A small state by area, Maryland packed in more heavy work than its size suggests: for a time the largest steel plant in the world at Sparrows Point, a harbor full of shipyards and dry docks, coal-fired power stations along the Potomac and the Chesapeake, and an unusual share of the federal government's laboratories, arsenals, and naval stations. Almost all of it ran on steam and high heat, and asbestos was what kept that heat in the pipes, boilers, and furnaces. Most of the trusts' Maryland entries fall into five areas:
- the Baltimore harbor — Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant and shipyard, its Key Highway repair yard, and Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock at Curtis Bay;
- industrial Baltimore — the Armco and Eastern Stainless steel mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital;
- the Washington suburbs — NASA Goddard at Greenbelt, the National Bureau of Standards at Gaithersburg, and the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda;
- the Potomac and the Patuxent — the Navy's powder works at Indian Head and Pepco's Morgantown and Chalk Point generating stations; and
- Western Maryland — the Westvaco paper mill at Luke and the Celanese fiber plant outside Cumberland.
Aberdeen Proving Ground on the upper bay, Fort Meade between Baltimore and Washington, and the Naval Academy at Annapolis round out a long list of military posts.
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 Maryland, those lists hold more than 2,000 entries across 181 communities, from 28 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. More than a dozen of our clients worked at Maryland 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.
Maryland filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Maryland gives a diagnosed worker three years to file a personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. An earlier diagnosis of asbestosis does not start the clock for a later mesothelioma in Maryland: the three years run from the cancer's own diagnosis. But other early findings and an earlier lawsuit can matter, 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.
Maryland deadlines, the wrongful-death rule, and how they apply to your family
Most workers exposed before 1983 can also file against the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust independently of anything documented at a specific site. How trust eligibility works.
We help families of workers who have already passed away. Wrongful death claims are a substantial portion of the cases we file in Maryland.
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 Maryland
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-seven other trusts list Maryland worksites. The number of Maryland entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Babcock & Wilcox: 396 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Combustion Engineering: 378 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Owens Corning: 366 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- U.S. Gypsum: 287 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- Armstrong World Industries: 170 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- Eagle-Picher: 170 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Fibreboard: 154 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 87 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- A.P. Green: 72 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- W.R. Grace: 68 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- ACandS: 62 entries (insulation contracting)
- Owens-Illinois: 48 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- GAF: 39 entries (roofing and building products)
- Flintkote: 32 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- DII Industries (Harbison-Walker): 26 entries (refractory brick and castables)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 19 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Turner & Newall: 14 entries (Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 10 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- ASARCO: 8 entries (asbestos mining and smelting)
- Burns & Roe: 7 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- ABB Lummus: 6 entries (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- Plibrico: 6 entries (refractory plastics and castables)
- J.T. Thorpe (California): 5 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- Raytech: 3 entries (friction products)
- A-Best: 1 entry (asbestos safety clothing)
- NARCO: 1 entry (refractory gun mixes and castables)
- Yarway: 1 entry (steam traps and valves)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Maryland 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.
Maryland 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.
BaltimoreBaltimore holds more than half of Maryland's entries: the harbor's shipyards and dry docks, the Armco and Eastern Stainless steel mills, BGE's generating stations, and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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.
- Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard
- Maryland Dry Dock
- Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
- U.S. Coast Guard Yard
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.
- Armco Steel
- Bethlehem Steel (listed under Baltimore)
- Eastern Stainless Steel
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.
- General Refractories
- Lever Brothers
- Western Electric Point Breeze Works
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.
- Domino Sugars refinery (American Sugar Refining)
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.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
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.
- BGE Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station
CumberlandCumberland, in western Maryland, combined the Celanese acetate-fiber plant at Amcelle with the Kelly-Springfield tire plant, PPG's glass works, and the B&O and Western Maryland railroads.
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.
- PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass)
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.
- Celanese plant (Amcelle)
Sparrows PointSparrows Point, on the Patapsco River southeast of Baltimore, was Bethlehem Steel's integrated steel plant and the shipyard beside it, which the trusts list separately.
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.
- Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant
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.
- Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard
Other Maryland communitiesOne worksite each in 12 more communities.
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.
- Aberdeen Proving Ground — Aberdeen
- Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head (Naval Powder Factory) — Indian Head
- U.S. Naval Academy — Annapolis
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.
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center — Greenbelt
- National Bureau of Standards — Gaithersburg
- National Institutes of Health — Bethesda
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.
- Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (BGE) — Lusby
- Pepco Chalk Point Generating Station — Aquasco
- Pepco Morgantown Generating Station — Morgantown
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.
- Lehigh Portland Cement — Union Bridge
- Westvaco Luke mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper) — Luke
Aerospace and aviation. Aircraft and spacecraft used asbestos in brakes, gaskets, heat shields, and wiring insulation, and their maintenance and test facilities used it in buildings and equipment.
- Glenn L. Martin Company (Martin Marietta) — Middle River
Mesothelioma settlement values at Maryland'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.
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| Raytech | Not published | — | — |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard
| 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 |
| 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 (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Celanese plant (Amcelle)
| 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 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Eastern Stainless Steel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Johns Hopkins Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| 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 |
Westvaco Luke mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Armco Steel
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| 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 |
Bethlehem Steel (listed under Baltimore)
| 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 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Raytech | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
National Bureau of Standards
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| 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 |
Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head (Naval Powder Factory)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Yarway | $55,000 – $150,000 | 27.5% | $15,125 – $41,250 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Pepco Morgantown Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Domino Sugars refinery (American Sugar Refining)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Lever Brothers
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
U.S. Coast Guard Yard
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Western Electric Point Breeze Works
| 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 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Pepco Chalk Point Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| 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 |
BGE Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
General Refractories
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Maryland Dry Dock
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
National Institutes of Health
| 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 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| 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 |
PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Lehigh Portland Cement
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| 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 |
BGE Westport Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
General Motors Baltimore Assembly plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| 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 |
BGE Charles P. Crane Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| 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 |
Pepco Dickerson Generating Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| 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 |
Mack Trucks
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| 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 |
Glenn L. Martin Company (Martin Marietta)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Delmarva Power Vienna Generating Station (Eastern Shore Public Service)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| 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 |
Social Security Administration headquarters
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| 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 |
A closer look at major Maryland worksites
The worksites below are recognized by the most asbestos trusts in Maryland — ten or more, counting Johns-Manville. Each profile draws on the trust signatures present at the site to identify the products workers handled, the trades most heavily exposed, and the asbestos types they likely encountered. Your specific worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear here — call us.
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant — Sparrows Point
Steelmaking at Sparrows Point, on the Patapsco River southeast of Baltimore, began in the late 1880s under the Maryland Steel Company. Bethlehem Steel bought the plant in 1916 and built it into the largest steel plant in the world by the late 1950s, when it employed more than 30,000 people. After Bethlehem's bankruptcy the plant passed through several owners and closed in 2012. The trusts list it under Bethlehem Steel, Maryland Steel, and Sparrows Point Steel Mill, and by department — the coke ovens, blast furnaces, open hearths, hot strip and tin mills, and the Penwood power station; it is one facility. The shipyard beside it is listed separately and profiled below.
Workers exposed. Integrated steel operations of this scale required millwrights, boilermakers, pipefitters, refractory workers (bricklayers), insulators, mechanics, electricians, riggers, crane operators, and a broad skilled trades workforce across coke ovens, blast furnaces, open hearths, and the rolling mills.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 16 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, Raytech, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1919 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory brick and cement, Plibrico plastic refractory, and Kaiser refractory products lined the coke ovens, blast furnaces, open hearths, soaking pits, and reheat furnaces. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the plant's boiler houses and at the Penwood power station carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. 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 covered the hottest steam service, and Fibreboard pipe insulation, Eagle-Picher insulating cement, and Armstrong insulation covered more of the miles of steam and process piping. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, Raytech reflects friction products on the cranes and mill drives, and U.S. Gypsum reflects joint compound and plaster in the plant's offices and shop buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing of the plant's acid service.
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard — Sparrows Point
Bethlehem's shipbuilding division ran a shipyard on the Sparrows Point peninsula beside the steel plant, building tankers, freighters, and other merchant and naval hulls through much of the twentieth century. The trusts list it as the Sparrows Point Shipyard and the Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division, and ACandS's list names more than a dozen individual hulls built there in the 1960s and early 1970s, among them the Santa Mariana, the Texaco Maryland, and the Overseas Alaska; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Shipbuilding required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, sheet-metal workers, machinists, electricians, welders, riggers, and shipfitters working in close quarters in engine rooms, boiler rooms, and machinery spaces, where every trade breathed the dust of the insulators' work.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1926 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox marine boilers carried pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory, and gaskets and packing on steam connections, valves, and pumps. 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, made to Navy specification, covered the shipboard steam lines, and Fibreboard supplied more pipe insulation, much of it installed by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. GAF reflects felts and millboard, and U.S. Gypsum reflects joint compound in the yard's buildings and shipboard joiner work. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in some high-temperature gaskets and packing.
Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard — Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway yard, on the south shore of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, was a ship-repair and conversion yard where merchant ships and Navy vessels came in for overhaul. The trusts list it as Key Highway Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Key Highway, and the Key Highway Yard, naming ships worked there such as the Navy oiler USS Caloosahatchee; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Ship repair required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, machinists, electricians, welders, riggers, and shipfitters — and overhaul work meant tearing out old insulation as well as installing new.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1937 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers on the ships under repair carried pipe and block insulation, Harbison-Walker refractory in the fireboxes, and gaskets and packing on every valve, pump, and flange. 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 and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered more of the steam piping, installed and ripped out by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. GAF and U.S. Gypsum reflect felts, roofing, and joint compound in the yard's shops and in shipboard joiner work. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in some high-temperature gaskets and packing.
Celanese plant (Amcelle) — Cumberland
The Celanese Corporation of America opened its plant at Amcelle, just outside Cumberland on the North Branch of the Potomac, in the 1920s to make cellulose acetate yarn, and for decades it was one of western Maryland's largest employers. The trusts list it under Celanese, Celanese Corporation of America, Celanese Fibers, and Celanese Amcelle, filed under both Cumberland and Amcelle; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Fiber production ran on steam and chemical process lines, and the plant's powerhouse and process areas required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and plant operators.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1927 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the boiler house carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing, with A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory in the furnaces. Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, high-temperature pipe insulation made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the hottest steam lines, and Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the rest of the process and steam piping. Burns & Roe did engineering and construction work at the plant, and GAF and U.S. Gypsum reflect roofing and joint compound across its buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing of the plant's acid and chemical service.
Eastern Stainless Steel — Baltimore
Eastern Stainless Steel was a Baltimore specialty steel maker that melted and rolled stainless steel sheet and plate for decades. The trusts list it as Eastern Stainless Steel Co., Corporation, and Corp.; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Specialty stainless steel manufacturing required melt-shop workers, furnace operators, refractory workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, and the skilled trades who kept the rolling and finishing lines running.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Plibrico, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1947 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory brick and Plibrico plastic refractory lined the melting, annealing, and reheat furnaces. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the plant powerhouse carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Fibreboard pipe and block insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered more steam and process piping. Armstrong World Industries reflects floor tile and insulation work, and U.S. Gypsum reflects joint compound in the plant's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital opened in East Baltimore in 1889 and is the teaching hospital of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The campus grew building by building over the following century, and the trusts list many of them by name — the Blalock and Brady buildings, the Children's Clinic, Hunterian Hall, the Marlboro Building, the Osler and Halsted buildings, Phipps Clinic, the School of Medicine's Basic Science Building, and the powerhouse that served the whole complex. It is one facility.
Workers exposed. Hospital construction, maintenance, and powerhouse operations across decades required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in the powerhouse, drywall finishers, plasterers, electricians, sheet-metal workers, and ironworkers during major construction and renovation.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Eagle-Picher, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1910 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers and A.P. Green refractory linings in the powerhouse fed steam through tunnels to every building. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, high-temperature pipe insulation made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and hot-water piping, much of it installed by ACandS and Armstrong insulation crews. The Turner & Newall signature points to Limpet sprayed asbestos, an amosite product in its regular grade, and W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed structural steel, bringing tremolite-contaminated vermiculite with it. Armstrong World Industries reflects floor and ceiling tile in patient and clinical spaces, and U.S. Gypsum reflects joint compound and plaster; sanding joint compound during renovation is among the dustiest jobs in construction. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Westvaco Luke mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper) — Luke
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company opened its mill at Luke, on the North Branch of the Potomac in Allegany County, in 1888, and the company took the name Westvaco in 1969. The mill made fine printing papers for more than a century before closing in 2019. The trusts list it under both names, including its digester building and Luke Paper Mill; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Paper mill operations required boilermakers (recovery boilers and power boilers), pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1953 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers — including the pulp mill's chemical recovery boilers — carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. 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, including in the digester building, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest steam service. Eagle-Picher insulating cement and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered the mill's steam distribution piping. GAF reflects roofing felts and mastics on mill buildings, and Armstrong World Industries and U.S. Gypsum reflect floor tile and joint compound in offices and shops. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in gaskets and packing in the pulp mill's chemical service.
Armco Steel — Baltimore
Armco Steel's Baltimore mill on East Biddle Street, as the trusts list it, was Armco's steelmaking and finishing operation in the city for decades. Armco later became part of AK Steel, now Cleveland-Cliffs.
Workers exposed. Steel manufacturing at Armco Baltimore required refractory workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, mechanics, and electricians across melt-shop and rolling mill operations.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, Flintkote, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1943 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory brick and cement lined the furnaces, ladles, and reheat operations. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, high-temperature pipe insulation made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the steam and process piping. W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed structural steel, bringing tremolite-contaminated vermiculite with it, and Flintkote and U.S. Gypsum reflect roofing and joint compound in the mill's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head (Naval Powder Factory) — Indian Head
The Navy opened a proving ground at Indian Head, on the Potomac in Charles County, in 1890, and built a smokeless-powder factory there soon after. The station went on to make propellants and explosives through both world wars and beyond, and is today part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The trusts list it as the Naval Proving Ground, the Naval Powder Factory, the Naval Propellant Plant, and the Naval Ordnance Station; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Civilian powder and propellant workers, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, steamfitters, mechanics, electricians, and the construction crews who built and expanded the station's plants, along with Navy personnel.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, GAF, Owens Corning, U.S. Gypsum, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1903 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Powder and propellant manufacture runs on process steam, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers supplied it, with pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam lines running between buildings, with Armstrong insulation crews on the job. Yarway steam traps and valves carried asbestos packing, ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work, and GAF and U.S. Gypsum reflect roofing and joint compound across the station's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing of the acid service that propellant chemistry requires.
Pepco Morgantown Generating Station — Morgantown
Potomac Electric Power Company's Morgantown Generating Station stands on the Potomac in Charles County, near Newburg; its two large coal-fired units were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The trusts list it as Potomac Electric Power, Pepco, and the Morgantown Generating Station and powerhouse, filed under both Morgantown and Newburg; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the large construction crews who built the station and the overhaul crews who followed.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, GAF, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1966 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering signatures reflect the station's boilers, with their pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, high-temperature pipe insulation made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the main steam and turbine piping, with Armstrong insulation crews on the job. The Turner & Newall signature points to Limpet sprayed asbestos, an amosite product in its regular grade, on the station's structure and equipment, and GAF and U.S. Gypsum reflect roofing and joint compound. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Maryland entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Maryland entries in 181 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 |
|---|---|
| Baltimore | 1,370 |
| Sparrows Point | 187 |
| Cumberland | 54 |
| Silver Spring | 33 |
| Hagerstown | 30 |
| Columbia | 25 |
| Bethesda | 24 |
| Gaithersburg | 24 |
| Annapolis | 22 |
| Luke | 21 |
| Aquasco | 20 |
| Towson | 20 |
| Vienna | 20 |
| Frederick | 19 |
| Indian Head | 19 |
| Middle River | 17 |
| Beltsville | 16 |
| College Park | 15 |
| Greenbelt | 15 |
| Lusby | 14 |
| Salisbury | 14 |
| Edgewood | 12 |
| Elkton | 12 |
| Fort Meade | 12 |
| Chase | 11 |
| Dundalk | 11 |
| Rockville | 11 |
| Hyattsville | 10 |
| Laurel | 10 |
| Aberdeen | 9 |
| Glen Burnie | 9 |
| Morgantown | 9 |
| Relay | 9 |
| Dickerson | 8 |
| Newburg | 8 |
| Takoma Park | 8 |
| Union Bridge | 8 |
| Havre de Grace | 7 |
| Landover | 7 |
| Owings Mills | 7 |
| Williamsport | 7 |
| Woodlawn | 7 |
| Camp Springs | 6 |
| Catonsville | 6 |
| Halethorpe | 6 |
| Prince George's County | 6 |
| Suitland | 6 |
| Anne Arundel County | 5 |
| Bainbridge | 5 |
| Chevy Chase | 5 |
| Edgemere | 5 |
| Germantown | 5 |
| Perry Point | 5 |
| Security | 5 |
| Cockeysville | 4 |
| Crownsville | 4 |
| Perryville | 4 |
| Pocomoke City | 4 |
| Westminster | 4 |
| Buckeystown | 3 |
| Cedarhurst | 3 |
| Chestertown | 3 |
| Cheverly | 3 |
| Ellicott City | 3 |
| Frostburg | 3 |
| Hampstead | 3 |
| Ilchester | 3 |
| Linthicum | 3 |
| Ocean City | 3 |
| Parkville | 3 |
| Upper Marlboro | 3 |
| Wheaton | 3 |
The trusts' lists also name 109 other Maryland communities.
Search the asbestos trusts' Maryland 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.
More than 2,000 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 128 asbestos cases from Maryland courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Maryland workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard
- Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019): Worker at the Bethlehem Steel boiler shop assembling boilers, 1948 through the 1970s
- Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2018): Riveter heater and boiler maker in the boiler shop, 1948 through the 1970s
- Rhodes v. Mcic, Inc. (2017): Laborer, welder and boilermaker, 1956-1959
- Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017): Shipbuilder, assembling boilers in the boiler shop, 1948-1970s
- Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016): Electrician, 1962-1963
- and 9 more
Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard
- Murphy v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021): Shipyard worker — helper, electrical equipment; apprentice electrician, 1973-1974
- Davenport v. Mcic, Inc. (2017): Laborer and outside machinist, 1956-1958 and 1960-1972
- Sroka v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015): Worked at the plant, 1957-1958, 1962-1965
- Cowley v. Acands, Inc. (2010): Welder and burner, 1941-1982
- Crane v. Linkus (2010): Machinist / valve overhaul specialist, 1952-1959
- and 6 more
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant (steel mill)
- Stein v. Pfizer Inc. (2016): Bricklayer, 1949-1985
- Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Carter (2013): Laborer and crane operator, 1946-late 1970s
- Brannan v. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust (2012): Trolley driver
- John Crane, Inc. v. Puller (2006): Pipe fitter helper and master pipe fitter, 1947-1989
- Garlock v. Gallagher (2003): Pipe fitter, 1946-1979
- and 3 more
U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay
- Barrett v. AW Chesterton Co. (2019): Shipfitter, 1958-1964, 1966-1985
- Sroka v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015): Worker for the U.S. Coast Guard, 1964-1997
- Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Hunter (2005): Electrician's helper, 1956
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996): Equipment mechanic apprentice and journeyman; pipecoverer for two months, 1968-1972
- Trimper v. Porter-Hayden (1985): Employee at the Coast Guard Yard, 1948-1978
Bethlehem Steel Fairfield Shipyard
- ACandS Inc. v. Asner (1996): Electrician, World War II
- ACandS, Inc. v. Asner (1995): Electrician, 1941-1945
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992): Sheet metal mechanic, 1942-1944
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1990): Sheet metal mechanic, 1942-1944
Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
- Sroka v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015): Worked at the facility, 1963, 1965
- Wilson v. John Crane, Inc. (2005): Electrician, 1963-1964
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996): Pipecoverer, 1942
- ACandS, Inc. v. Asner (1995): Sheet metal worker, 1940s
Loch Raven High School
- Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2019): Honeywell worker installing thermostats, sensors and temperature controls, 1971-1972
- Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018): Steamfitter, 1972
- Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018): Steamfitter, 1972
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory
- ACandS Inc. v. Asner (1996): Supervisor of the tin shop (sheetmetal supervisor), 1946-1975
- ACandS, Inc. v. Asner (1995): Supervisor of sheet metal workers, 1946-1975
Morgantown Generating Station
- Basil-Flippen v. General Electric Company (2024): Installer of asbestos insulation (husband); she laundered his clothes, 1969-1970
- Duffy v. CBS Corporation (2017): Steamfitter, 1970
Port of Baltimore
- Csr, Limited v. Taylor (2009): Stevedore, 1942-1983
- Taylor v. Csr Limited (2008): Stevedore, 1942-1983
Western Electric Point Breeze Works
- Wilson v. John Crane, Inc. (2005): Electrician, 1965-1983
- ACandS v. Abate (1998): Pipefitter, later plant inspector, 1941-1979
Westvaco Luke mill (pulp and paper)
- Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Saville (2010): Broke hustler cleaning dryer felts, 1964-1978
- Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Saville (2009): Broke hustler cleaning dryer felts, 1964-1978
Andrews Air Force Base
- Hamrick v. A & I Company (2009): Work on military aircraft, 1952 to 1956
BGE Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station
- Estate of Schatz v. John Crane, Inc. (2018): Wife of mechanic who laundered his dusty work clothes, 1955 to mid-to-late 1980s
Calvert Cliffs Power Generating Station
- Oliver v. Campbell McCORMICK, Inc. (2016): Piping systems field engineer, approximately 1972 to 1978
16 more worksites
Conoco plant
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996): Mechanic helper, loader, gauger, fire equipment man, safety inspector, 1952-1986
Crownsville Hospital
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996): Electrician, around 1950
CSX Curtis Bay Coal and Ore Piers
- Arbogast v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2017): Employee of CSXT
CSX Curtis Bay Yard
- Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016): Electrician, 1973-1999
Edgewood Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Foreign Motors
- Ford Motor v. Wood (1998): Mechanic, 1957-1992
Fort Meade hobby shop
- Fish v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017): Hobby mechanic working on automobile brakes, 1960-1980
General Motors plant, Halethorpe
- Garlock v. Gallagher (2003): Warehouseman
Murphy Homes
- ACandS v. Abate (1998): Steamfitter apprentice, 1962-1964
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Dilks v. 4520 Corp., Inc. (2012): Worked at NIST, 1968-2005
Port Covington railyard and port facility
- Crowe v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2019): Railway operator and foreman, 1960-1969
Safeway grocery plant
- Colvin v. Eaton Corporation (2019): Maintenance mechanic, 1972 to 1998
Standard Oil refinery
- ACandS v. Abate (1998): Insulator's helper, 1951-1957
U.S. Post Office Preston Street Garage
- Ford Motor v. Wood (1998): Garageman, 1948-1952
Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue
- Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Rossello (2018): Bank management trainee, 1974
Union Trust Bank Building
- Rossello v. Zurich American Insurance Company (2020): Worked in the building where Mitchell was performing construction and renovations, 1974
Every worksite named in Maryland court decisions, with all their decisions
Plants that made asbestos products
Companies' sworn answers in asbestos lawsuits, the asbestos industry's trade journal and company records in our library name this Maryland plant as a place where asbestos products were made. Each plant's page says who ran it and when, what was made there, and which document says so. People who worked in these plants, their families, and people who lived nearby may have been exposed.
- BaltimoreUnited States Gypsum Company · 1962–1969 · 1 product
Asbestos mines
The U.S. Bureau of Mines' and Geological Survey's yearbooks and the asbestos industry's trade journal, Asbestos, report these Maryland mines producing asbestos fiber that was sold or shipped. Each mine's page says who worked it and when, what it produced and which document says so. Miners and millers, their families, and people who lived near these mines may have been exposed.
- Jenkins minePylesville · Powhatan Mining Corporation · 1932–1933
- Powhatan Mining CorporationPylesville · Powhatan Mining Corporation · 1923–1948
- Todd minePylesville
Our records also name 1 Maryland asbestos deposit or mine with no sales reported: deposits and prospects the documents describe or report exploring, and mines they report worked without fiber sold. Each page says what the documents report.
1 deposit or mine with no sales reported
- New mineWorked, no sales reported · Pylesville · Powhatan Mining Co. · 1939
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 Maryland 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.
Call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.
How a Maryland case may work
Robert is a 76-year-old retired pipefitter who spent his career across Baltimore Harbor. From 1968 to 1979 he worked at Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock at Curtis Bay, cutting and fitting pipe insulation and replacing gaskets and packing on shipboard valves and pumps during the construction and repair of merchant vessels and Navy ships. In 1979 he moved to Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, where he worked on the high-temperature steam piping running through the hot strip mill and the boiler houses for the next twenty-six years until retirement in 2005. His daily work involved removing and replacing pre-formed pipe insulation, mixing and applying insulating cement, replacing pump and valve packing, and handling refractory cement on the rolling mill equipment. In early 2026 Robert was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma subtype.
Robert's case profiles into two parallel tracks. On the trust side, the Sparrows Point plant listings alone support filings against at least fifteen site-specific trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, Raytech, and U.S. Gypsum — and the Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock listings confirm at least eight of the same trusts at a second site. Because Robert's career began in 1968 — well before December 31, 1982 — his exposure also qualifies him for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust, in addition to the site-specific trust filings. On the federal-benefits side, his civilian shipyard work at Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock is covered by LHWCA. On the civil side, his exposure to documented manufacturer products at both sites supports claims against the still-solvent manufacturers. Robert's wife and adult children are also eligible for our firm's free asbestos health screening, given the take-home exposure that comes with decades of insulation and gasket work brought home on work clothes. 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. Recoveries from cases like Robert's routinely fund what insurance does not cover — travel to academic cancer centers, lodging during extended treatment, out-of-pocket medication costs, and home help. The nearest NCI-designated cancer center for a Maryland worker is the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, where advanced treatments like lung-sparing surgery, HIPEC for peritoneal cases, 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 is important. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →.
For the full doctrinal treatment of Maryland's discovery rule, contributory negligence framework with the strict-liability carve-out, premises liability standard, and damages framework, see the Maryland 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 Maryland 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.
Call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.
Why families choose our firm
- $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; all of the more than 2,000 Maryland entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; more than a dozen clients with Maryland job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — we operate from documented trust coverage rather than from generic intake scripts; we can speak to the products and trust channels at your loved one's worksite from the first call
- Trust, civil, and federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team — LHWCA for private shipyard workers, FECA for federal employees, VA service-connected disability for veterans, all alongside trust and civil claims
- Remote case handling — phone, video, home visit; no office travel required
- Free family asbestos health screening for spouses, children, and household members who may have had take-home exposure
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family
Frequently asked questions
Is my Maryland worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 2,000 Maryland entries in 181 communities — steel mills, shipyards, hospitals, power plants, paper and fiber mills, federal laboratories and military installations, and a wide range of smaller industrial and commercial operations across the state. You can search every entry on this page. Even if a specific facility isn't listed, we can often document exposure there through the products and contractors involved. Call us with the worksite name and we can confirm coverage during the first conversation.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
Asbestos bankruptcy trusts were established when major asbestos manufacturers went bankrupt — they set aside money to pay future claimants. "Trust coverage" at a worksite means that one or more of those trusts has historically paid claims for exposure at that location, which simplifies the documentation we need to file your loved one's claim. Trust claims are paper claims — no courtroom, no deposition, no travel. Most resolve in 3–9 months.
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. You do not need to come to the call with product names or technical details. The trusts' site lists and our trust documentation files reconstruct the product universe at most documented worksites. We work from the worksite, the trade, the years worked, and the work performed — then we identify the products. Bring whatever you remember; we handle the rest.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Maryland sites?
That is common and often expands the case. A career that touched Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock, and the Key Highway Yard typically supports trust filings against many more trusts than any single site alone. We map the full career and file across every applicable trust.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point closed in 2012. Many of Maryland's other industrial facilities have closed or been demolished. Closure has no effect on the case. Trust claims are based on documented historical product use, not on the facility still being open. Civil claims are based on the manufacturers' historical sales into the facility, not on the facility's current status. Closed and demolished facilities make up a substantial share of the cases we file.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. If the asbestos disease came from the worker's job, Maryland requires the family's wrongful-death claim to be filed within three years of when the family knew or reasonably should have known the cause of death (usually three years from the death, when the diagnosis came during life), and never more than ten years after the death; for other deaths it is three years from the death. The estate's claim for the worker's own losses keeps the worker's own deadline. Trust claims are also available to the estate. We handle wrongful death cases routinely in Maryland.
My loved one was a civilian employee at a Maryland federal facility — does that change the case?
It expands the case. Federal civilian employees at facilities like NASA Goddard, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade, the U.S. Naval Academy, Indian Head, Patuxent River, Walter Reed/NSA Bethesda, NIH, Fort Detrick, and the SSA headquarters are covered by FECA. Civilian workers at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay are federal employees too, covered by FECA; workers at private shipyards are covered by LHWCA. Military veterans may be eligible for VA service-connected disability. These federal benefits run in parallel with trust claims and civil claims; some must be coordinated, because a few programs carry offsets or repayment rules.
Talk with a Maryland asbestos lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, we are ready to help. Your loved one's worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't.
You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.
Related resources
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.