Most of Nevada is open desert, so its asbestos gathered in the few places that needed a great deal of heat or a great deal of building: the power stations that kept Las Vegas and Reno running, the wartime magnesium works at Henderson and the chemical and metals plants that took it over, the federal test site and ammunition depot, and the hotels and casinos that went up through the boom decades. Boilers, furnaces, steam lines, and fireproofed steel all called for asbestos insulation, refractory, gaskets, and spray. Here is where the trusts' Nevada entries gather:
- southern Nevada's power stations — Nevada Power's Reid Gardner Station at Moapa and Clark Station in Las Vegas, and the Mohave Generating Station at Laughlin;
- Henderson — Stauffer Chemical, Titanium Metals (TIMET), and American Potash, all in the wartime Basic Magnesium complex;
- the federal installations — the Nevada Test Site at Mercury, the Hawthorne ammunition depot, and Nellis Air Force Base;
- northern Nevada's utility — Sierra Pacific Power's Fort Churchill station near Yerington and its Tracy station east of Sparks; and
- the resort cities — Las Vegas hotels such as the Stardust and the MGM Grand, and Reno's hotels, schools, and public buildings.
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 Nevada, those lists hold 322 entries across 49 communities, from 22 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 Nevada 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.
Nevada filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Nevada gives a diagnosed worker two years to file a personal-injury claim. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. If an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos-related scarring, a Nevada court may count the two years 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.
Nevada 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 asbestos cases are a routine part of our practice.
Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for any family member of every client who may have been exposed through household contact. 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 Nevada
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-one other trusts list Nevada worksites. The number of Nevada entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- W.R. Grace: 53 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- Babcock & Wilcox: 52 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Fibreboard: 37 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- J.T. Thorpe (California): 37 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- A.P. Green: 28 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- Owens Corning: 27 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- Thorpe Insulation: 19 entries (insulation contracting)
- Eagle-Picher: 17 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Western Asbestos: 8 entries (insulation contracting and distribution)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 6 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Plant Insulation: 6 entries (insulation contracting)
- ACandS: 5 entries (insulation contracting)
- Armstrong World Industries: 5 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- Combustion Engineering: 5 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Flintkote: 4 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 4 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- U.S. Gypsum: 4 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- NARCO: 2 entries (refractory gun mixes and castables)
- ASARCO: 1 entry (asbestos mining and smelting)
- DII Industries (Harbison-Walker): 1 entry (refractory brick and castables)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 1 entry (Unibestos pipe insulation)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Nevada 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.
Nevada 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.
HendersonHenderson grew up around the Basic Magnesium plant, built during the Second World War; after the war its buildings became home to chemical and metals plants, among them Stauffer, TIMET, and American Potash.
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.
- American Potash & Chemical (Kerr-McGee)
- Montrose Chemical
- Stauffer Chemical
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.
- Basic Magnesium plant
- Titanium Metals (TIMET)
Las VegasLas Vegas grew from a railroad town into a resort city after the Second World War; the trusts list its Strip hotels, Nevada Power's Clark and Sunrise stations, and Nellis Air Force Base.
Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.
- MGM Grand Hotel
- Stardust Hotel & Casino
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.
- Nevada Power — Clark Station (Southern Nevada Power)
- Nevada Power — Sunrise Station
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.
- Nellis Air Force Base
RenoReno, the commercial center of northern Nevada, is listed for Sierra Pacific Power, the region's utility, and for many hotels, schools, and public buildings, most of them on W.R. Grace's fireproofing list.
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.
- Procter Hug High School
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.
- Sierra Pacific Power Co
HawthorneHawthorne, south of Walker Lake, has been home to the Navy's, and later the Army's, ammunition depot since 1930.
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.
- Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot (Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant)
LaughlinLaughlin, on the Colorado River at Nevada's southern tip, was the site of the coal-fired Mohave Generating Station.
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.
- Mohave Generating Station (Southern California Edison)
MercuryMercury is the base camp of the Nevada Test Site, the federal government's nuclear weapons testing ground in Nye County.
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.
- Nevada Test Site
MoapaMoapa, in the Moapa Valley northeast of Las Vegas, was home to Nevada Power's coal-fired Reid Gardner Station.
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.
- Nevada Power — Reid Gardner Station
YeringtonYerington, in Lyon County's Mason Valley, is the town the trusts name for Sierra Pacific Power's Fort Churchill generating station.
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.
- Sierra Pacific Power — Fort Churchill Station
Other Nevada communitiesOne worksite each in 4 more communities.
Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.
- Hoover Dam — Boulder City
- Sierra Pacific Power — Tracy Station — Sparks
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.
- U.S. Gypsum plant — Empire
Military installations. Military bases ran boiler plants, steam distribution systems, and aircraft and vehicle maintenance shops, and built and renovated for decades with asbestos-containing materials.
- Naval Air Station Fallon — Fallon
Mesothelioma settlement values at Nevada's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least three trusts besides Johns-Manville. Trust counts are minimums: a trust may list a site under a name we haven't yet matched to it. The years are the exposure window the trusts' lists recognize at each site; most lists end at 1982.
Open a worksite to see each trust that lists it, with the mesothelioma values the trust publishes and its current payment percentage. "Trust values together" adds up those trusts' values at their payment percentages: the low figure uses each trust's scheduled value, the high figure each trust's published maximum, which Individual Review can reach. Most mesothelioma claims are paid above the scheduled value. But each trust sets its own eligibility rules — the years, the work, and the length of exposure it requires — so few people qualify for every trust on a list, some trusts publish no fixed schedule, and these figures are not a prediction of any recovery. All trust values and payment percentages.
Mohave Generating Station (Southern California Edison)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Nevada Power — Reid Gardner Station
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Stauffer Chemical
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Titanium Metals (TIMET)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Sierra Pacific Power — Fort Churchill Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Plant Insulation | $65,000 – $2,600,000 | 20% | $13,000 – $520,000 |
| Western Asbestos | $117,087 – $524,025 | 51.1% | $59,831.46 – $267,776.78 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot (Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Flintkote | $184,000 – $450,000 | 15% | $27,600 – $67,500 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Western Asbestos | $117,087 – $524,025 | 51.1% | $59,831.46 – $267,776.78 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
MGM Grand Hotel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| 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 |
Nevada Power — Clark Station (Southern Nevada Power)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Stardust Hotel & Casino
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
U.S. Gypsum plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ASARCO | $170,000 – $900,000 | 35% | $59,500 – $315,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
American Potash & Chemical (Kerr-McGee)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Basic Magnesium plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Montrose Chemical
| 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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Nevada Power — Sunrise Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Nevada Test Site
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Thorpe Insulation | $59,791 – $2,391,652 | 58.6% | $35,037.53 – $1,401,508.07 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Procter Hug High School
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Western Asbestos | $117,087 – $524,025 | 51.1% | $59,831.46 – $267,776.78 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Sierra Pacific Power Co
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
A closer look at major Nevada worksites
The worksites below are among those recognized by the most asbestos trusts in Nevada — five or more, counting Johns-Manville — with the Nevada Test Site added for its place in the state's history. 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.
Mohave Generating Station (Southern California Edison) — Laughlin
The Mohave Generating Station at Laughlin was a 1,580-megawatt coal-fired power plant operated by Southern California Edison from 1971 until its retirement in 2005. It received its coal by slurry pipeline from the Black Mesa mine on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona, and it served California, Nevada, and Arizona. The trusts list it as Mohave and as Mojave, under Southern California Edison, and under Davis Dam, just upriver; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Large-scale coal-fired generating operations exposed boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and operating personnel through the construction, commissioning, and major-overhaul cycles.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Thorpe Insulation, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1952 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Combustion Engineering signature reflects boilers and refractory, with gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the main steam and turbine piping, and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered more of the steam system. Much of it was applied by Thorpe Insulation and J.T. Thorpe crews, insulation contractors across the West. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Nevada Power — Reid Gardner Station — Moapa
Reid Gardner Station was Nevada Power Company's coal-fired generating station near Moapa, northeast of Las Vegas, operating from the mid-1960s until its retirement in 2017. The trusts list it as the Reid Gardner Powerhouse, as Nevada Power's Moapa station and its Unit 1, and under Moapa, Moapa Valley, and Las Vegas; we count it as one facility.
Workers exposed. Coal-fired utility operations of Reid Gardner's scale exposed boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, turbine mechanics, electricians, and operating personnel — particularly during the original construction era and through major overhaul cycles when insulation and refractory were torn out and replaced.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard, NARCO, Owens Corning, Thorpe Insulation, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1964 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The ACandS, Armstrong, and Thorpe Insulation signatures point to insulation contracting crews at the station as its units were built and overhauled. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation and insulating cement covered the steam and turbine piping. NARCO refractory lined the boiler furnaces, and gaskets and packing sealed the turbines, valves, pumps, and condensers. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Stauffer Chemical — Henderson
Stauffer Chemical's Henderson plant was part of the postwar chemical manufacturing that grew out of the wartime Basic Magnesium complex; it later operated as Pioneer Chlor Alkali. The trusts list Stauffer under both Henderson and Las Vegas; we count it as one facility.
Workers exposed. Industrial chemical manufacturing exposed pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, mechanics, chemical operators, instrument technicians, and maintenance staff across reactor vessels, process heaters, steam systems, and chemical processing equipment.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Thorpe Insulation, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1942 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Fibreboard pipe insulation and insulating cement, the high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and process piping, much of it applied by Thorpe Insulation and J.T. Thorpe crews. 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.
Titanium Metals (TIMET) — Henderson
Titanium Metals Corporation was established at Henderson in 1950 to produce titanium for the U.S. aerospace and defense industries, in part of the wartime Basic Magnesium complex, and it still makes titanium there. The trusts list it as Titanium Metals, Titanium Metals Corporation of America, National Lead (one of its founders), and the TIMET power plant; it is one facility. Our firm's founder's father worked at TIMET in the 1950s.
Workers exposed. Titanium production at industrial scale required high-temperature furnace operators, refractory workers, pipefitters, insulators, mechanics, instrument technicians, chemical operators, and maintenance personnel across the reduction, sponge, melting, and forging operations. Refractory and high-temperature service work generated some of the heaviest exposures on the site.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1951 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green, NARCO, and Kaiser refractory brick, castables, and cement lined the reduction and melting furnaces and process heaters. Fibreboard pipe and block insulation and insulating cement, the high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and process piping and the plant's power house, and J.T. Thorpe crews did insulation and refractory contracting. Gaskets and packing sealed the furnace, steam, and chemical lines. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Sierra Pacific Power — Fort Churchill Station — Yerington
Sierra Pacific Power's Fort Churchill generating station, in Lyon County near Yerington, has been one of northern Nevada's main power plants since the late 1960s; Sierra Pacific is now part of NV Energy. The trusts list it as the Fort Churchill Powerhouse (also called the Sierra Pacific Powerhouse), as Unit 2, and as Sierra Pacific Power at Yerington; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Utility power generation exposed boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, mechanics, electricians, and operating personnel, along with the construction and overhaul crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Plant Insulation, Western Asbestos, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1967 through 1988.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe insulation and insulating cement covered the steam and turbine piping, applied by Plant Insulation and Western Asbestos crews, two of the West's largest insulation contractors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Nevada Power — Clark Station (Southern Nevada Power) — Las Vegas
Clark Station was Nevada Power's generating station in Las Vegas, dating from the years when the company was still called Southern Nevada Power. The trusts list it under both company names and as the Clark Station Powerhouse; we count it as one facility.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, mechanics, electricians, and operating personnel across the boiler, turbine, and steam system, along with the construction and overhaul crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 5 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1954 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. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and turbine piping, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot (Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant) — Hawthorne
The Navy opened its ammunition depot at Hawthorne, south of Walker Lake, in 1930. The Army took it over in 1977 as the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, and it remains an Army depot. The trusts list it under both its Navy and Army names; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Civilian and military maintenance crews — pipefitters, insulators, boiler operators, electricians, and mechanics — along with the construction trades who built and repaired the depot's buildings, shops, and steam plants.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 5 asbestos trusts — DII Industries (Halliburton), Flintkote, J.T. Thorpe (California), Western Asbestos, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1945 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Flintkote signature points to roofing, flooring, and building products across the depot's buildings. Western Asbestos and J.T. Thorpe crews applied pipe and block insulation and insulating cement, the high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), to the steam and heating systems, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors, with gaskets and packing throughout. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Nevada Test Site — Mercury
The Nevada Test Site, renamed the Nevada National Security Site in 2010, occupies about 1,360 square miles of Nye County; Mercury is its base camp. One hundred atmospheric and 828 underground nuclear weapons tests took place there from 1951 to 1992. The trusts list it as the Atomic Energy Commission, the Atomic Test Site, and the Nevada Test Site, under both Mercury and Las Vegas; we count it as one facility. Test Site contractor workers with an asbestos disease may also qualify for EEOICPA Part E, which is reduced by lawsuit and trust recoveries.
Workers exposed. Test site operations exposed construction trades, insulators, pipefitters, refractory workers, electricians, instrument technicians, drillers and mining trades (for underground test preparation), security personnel, and a broad federal civilian and contractor workforce across decades of operations.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 4 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Fibreboard, Thorpe Insulation, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1954 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The A.P. Green signature reflects refractory in the site's boilers and support facilities. Fibreboard pipe and block insulation and insulating cement, the high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and heating systems across the site's infrastructure, much of it applied by Thorpe Insulation crews. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Nevada entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Nevada entries in 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas | 82 |
| Reno | 54 |
| Henderson | 29 |
| Sparks | 13 |
| Mercury | 12 |
| Moapa | 12 |
| Laughlin | 11 |
| Yerington | 10 |
| Carson City | 8 |
| Royson | 6 |
| Ely | 5 |
| Elko | 4 |
| Hawthorne | 4 |
| McGill | 4 |
| Valmy | 4 |
| Wabuska | 4 |
| Arden | 3 |
| Blue Diamond | 3 |
| Boulder City | 3 |
| Empire | 3 |
| Fallon | 3 |
| Gabbs | 3 |
| Lovelock | 3 |
| Pioche | 3 |
| Rocketdyne | 3 |
| Winnemucca | 3 |
Entries are also listed in Arrolime, Basalt, Battle Mountain, Carlin, Clark, Cold Creek, Davis Dam, Dunphy, Eureka, Fernley, Fish Lake, Gardnerville, Gold Center, Jackass Flats, Jean, Lofton, North Las Vegas, Owyhee, Ruth, Stateline, Tonopah, Verdi and Zephyr Cove.
Search the asbestos trusts' Nevada 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.
322 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 5 asbestos cases from Nevada courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Nevada workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Colonial House (hotel)
- Torrejon v. Mobil Oil Co. (2004): Boiler room maintenance, 1959 to early 1960's
Every worksite named in Nevada 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 Nevada 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.
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 Nevada facility not listed, call us. Johns-Manville requires no site list at all, and we can often document exposure through the products, contractors, and equipment at a site even when no trust lists it by name.
Smaller worksites, contract jobs, short-tenure employment, and exposures across multiple sites are all part of the case-building process.
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How a Nevada case may work
Michael is a 69-year-old retired insulator from Moapa. From 1975 to 2005 he worked for an outside insulation contractor at Nevada Power's Reid Gardner Station near Moapa, mostly on boiler and steam-line jobs. His daily work brought him into contact with insulation across the boiler house, refractory brick and cement in the boiler furnaces, high-temperature pipe insulation on steam lines, gaskets and packing on turbines and valves, and the broad range of industrial asbestos exposures characteristic of major utility power generation. His contractor also sent him to Nevada Power's Clark Station in Las Vegas for a major overhaul in the late 1970s. In November 2025 Michael was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma subtype.
For Michael's family, the case can have three parts. First, asbestos trust claims — Reid Gardner is recognized by at least six site-specific trusts (ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard, NARCO, Owens Corning, and Thorpe Insulation), Clark Station adds Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, and DII Industries (Halliburton), and Michael's pre-1983 career qualifies him for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust regardless of the site-specific documentation. Additional trust filings are supported by product-handling reconstruction. Second, a civil case in Nevada state court against the manufacturers still in business, which must show regular exposure to each company's product (causation); Nevada keeps joint and several liability for strict product-liability claims. Michael does not sue the utility: a claim against it would turn on proof that it controlled his contractor's work, and owners can be immune as statutory employers. His claim against his own employer runs through Nevada workers' compensation, which has a lien on the civil recovery. Third, the family asbestos health screening offer applies to Michael's wife and adult children — household exposure to asbestos brought home on work clothing can produce significant disease risk decades later, and our representation includes free screening for every family member.
Recoveries from cases like Michael'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. There is no NCI-designated cancer center in Nevada; the nearest NCI-designated centers for Nevada patients are City of Hope in Duarte, California (about 4 to 5 hours from Las Vegas) and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles, where peritoneal mesothelioma is treated with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC (heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy), the standard of care for epithelioid peritoneal disease. 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 what matters. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →.
For Nevada's discovery rule, joint and several liability, premises liability, and damages rules, see the Nevada 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 Nevada 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 for asbestos clients nationally and more than 200,000 verified exposure sites across the country; all 322 Nevada entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; more than a dozen clients with Nevada job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — we work from documented trust coverage at your loved one's actual facility, not from a generic intake script
- Asbestos trust claims, civil cases, and benefits (workers' compensation, EEOICPA, VA service-connected disability) coordinated case by case with the trial team, including repayment rights
- Remote case handling — phone, video, or home visit; no travel to our offices required at any point in the case
- Free family asbestos health screening for household members of every client
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family
Videos
- Las Vegas Has an Asbestos History Las Vegas Asbestos
- Johns Manville’s Las Vegas Asbestos Connection Las Vegas Asbestos
- Las Vegas Asbestos: Part 2 — Hotels, Neon Signs, and Demolitions Las Vegas Asbestos
- Las Vegas Asbestos: Part 3 — Clark County’s Mesothelioma Mystery Las Vegas Asbestos
Frequently asked questions
Is my Nevada worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold 322 Nevada entries in 49 communities — power stations, chemical and metals plants, federal installations, mines and mills, hotels and casinos, schools, and public buildings 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 facility name and city, and we can tell you within the first conversation what the trusts' lists show and which trusts apply.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When an asbestos manufacturer files for bankruptcy, it typically sets up a settlement trust to pay future asbestos victims. Each trust maintains documentation of where its products were used. When we say a site is "recognized by at least 4 trusts," we mean at least four different asbestos trusts have records establishing that their products were used at that location — meaning a worker exposed there is positioned to file claims against each of them. Each trust pays separately, and the recoveries are not offset against each other. Trust claims operate as a paper process — no courtroom, no depositions — and a family can pursue them as well as a civil lawsuit against manufacturers still in business; when to file each depends on the case.
Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?
Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.
Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?
No. Most families do not know the product names, and that is expected. We reconstruct the product-handling history using the trusts' site lists, trust documentation for each manufacturer's product lines, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. A spouse who knows only "he worked at TIMET as a pipefitter in the 1960s and 1970s" gives us enough to begin — we identify the trusts that list TIMET, infer the products handled by pipefitters at that site, and develop the documentation from there.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Nevada sites?
Multi-site exposure is the norm, not the exception, and it generally expands the available trust list. A Nevada Power lifer who spent time at the Reid Gardner, Clark, and Sunrise stations may have access to the trusts that list all three, plus Johns-Manville universal coverage, plus any additional trusts supported by specific product-handling reconstruction. We build the full career-spanning exposure picture as part of the first weeks of the case.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
It does not change the case. Trust filings rely on documentation of historical exposure at the facility, not on the facility's current status. Reid Gardner Station closed in 2017, the Mohave Generating Station closed in 2005, and many of the original Henderson industrial complex facilities have been redeveloped — none of that affects the available trust documentation for workers who were exposed during the operating years. Civil cases against still-solvent manufacturers and against premises owners (often the parent or successor entity) similarly proceed regardless of the facility's current status.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. Wrongful-death asbestos cases are a routine part of our practice. Nevada law allows the family to file the case within two years of the date of death (separate from the personal-injury deadline). The case structure — trust filings, civil case against still-solvent manufacturers, federal benefits where applicable — is essentially the same as for a living worker, with the family stepping in as plaintiffs. We handle the wrongful-death documentation from records the family already has.
What if my loved one worked at the Nevada Test Site?
The Nevada Test Site (renamed the Nevada National Security Site in 2010) generated 100 atmospheric and 828 underground nuclear weapons tests from 1951 to 1992 across approximately 1,360 square miles in Nye County. Contractor and subcontractor employees with an asbestos-related illness may qualify for EEOICPA Part E (capped at $250,000 and reduced by lawsuit and trust recoveries and by state workers' compensation); EEOICPA Part B covers certain radiation cancers, beryllium disease, and silicosis, not asbestos disease. RECA covers certain radiation-linked cancers (lung cancer among them, not mesothelioma) in atmospheric-test participants and downwinders, with claims due by December 31, 2027. Veterans may have VA service-connected disability claims. These programs interact with each other and with trust claims and civil cases, and we coordinate them case by case.
Talk with a Nevada asbestos lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, we are ready to help. Your loved one's worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't.
You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.
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This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.