documents building products. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, above all the gaskets and packing.

Conoco Lake Charles refinery (Continental Oil) — Westlake

Recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts · 1944–1982

Continental Oil's refinery at Westlake — across the Calcasieu River from Lake Charles, and often filed by the trusts under Lake Charles — was one of the major Louisiana refining operations, with crude units, catalytic crackers, hydroprocessing units, and the full range of high-temperature process equipment of a Gulf Coast refinery. Phillips 66 runs it today.

Workers exposed. Refinery operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers servicing FCC units and process heaters, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1944 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. 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; Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered more process piping, and J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin crews applied insulation and refractory across the refinery. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined the FCC units and process heaters, Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, and Eagle-Picher supplied One-Cote insulating cement, gaskets, and packing. ABB Lummus did refinery engineering and construction, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe of refining.

Exxon Baton Rouge refinery and chemical plant (Standard Oil, Esso, Humble) — Baton Rouge

Recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts · 1920–1982

Standard Oil Company of Louisiana opened the Baton Rouge refinery in 1909, and it grew into one of the largest refineries in the country, with a chemical plant beside it. The trusts list the complex under Standard Oil, Esso, Humble, Enjay, and Exxon, the name the company took in 1972; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Refinery and chemical operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in the cat crackers and process heaters, mechanics, instrument technicians, electricians, and the contract crews who worked its turnarounds.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1920 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used at this site. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, also an amosite product, was used here during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line, and Fibreboard and Armstrong supplied more pipe and block insulation, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe crews. A.P. Green refractory products lined the cat crackers and process heaters, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boiler exteriors and process equipment. ABB Lummus did refinery and petrochemical engineering and construction, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe.

Dow Chemical Plaquemine (Louisiana Division) — Plaquemine

Recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts · 1958–1982

Dow Chemical's Plaquemine complex, in Iberville Parish on the west bank of the Mississippi, opened in 1958 as Dow's Louisiana Division and anchored the river's petrochemical corridor for decades, with chemical manufacturing units and an in-plant powerhouse. The trusts list it under Dow Chemical, Dow Chemical's Louisiana Division, the Dow powerhouse, and the VCM plant.

Workers exposed. Petrochemical operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, GAF, NARCO, Owens Corning, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1958 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Turner & Newall Limpet sprayed asbestos was installed at this site, with ACandS — Armstrong Contracting and Supply — crews applying it; standard Limpet was an amosite (brown asbestos) product, and in high-temperature petrochemical service the inference extends to Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos). Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite, and Fibreboard and Armstrong pipe and block insulation covered process piping, with Fuller-Austin crews applying insulation. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the powerhouse carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, NARCO refractory lined furnaces and process heaters, GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing of chemical operations.

Olin Mathieson Lake Charles chemical plant — Lake Charles

Recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts · 1934–1982

Mathieson Alkali Works built its Lake Charles plant in the mid-1930s to make alkali and chlorine chemicals; Mathieson merged with Olin Industries in 1954 to form Olin Mathieson Chemical, and the plant later ran as Olin. The trusts list it under Mathieson Alkali Works, Mathieson Chemical, Olin Mathieson, and Olin; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Chemical plant operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1934 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. 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; Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered more steam and process piping, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin crews. A.P. Green, Harbison-Walker, and NARCO refractory brick and castables lined furnaces and kilns, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boiler exteriors and process equipment. U.S. Gypsum documentation points to joint compound and plaster in the plant's buildings, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid- and caustic-service gaskets and packing of chlorine and alkali production.

Shell Norco refinery and chemical plant — Norco

Recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts · 1930–1982

Shell's Norco complex, on the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, takes its name from the New Orleans Refining Company, whose refinery Shell took over in 1929. Norco operations spanned crude refining, catalytic cracking, and petrochemical production, with Shell's chemical plant beside the refinery; the trusts list the complex under Shell Oil, Shell Chemical, and Shell Petroleum.

Workers exposed. Refinery and petrochemical operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in the FCC and process heater complex, mechanics, and electricians.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1930 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. 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; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos, Fibreboard, and Armstrong pipe and block insulation covered more high-temperature lines, and J.T. Thorpe crews applied insulation and refractory across the complex. A.P. Green and Kaiser refractory products lined the FCC and process heaters, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, ABB Lummus did refinery and petrochemical engineering and construction, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pressure pipe.

Chalmette refinery (Tenneco, Mobil) — Chalmette

Recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts · 1955–1982

The Chalmette refinery, on the Mississippi River in St. Bernard Parish just east of New Orleans, ran for decades as Tenneco Oil's before Mobil bought it, with crude refining and the standard suite of high-temperature process equipment. The trusts list it under Tenneco and Mobil; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Refinery operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1955 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Turner & Newall Limpet sprayed asbestos was installed at this site, with ACandS crews applying it; standard Limpet was an amosite (brown asbestos) product, and in the refinery's high-temperature service the inference extends to Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos). Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos, Fibreboard, and Armstrong pipe and block insulation covered steam and process piping, and W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed structural steel. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, Eagle-Picher supplied One-Cote insulating cement, gaskets, and packing, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in acid-service gaskets and packing.

Bogalusa paper mill (Gaylord Container, Crown Zellerbach) — Bogalusa

Recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts · 1932–1982

Bogalusa's paper mill — historically operated by the Great Southern Lumber Company, then Gaylord Container Corporation, then Crown Zellerbach — was the engine of the town known as "The Magic City" for its rapid growth around the mill in the early twentieth century, and it anchored Washington Parish pulp and paper manufacturing for decades. The trusts list it under Bogalusa Paper, Gaylord Container, and Crown Zellerbach; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Paper mill operations required boilermakers, insulators, pipefitters, millwrights, paper machine operators, refractory workers in the recovery boiler and powerhouse areas, mechanics, and the broader maintenance workforce.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Raytech, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1932 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used at this site, and because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo, also an amosite product, was used here during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Fibreboard and Armstrong supplied more pipe and block insulation. A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory brick and cement lined the recovery boilers and lime kilns, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers — including the recovery boilers at the heart of kraft pulping — carried gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections, and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered steam piping. The Turner & Newall signature identifies Limpet sprayed asbestos, with Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos), inferred in the highest-temperature service; Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed high-pressure flanges, Raytech documents friction products on mill equipment, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Louisiana entries by city

The trusts' lists hold Louisiana entries in 340 communities. The table below shows communities with five or more entries. Call us for any specific worksite — whether or not the city appears here.

Entries on the trusts' lists, city by city340 communities
CityEntries on the trusts' lists
New Orleans740
Baton Rouge270
Lake Charles197
Shreveport120
Geismar68
Westlake54
Chalmette41
West Monroe40
Westwego40
Norco36
Monroe35
Plaquemine35
Donaldsonville33
Alexandria32
Franklin29
Bogalusa28
St. Gabriel25
Harvey24
Lafayette24
Sterlington24
Springhill22
Taft22
Thibodaux22
Bastrop20
Hodge20
St. Francisville20
Avondale19
Gramercy18
Slidell18
Belle Chasse17
Kenner17
Good Hope16
Algiers15
DeRidder15
Houma15
Pineville15
Convent14
Sulphur14
Jeanerette13
Marrero13
Metairie13
Minden13
St. Landry13
Destrehan12
Elizabeth12
Gretna12
Berwick11
Crowley11
Mooringsport11
Ruston11
Meraux10
Natchitoches10
New Iberia10
Port Allen10
Port Sulphur10
Bayou Teche9
Eunice9
Luling9
Arabi8
Jennings8
LaPlace8
Oakdale8
Raceland8
St. Mary Parish8
Abbeville7
Baldwin7
Bossier City7
Burnside7
Lena7
Venice7
Alliance6
Campti6
Erath6
Jefferson6
Mansfield6
Michoud6
New Roads6
Opelousas6
Sterling6
Vacherie6
White Castle6
Advance5
Bridge City5
Carville5
Cotton Valley5
Covington5
Edgard5
Hahnville5
Lockport5
Mathews5
Napoleonville5
Rayne5
Supreme5

The trusts' lists also name 247 other Louisiana communities.

The smaller communities include the federal installations at Barksdale, Fort Polk, and Belle Chasse; the sugar mills and plantations along the river and the bayous; the Atchafalaya Basin communities; and the gas plants and sawmills of the rural North Louisiana parishes.

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    Court decisions: 582 asbestos cases from Louisiana courts

    Worksites named in court opinions

    Court decisions in our library name these Louisiana workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.

    Avondale Shipyards (main yard)

    Avondale · Shipyard · 167 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Port of New Orleans (Dock Board docks, wharves and warehouses)

    New Orleans · Port or dock · 10 decisions

    Avondale Westwego Yard

    Westwego · Shipyard · 9 decisions

    Exxon Baton Rouge refinery and chemical plant

    Baton Rouge · Refinery · 8 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Johns-Manville plant, Marrero

    Marrero · Factory or plant · 7 decisions

    Union Carbide Taft facility

    Taft · Chemical plant · 7 decisions

    NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

    New Orleans · Factory or plant · 6 decisions

    New Orleans riverfront wharves (Mississippi River)

    New Orleans · Port or dock · 6 decisions

    West Monroe paper mill (Brown Paper Mill)

    West Monroe · Paper mill · 5 decisions

    Charity Hospital

    New Orleans · School or hospital · 4 decisions

    Dixie Machine, Welding & Metal Works

    New Orleans · Factory or plant · 4 decisions

    Dow Chemical Plaquemine plant

    Plaquemine · Chemical plant · 4 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Kaiser Aluminum Chalmette plant

    Chalmette · Factory or plant · 4 decisions

    Black Lake facility

    Natchitoches Parish · Other · 3 decisions

    Bubba Oustalet Ford/Toyota dealership

    Jennings · Other · 3 decisions

    77 more worksites

    Cities Service refinery (Citgo)

    Lake Charles · Refinery · 3 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Ethyl Corporation Baton Rouge plant

    Baton Rouge · Chemical plant · 3 decisions

    Higgins Industries shipyard

    New Orleans · Shipyard · 3 decisions

    Morton Salt facility, Weeks Island

    Weeks Island · Mine or mill · 3 decisions

    Port of Baton Rouge

    Port Allen · Port or dock · 3 decisions

    Belle Chasse Air Force Base (Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans)

    Belle Chasse · Naval base or military site · 2 decisions

    Chevron Chemical Belle Chasse facility

    Belle Chasse · Chemical plant · 2 decisions

    City of New Orleans brake tag station

    New Orleans · Other · 2 decisions

    Commercial Solvents plant, Sterlington

    Sterlington · Chemical plant · 2 decisions

    Crescent Ford

    New Orleans · Other · 2 decisions

    Domino Sugar Refinery, Arabi

    Arabi · Factory or plant · 2 decisions

    England Air Force Base

    Alexandria · Naval base or military site · 2 decisions

    Gentilly Racing's Fair Grounds

    New Orleans · Other · 2 decisions

    Gretna Machine & Iron Works shipyard (later Trinity, Halter Marine, Bollinger)

    Harvey · Shipyard · 2 decisions

    Halter Marine Lockport shipyard

    Lockport · Shipyard · 2 decisions

    Libbey-Owens-Ford plant, Shreveport

    Shreveport · Factory or plant · 2 decisions

    Louisiana State University

    School or hospital · 2 decisions

    Monsanto plant, Luling

    Luling · Chemical plant · 2 decisions

    Murphy Oil refinery, Meraux

    Meraux · Refinery · 2 decisions

    Poulan Chainsaw

    Shreveport · Factory or plant · 2 decisions

    Sharp Station Warehouse

    Baton Rouge · Building · 2 decisions

    Shell Norco refinery and chemical plant

    Norco · Chemical plant · 2 decisions · Our profile of this site

    Swiftships shipyard

    Morgan City · Shipyard · 2 decisions

    AgraCo plant

    Donaldsonville · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Air Products and Chemicals facility, New Orleans

    New Orleans · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    • In re Asbestos Litigation (2017): Independent contractor employee changing old pipe, valves, pumps, insulation and stopping leaks, 1970s

    Alma Plantation sugar mill

    Factory or plant · 1 decision

    American Marine facility

    New Orleans · Other · 1 decision

    Arizona Chemical Company

    Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Atlas Sheet Metal Works

    Bossier City · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Avondale Harvey Quick Repair Yard

    Harvey · Shipyard · 1 decision

    Avondale Shipyard Morgan City yard

    Morgan City · Shipyard · 1 decision

    Barksdale Air Force Base

    Naval base or military site · 1 decision

    Buck Kreihs shipyard

    New Orleans · Shipyard · 1 decision

    Cabot Corporation carbon black plant

    Centerville · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Caminada Facility, Outer Continental Shelf

    Other · 1 decision

    Celotex plant, Marrero

    Marrero · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Celotex plant, Westwego

    Westwego · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    CF Industries facility, Donaldsonville

    Donaldsonville · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Chalmette refinery (Tenneco, Mobil)

    Chalmette · Refinery · 1 decision · Our profile of this site

    • Rareshide v. Mobil Oil Corp. (1998): Mechanical assistance, machinist, pipe fitter, insulator, warehouseman, second class pipe fitter, and mobile crane operator, 1965-1995

    Chevron refinery, Belle Chasse

    Belle Chasse · Refinery · 1 decision

    Columbian Chemicals plant

    Centerville · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Conagra facility, Jefferson Parish

    Factory or plant · 1 decision

    DSM Copolymer facility

    Baton Rouge · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Equitable Shipyards

    Shipyard · 1 decision

    Fire Station No. 8

    Shreveport · Building · 1 decision

    Fleet Tire Service

    Other · 1 decision

    Georgia-Pacific Zachary worksite

    Zachary · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Gomez's Bar

    Building · 1 decision

    Henderson car repair business

    Other · 1 decision

    Hibernia Bank Building

    New Orleans · Building · 1 decision

    Honeywell Geismar facility

    Geismar · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    International Paper (Springfield)

    Springfield · Paper mill · 1 decision

    International Paper Springhill mill

    Springhill · Paper mill · 1 decision

    Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office garage

    Other · 1 decision

    Kaiser Aluminum, Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Kaiser plant, Gramercy

    Gramercy · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Lallie Kemp Hospital

    School or hospital · 1 decision

    Levert-St. John sugar mill

    St. Martinville · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    LSU Medical Center

    New Orleans · School or hospital · 1 decision

    M.A. Patout Sugar Mill

    Jeanerette · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    Main post office, New Orleans

    New Orleans · Building · 1 decision

    Marathon Petroleum Garyville refinery

    Garyville · Refinery · 1 decision

    McDermott Shipyard

    Morgan City · Shipyard · 1 decision

    National Gypsum Company plant

    New Orleans · Factory or plant · 1 decision

    New Orleans Masonic Temple

    New Orleans · Building · 1 decision

    Nicholls State University

    Thibodaux · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Nine Mile Point Steam Electric Station

    Power plant · 1 decision

    NOPSI Michoud steam generating plant

    Michoud · Power plant · 1 decision

    Old Dairy Barn, Northwestern State University

    Natchitoches · School or hospital · 1 decision

    Pendleton Shipyard

    New Orleans · Shipyard · 1 decision

    Placid Oil facility

    Natchitoches · Other · 1 decision

    Plaza Tower office building

    New Orleans · Building · 1 decision

    St. Tammany Parish Jail

    Building · 1 decision

    Texaco refinery, Paradis

    Paradis · Refinery · 1 decision

    Triad Nitrogen plant

    Donaldsonville · Chemical plant · 1 decision

    Waterford Steam Electric Station

    Taft · Power plant · 1 decision

    Western Auto

    Gretna · Other · 1 decision

    Every worksite named in Louisiana 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 these Louisiana plants as places 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.

    • GramblingLouisiana-Pacific Corp. · 1 product
    • GretnaJohns-Manville, Inc. · from 1925
    • MarreroJohns-Manville · 1936–1980 · 6 products
    • New OrleansR. J. Dorn & Co. (R. J. Dorn Co., Inc.), R. J. Dorn Company, Asbestone Corporation, National Gypsum Company · from 1922
    • New OrleansKeasbey & Mattison Company · from 1946
    • New OrleansThe Flintkote Company · 1940–1978 · 21 products
    • New OrleansZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 1960 · 2 products
    • RustonLouisiana-Pacific Corp. · from 1981 · 1 product

    Every asbestos product plant, by state and city

    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 a Louisiana 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. Louisiana workers frequently had multi-site careers — moving between refineries in the Lake Charles corridor, between the chemical plants along the Mississippi River, between Avondale and other shipyards, and between Louisiana and Texas or Mississippi Gulf Coast operations.

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    How a Louisiana case may work

    Antoine is a 70-year-old retired paper mill maintenance worker from Springhill. From 1974 through 2005 — 31 years — he worked for International Paper Company at its Springhill mill, primarily on the maintenance and millwright crews supporting the pulp mill, the paper machines, the recovery boiler complex, and the in-plant powerhouse. His work involved daily contact with refractory in recovery boilers and process heaters, pipe and block insulation on high-pressure steam lines, gaskets and packing on valves, pumps, paper machines, and digester equipment, and the broader range of asbestos-containing products characteristic of integrated pulp and paper manufacturing. He worked alongside J.T. Thorpe contractor crews during multiple recovery boiler turnarounds, and he handled Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe insulation, Owens Corning block insulation, Eagle-Picher gaskets and packing, and the Halliburton-era pump and compressor packaging that ran the mill's process pumps. He had no significant health complaints until late 2025, when he developed persistent chest pain, pleural effusion, and shortness of breath on exertion. Imaging in Shreveport and a subsequent pleural biopsy in March 2026 confirmed pleural mesothelioma of the sarcomatoid mesothelioma histology. Like many International Paper Springhill mill workers of his generation, Antoine had no idea his decades of mill maintenance work could cause cancer decades later.

    After retaining the firm, Antoine's family will see trust claims filed with each trust that lists the Springhill mill — at least Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Pittsburgh Corning — plus a claim with the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust, which Antoine qualifies for based on his pre-1983 exposure history at the mill. The firm will also pursue civil claims against the still-solvent product manufacturers, under the strict products liability law that governed when Antoine's exposure began in 1974 (Louisiana applies the law in effect when the significant exposure occurred, so the 1988 Louisiana Products Liability Act reaches only his later years). Because International Paper was his employer, workers' comp is his remedy against International Paper itself. The order of the trust claims and the lawsuit is decided case by case. Antoine's family will also receive free asbestos health screening — Antoine's wife and adult children may have had take-home exposure through his work clothes across 31 years of mill maintenance. Recoveries from cases like Antoine'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 a Louisiana worker is the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center at LSU Health New Orleans within the state, with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (roughly 350 miles from New Orleans) as the major regional referral center where advanced treatments — lung-sparing surgery, HIPEC for peritoneal disease, and the latest immunotherapy combinations — are available. When the written agreement and applicable law permit it, the 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 Louisiana's contra non valentem doctrine, the duty-risk negligence framework, the premises liability standard, and the damages framework, see the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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; more than 3,000 Louisiana entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; thousands of clients with Louisiana job sites
    • Worksite-specific knowledge — the firm operates from documented trust coverage rather than from generic intake scripts, and speaks to specific Louisiana refinery, chemical plant, pulp and paper mill, shipyard, and federal facility exposure patterns from the first call
    • Trust claims, Louisiana civil claims, and federal benefits (FECA for federal civilian employees, VA service-connected disability for veterans including Avondale Navy and Coast Guard service, SSDI for eligible claimants) coordinated case by case with the trial team
    • Remote case handling — phone, video, home visit; no travel to our offices required
    • Free family asbestos health screening for relatives who may have had take-home exposure
    • No fee unless we recover

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    Frequently asked questions

    Is my Louisiana worksite documented?

    Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 3,000 Louisiana entries in 340 communities — refineries, petrochemical plants, pulp and paper mills, shipyards, utility generating stations, federal installations, and a wide range of smaller industrial sites — and thousands of our clients worked at Louisiana job sites. 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 will confirm coverage from the first conversation.

    What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?

    When an asbestos manufacturer went bankrupt, the federal bankruptcy court required the company to fund a trust to pay future asbestos disease claims. The trusts continue paying claims today. "Trust coverage" at a worksite means one or more bankrupt manufacturers' trusts have acknowledged that their products were used at that site, which supports a trust claim filing for workers exposed there. Most Louisiana workers with significant industrial exposure histories trigger filings against multiple trusts simultaneously.

    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. We reconstruct product-handling history using our worksite database, trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment records, union records, and coworker interviews. Most clients call us with general memories of the job — "he worked at the mill," "he was an insulator at Norco," "he was a welder at Avondale" — and we fill in the product detail from there.

    What if my loved one worked at multiple Louisiana sites?

    Multi-site careers are typical in Louisiana — workers moved between the Lake Charles refinery corridor and the Mississippi River corridor, between the river's chemical plants, between Avondale and other shipyards, between pulp and paper mills in different parishes, and between Louisiana and the Texas or Mississippi Gulf Coast. We build a career-spanning exposure profile that captures every worksite and every trust channel.

    What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?

    Closure or demolition does not affect the case. Trust claims and civil claims are based on documented product use during the years your loved one worked there. Many of the most heavily documented Louisiana worksites — Avondale Shipyards, the Chalmette refinery, and Continental Can at Hodge among them — have closed or changed ownership, and cases continue to be filed and resolved.

    Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?

    Yes. Louisiana civil law treats survival actions and wrongful death actions as separate causes of action, and we handle both routinely. The wrongful-death claim and the survival claim (which carries the worker's own claim forward to the family) each have one year from the date of death, or two years from the injury if that is longer. To be safe, count one year from the date of death, and call us as soon as you can.

    What is the Louisiana one-year filing deadline, and how does *contra non valentem* protect families?

    Louisiana gives one year for a worker whose asbestos exposure came before July 1, 2024 (two years for claims arising after that date). The deadline does not run while the worker could not reasonably have known of the claim — Louisiana calls this contra non valentem — so workers diagnosed with mesothelioma decades after exposure are not barred by the exposure date. But the clock can start once the worker knew, or should have known, enough to look into it. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count one year from the date of diagnosis, and call right away if an earlier X-ray or screening showed asbestos-related scarring.

    What if my loved one served at Barksdale AFB, Fort Polk, or NAS JRB New Orleans?

    Active-duty and reserve veterans of the Air Force at Barksdale, the Army at Fort Polk (renamed Fort Johnson in 2023 and Fort Polk again in 2025), and the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Louisiana Air National Guard at NAS JRB New Orleans can pursue VA service-connected disability in addition to trust and civil filings. Federal civilian employees at any of the federal installations are covered by FECA (Federal Employees' Compensation Act). A VA claim needs a described in-service asbestos exposure. A civil or trust recovery doesn't reduce VA disability, but FECA has repayment rights out of a lawsuit recovery, and VA and FECA benefits for the same disease generally require an election. Navy and Coast Guard veterans exposed aboard ships, including during work at Avondale, follow the same VA service-connected pathway.

    Talk with a Louisiana 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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    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.