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North Carolina Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage

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

Behind nearly every North Carolina mill village stood a boiler house. The state that made much of the country's towels, hosiery, cigarettes, and bedroom furniture had to raise its own steam to do it, and so did the paper mills of the coastal plain and the mountains, the synthetic-fiber plants that followed the textile boom, and the Duke Power and Carolina Power & Light stations that electrified the Piedmont. That steam ran through asbestos-covered pipe and asbestos-sealed boilers from one end of the state to the other. Six parts of North Carolina carry the deepest documentation on the trusts' lists:

  • the eastern paper and fiber belt — Weyerhaeuser's Plymouth mill and DuPont's Kinston plant, tied as the worksites the most trusts recognize in the state, and the Riegelwood paper mill on the Cape Fear;
  • Wilmington and the lower Cape Fear — the North Carolina Shipbuilding yard of World War II, DuPont's Cape Fear plant, and Carolina Power & Light's Sutton plant;
  • the Piedmont mill and tobacco cities — Cannon Mills at Kannapolis and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco at Winston-Salem;
  • Duke Power's steam stations — Marshall on Lake Norman, Cliffside on the Broad River, and Buck near Spencer;
  • the western mountains — Champion's paper mill at Canton, the American Enka rayon plant outside Asheville, and the Ecusta paper mill at Pisgah Forest; and
  • the military bases — Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Fort Bragg.

Smaller textile, hosiery, and furniture plants fill out much of the rest of the list.

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 North Carolina, those lists hold more than 2,000 entries across 259 communities, from 29 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Dozens of our clients worked at North Carolina job sites.

Every asbestos trust claim has to prove two things: that a company's asbestos-containing product was present at a job site, and that the worker handled that product, or worked close enough to it, to breathe its dust. If you or your loved one worked at a site on those lists during the applicable years, the first half is already established, because the trust has acknowledged its products were there.

We help workers who are alive and recently diagnosed, adult children and spouses researching on behalf of someone who is sick, and families of workers who have already passed away from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis. If you are a worker who has just been diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open for your family. There is still a claim to be made for families of workers who have already passed; we handle wrongful death cases routinely.

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North Carolina filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief

North Carolina 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. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.

North Carolina 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.

Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed at home through asbestos brought into the household on a worker's clothing. 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 North Carolina

The Johns-Manville Settlement Trust is open to most workers exposed before 1983, regardless of which specific worksite the exposure occurred at. Johns-Manville supplied so much asbestos and so many asbestos products across so many American industries that the trust does not require site-specific documentation. For mesothelioma claims, even one day of asbestos exposure before December 31, 1982 (at work or through a family member's work clothes brought into the home) can qualify a worker for Johns-Manville Settlement Trust compensation.

For lung cancer, asbestosis, and other non-mesothelioma asbestos diseases, the threshold is 60 months of total asbestos exposure with at least 6 months occurring before December 31, 1982. The one-day-of-exposure threshold for mesothelioma reflects how the disease actually develops (even brief exposure can cause it) and most major asbestos trusts apply similarly low-threshold eligibility for mesothelioma claims.

Because Johns-Manville keeps no site list of its own, every worksite on another trust's list also qualifies for Johns-Manville. Twenty-eight other trusts list North Carolina worksites. The number of North Carolina entries on each trust's list:

Trust coverage at this depth means most North Carolina 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.

North Carolina 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.

WilmingtonWilmington's Cape Fear riverfront built ships for World War II at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, and later drew DuPont, Hercules, and Carolina Power & Light's Sutton plant.5 worksites

Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.

  • DuPont Cape Fear plant
  • Hercules Wilmington plant (Hercules Powder)

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.

  • Babcock & Wilcox

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.

  • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

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.

  • Carolina Power & Light Sutton plant
CantonCanton grew around the Champion paper mill on the Pigeon River, which ran from 1908 until it closed in 2023.1 worksite

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.

  • Champion paper mill (Champion Fibre, later Blue Ridge Paper)
KannapolisKannapolis was built by James W. Cannon as the mill town for Cannon Mills, a leading American maker of towels and sheets.1 worksite

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.

  • Cannon Mills Kannapolis (later Fieldcrest Cannon)
PlymouthPlymouth, on the Roanoke River near Albemarle Sound, has been a paper-mill town since its pulp mill opened in the late 1930s.1 worksite

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.

  • Weyerhaeuser Plymouth mill (North Carolina Pulp Company)
Winston-SalemWinston-Salem grew around R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's factories, with the Hanes knitting mills and Western Electric's North Carolina Works alongside.1 worksite

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.

  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (Bailey Power Plant)
Other North Carolina communitiesOne worksite each in 23 more communities.23 worksites

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.

  • Carolina Power & Light Cape Fear plant — Moncure
  • Carolina Power & Light H.F. Lee plant — Goldsboro
  • Carolina Power & Light Weatherspoon plant — Lumberton
  • Duke Power Allen Steam Station — Belmont
  • Duke Power Buck Steam Station — Spencer
  • Duke Power Cliffside Steam Station — Cliffside
  • Duke Power Dan River Steam Station — Eden
  • Duke Power Marshall Steam Station — Terrell
  • Duke Power Riverbend Steam Station — Mount Holly
  • McGuire Nuclear Station (Duke Power) — Huntersville

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.

  • Ecusta paper mill (Olin Mathieson) — Pisgah Forest
  • Federal Paper Board Riegelwood mill (Riegel Paper) — Riegelwood
  • Henredon Furniture Industries — Morganton
  • Roanoke Rapids paper mill (Halifax Paper, Albemarle Paper, Champion) — Roanoke Rapids

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.

  • Camp Lejeune (Marine Corps Base) — Camp Lejeune
  • Fort Bragg — Fort Bragg
  • Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point — Cherry Point

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.

  • DuPont Kinston plant — Kinston
  • Farmers Chemical nitrogen plant (later CF Industries) — Tunis

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.

  • Alcoa Badin Works (Carolina Aluminum) — Badin

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.

  • American Enka plant (later BASF) — Enka

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.

  • Duke University and Duke Hospital — Durham

Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.

  • Texas Gulf phosphate works (later PCS Phosphate) — Aurora

Mesothelioma settlement values at North Carolina's most-documented worksites

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

DuPont Kinston plantKinston · at least 13 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $200,000 to $720,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Kaiser AluminumNot published——
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Weyerhaeuser Plymouth mill (North Carolina Pulp Company)Plymouth · at least 13 trusts · 1937–1982 · trust values together about $200,000 to $1.8 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Kaiser AluminumNot published——
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Champion paper mill (Champion Fibre, later Blue Ridge Paper)Canton · at least 12 trusts · 1920–1982 · trust values together about $240,000 to $2.0 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Federal Paper Board Riegelwood mill (Riegel Paper)Riegelwood · at least 10 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $130,000 to $460,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (Bailey Power Plant)Winston-Salem · at least 10 trusts · 1945–1982 · trust values together about $170,000 to $590,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Harbison-Walker)$144,897.50 – $610,00060%$86,938.50 – $366,000
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Cliffside Steam StationCliffside · at least 9 trusts · 1938–1982 · trust values together about $95,000 to $330,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
American Enka plant (later BASF)Enka · at least 9 trusts · 1928–1982 · trust values together about $100,000 to $290,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Carolina Power & Light H.F. Lee plantGoldsboro · at least 9 trusts · 1950–1982 · trust values together about $100,000 to $400,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
McGuire Nuclear Station (Duke Power)Huntersville · at least 9 trusts · 1966–1982 · trust values together about $150,000 to $1.6 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Buck Steam StationSpencer · at least 9 trusts · 1925–1982 · trust values together about $73,000 to $270,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Marshall Steam StationTerrell · at least 9 trusts · 1960–1982 · trust values together about $140,000 to $470,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
DuPont Cape Fear plantWilmington · at least 9 trusts · 1966–1982 · trust values together about $98,000 to $310,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ACandS$150,000 – $550,0002.89%$4,335 – $15,895
Armstrong World Industries$110,000 – $400,0007.8%$8,580 – $31,200
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Texas Gulf phosphate works (later PCS Phosphate)Aurora · at least 8 trusts · 1965–1982 · trust values together about $78,000 to $160,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
J.T. Thorpe (Texas)$100,00023%$23,000
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Allen Steam StationBelmont · at least 8 trusts · 1942–1982 · trust values together about $150,000 to $480,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Cannon Mills Kannapolis (later Fieldcrest Cannon)Kannapolis · at least 8 trusts · 1928–1982 · trust values together about $110,000 to $320,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Carolina Power & Light Weatherspoon plantLumberton · at least 8 trusts · 1947–1982 · trust values together about $91,000 to $370,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Carolina Power & Light Cape Fear plantMoncure · at least 8 trusts · 1924–1982 · trust values together about $150,000 to $590,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Riverbend Steam StationMount Holly · at least 8 trusts · 1922–1982 · trust values together about $100,000 to $360,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Roanoke Rapids paper mill (Halifax Paper, Albemarle Paper, Champion)Roanoke Rapids · at least 8 trusts · 1927–1982 · trust values together about $110,000 to $410,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Farmers Chemical nitrogen plant (later CF Industries)Tunis · at least 8 trusts · 1968–1982 · trust values together about $95,000 to $280,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Carolina Power & Light Sutton plantWilmington · at least 8 trusts · 1951–1982 · trust values together about $100,000 to $370,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Alcoa Badin Works (Carolina Aluminum)Badin · at least 7 trusts · 1951–1982 · trust values together about $67,000 to $160,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Flintkote$184,000 – $450,00015%$27,600 – $67,500
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke University and Duke HospitalDurham · at least 7 trusts · 1947–1982 · trust values together about $110,000 to $320,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
W.R. Grace$180,000 – $450,00030.1%$54,180 – $135,450
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Dan River Steam StationEden · at least 7 trusts · 1947–1982 · trust values together about $62,000 to $230,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
ABB Lummus$1,000 – $400,0009.5%$95 – $38,000
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Henredon Furniture IndustriesMorganton · at least 7 trusts · 1941–1982 · trust values together about $53,000 to $150,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Ecusta paper mill (Olin Mathieson)Pisgah Forest · at least 7 trusts · 1938–1982 · trust values together about $87,000 to $250,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Babcock & WilcoxWilmington · at least 7 trusts · 1951–1982 · trust values together about $110,000 to $360,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Hercules Wilmington plant (Hercules Powder)Wilmington · at least 7 trusts · 1967–1982 · trust values together about $140,000 to $1.6 million
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
C.E. Thurston & SonsNot published——
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
NARCO$75,000 – $1,379,580100%$75,000 – $1,379,580
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Pittsburgh Corning$175,000 – $500,00019%$33,250 – $95,000
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Guy M. Beaty & CompanyCharlotte · at least 6 trusts · 1957–1982 · trust values together about $110,000 to $360,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
GAF$155,000 – $450,0005.0%$7,750 – $22,500
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Owens-Illinois$100,000 – $382,60065%$65,000 – $248,690
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Cannon Mills Concord plantsConcord · at least 6 trusts · 1900–1982 · trust values together about $49,000 to $160,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Fort BraggFort Bragg · at least 6 trusts · 1930–1982 · trust values together about $98,000 to $340,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
DII Industries (Halliburton)$60,718.95 – $256,00060%$36,431.37 – $153,600
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
U.S. Gypsum$155,000 – $450,00010%$15,500 – $45,000
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Drexel Heritage FurnishingsMorganton · at least 6 trusts · 1941–1982 · trust values together about $53,000 to $150,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
A.P. Green$165,6946.0%$9,941.64
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Plibrico$350,000 – $750,0000.94%$3,290 – $7,050
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Carolina Power & Light Roxboro plantRoxboro · at least 6 trusts · 1965–1982 · trust values together about $60,000 to $190,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Combustion Engineering$75,000 – $400,00015.3%$11,475 – $61,200
Eagle-PicherNo fixed schedule—Set case by case
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000
Duke Power Belews Creek Steam StationWalnut Cove · at least 6 trusts · 1968–1982 · trust values together about $54,000 to $150,000
TrustMesothelioma valuePayment %Payment at that %
Babcock & Wilcox$90,000 – $400,0004.3%$3,870 – $17,200
Fibreboard$135,000 – $450,0003.5%$4,725 – $15,750
Flexitallic$50,000 – $150,0002.9%$1,450 – $4,350
Owens Corning$215,000 – $650,0004.3%$9,245 – $27,950
Yarway$55,000 – $150,00027.5%$15,125 – $41,250
Johns-Manville$350,000 – $750,0005.6%$19,600 – $42,000

A closer look at major North Carolina worksites

The worksites below are among those recognized by the most asbestos trusts in North Carolina — nine or more, counting Johns-Manville — together with Cannon Mills at Kannapolis, the state's best-known mill town. 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.

DuPont Kinston plant — Kinston

Recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts · 1950–1982

DuPont built its Kinston plant in Lenoir County in the early 1950s to make Dacron polyester fiber, and it became one of eastern North Carolina's largest industrial employers. The trusts list it under DuPont, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, and the Kinston plant and its power plant, and some file it under nearby Graingers; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, instrument technicians, electricians, and the operators of the polymer and spinning areas, along with the contract crews who built the plant and expanded it.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, Flexitallic, GAF, Kaiser Aluminum, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the plant's powerhouse carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections, and Kaiser Aluminum refractory lined further furnaces. 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 covered more of the process piping. The C.E. Thurston and Armstrong signatures point to insulation contracting crews at the plant. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed the high-pressure flanges, the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics on the plant's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Weyerhaeuser Plymouth mill (North Carolina Pulp Company) — Plymouth

Recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts · 1937–1982

The pulp and paper mill at Plymouth in Washington County was built in the late 1930s by the North Carolina Pulp Company and became Weyerhaeuser's in the 1950s; the integrated mill makes kraft pulp and paper from the eastern North Carolina timber around it. Following Weyerhaeuser's 2007 fine-paper spin-off, the Plymouth operations have continued under successor paper-industry ownership. The trusts list it under North Carolina Pulp Company, Weyerhaeuser Company, Weyerhaeuser Paper Company, and the Plymouth mill; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Integrated kraft pulp and paper operations at this scale required recovery boiler operators, paper machine tenders, kraft digester operators, pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, refractory workers, instrument technicians, and electricians. Paper mills are among the most steam-intensive industrial operations in the United States, and the recovery boiler — the heart of the kraft pulping process — is one of the most insulation-intensive single pieces of equipment in any American industrial facility.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, 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 — including the recovery boilers at the heart of kraft pulping — carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections, and NARCO and Kaiser Aluminum refractory lined the recovery boilers and lime kilns. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest steam lines, with Eagle-Picher and Fibreboard pipe insulation on the rest of the steam distribution piping. The C.E. Thurston and Armstrong signatures point to insulation contracting crews across the mill. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed high-pressure steam flanges on the paper machines and process equipment, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets and packing on the recovery boilers and in high-temperature steam service.

Champion paper mill (Champion Fibre, later Blue Ridge Paper) — Canton

Recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts · 1920–1982

The paper mill at Canton in Haywood County ran for 115 years, from 1908 to 2023 — one of the longest-operating paper mills in the United States. It operated under successive corporate identities: Champion Fibre Company, Champion Paper and Fibre Company, United States Plywood-Champion Papers, Champion International, Blue Ridge Paper Products, and Pactiv Evergreen, which closed it in May 2023. The trusts list it under most of those names; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. A century-plus of continuous paper-making required generations of recovery boiler operators, paper machine tenders, kraft digester operators, pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, refractory workers, and maintenance trades.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 12 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1920 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory lined the recovery boilers, lime kilns, and process heaters, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers 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; Eagle-Picher insulating cement and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered more of the steam piping. ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work at the mill, the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics across the multi-building complex. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in gaskets and packing on the recovery boilers.

Federal Paper Board Riegelwood mill (Riegel Paper) — Riegelwood

Recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts · 1950–1982

The Riegelwood mill on the Cape Fear River in Columbus County was built by the Riegel Paper Corporation around 1950 and became Federal Paper Board's when Federal took over Riegel in the early 1970s. International Paper acquired Federal Paper Board in 1996, and the mill has continued under International Paper ownership. The trusts list it under Riegel Paper, Federal Paper Board, and International Paper, and some file it under neighboring Acme; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Paperboard manufacturing required recovery boiler operators, paper machine tenders, kraft digester operators, pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and millwrights.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Three insulation contractors — ACandS, Armstrong, and C.E. Thurston — appear on the mill's lists, pointing to contractor-applied pipe and block insulation across the complex, including during expansion work. 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; Eagle-Picher insulating cement and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered more of the steam piping. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers — including the recovery boilers — carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in gaskets and packing on the recovery boilers.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (Bailey Power Plant) — Winston-Salem

Recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts · 1945–1982

R.J. Reynolds founded his tobacco company in Winston in 1875, and its factories, warehouses, and steam plant came to fill much of downtown Winston-Salem. The Bailey Power Plant made the steam and power for the downtown factories. The trusts list the company under R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, the Bailey Power Plant and Bailey Utility Plant, and individual factory buildings; this page counts them together.

Workers exposed. Powerhouse boiler operators, pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, electricians, and the mechanics who kept the leaf-processing, conditioning, and cigarette-making machinery running on factory steam.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Flexitallic, GAF, Owens Corning, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1945 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the power plant carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing, and A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker refractory brick and cement lined the furnaces. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam lines that ran from the power plant into the factories. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed the high-pressure flanges, Yarway steam traps and valves sat throughout the steam system, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics on the factory buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

American Enka plant (later BASF) — Enka

Recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts · 1928–1982

American Enka, at Enka in Buncombe County west of Asheville, was a rayon and synthetic fiber manufacturer founded in 1928 by the Dutch Enka company. It was one of the leading U.S. viscose rayon producers of the mid-twentieth century, supplying the textile and tire-cord industries, and the Enka community grew up largely as a company town around the plant. The trusts list it under American Enka, the Enka rayon plant, Akzona, and BASF, later owners; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Viscose rayon manufacturing required chemical process operators, spinning-bath operators, pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, refractory workers, and maintenance trades. Rayon spinning involves caustic soda, carbon disulfide, and sulfuric acid, and the process equipment carried acid-resistant gaskets and packing.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1928 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the plant's powerhouse carried pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing, and A.P. Green refractory lined the boilers and process furnaces. Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the hottest steam lines, with Eagle-Picher and Fibreboard pipe insulation on the rest of the process and steam piping. GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics across the multi-building complex. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing of the spinning and chemical areas.

Duke Power Cliffside Steam Station — Cliffside

Recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts · 1938–1982

Duke Power's Cliffside Steam Station is a coal-fired plant on the Broad River where Rutherford and Cleveland counties meet, now operated by Duke Energy. The trusts list it under Cliffside Steam Station, Duke Power Company, and its Unit 5, and some file it under neighboring Mooresboro; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction crews who built new units and the overhaul crews who rebuilt the old ones.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1938 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Combustion Engineering signature reflects the station's boilers, with their pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the main steam and turbine piping, with Eagle-Picher insulating cement and Fibreboard pipe insulation on the rest. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed the high-pressure flanges, Yarway steam traps and valves sat throughout the steam system, and ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work at the station. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Carolina Power & Light H.F. Lee plant — Goldsboro

Recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts · 1950–1982

The H.F. Lee Steam Electric Plant near Goldsboro in Wayne County, earlier called the Goldsboro Steam Electric Plant, was one of Carolina Power & Light's coal-fired generating stations in eastern North Carolina; CP&L is now part of Duke Energy. The trusts list it under Carolina Power & Light, the Goldsboro steam station, and the H.F. Lee plant and its units; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction and overhaul crews.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering signatures reflect the station's boilers, with their pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the steam and turbine piping. Yarway steam traps and valves sat throughout the steam system, the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and ABB Lummus did engineering and construction work at the plant. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

DuPont Cape Fear plant — Wilmington

Recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts · 1966–1982

DuPont's Cape Fear plant, a Textile Fibers Department works on the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, is the largest chemical plant the trusts recognize in the Wilmington area. The trusts list it under DuPont, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, the Cape Fear plant, and the Textile Fibers Department, and some file it under Cape Fear rather than Wilmington; it is one facility.

Workers exposed. Pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, millwrights, instrument technicians, electricians, and process operators, along with the construction crews who built and expanded the plant.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, GAF, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1966 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Three insulation contractors — ACandS, Armstrong, and C.E. Thurston — appear on the plant's lists, and their crews applied Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos across the steam and process piping as the plant was built and expanded. GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics on the plant's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

Cannon Mills Kannapolis (later Fieldcrest Cannon) — Kannapolis

Recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts · 1928–1982

James William Cannon founded Cannon Mills, and in the early 1900s he built Kannapolis as the mill town for its main plant, which grew into one of the largest household textile operations in the United States. Plant No. 1 at Kannapolis was the company headquarters and dominant operation. Cannon was acquired by David Murdock in 1982 and sold to Fieldcrest in 1986; the combined Fieldcrest Cannon later became part of Pillowtex, which closed the Kannapolis plants in 2003. The trusts list it under Cannon Mills, Cannon Mills Plant One, and Fieldcrest Cannon; it is one facility. Cannon's plants in Concord are listed separately, in the table above.

Workers exposed. Large textile mill operations required boiler-house operators, pipefitters, insulators, millwrights, loom fixers, dyeing and finishing department workers, and maintenance electricians. Textile manufacturing is steam-intensive — high-pressure steam piping, dyeing kettles, drying cylinders, and pressing equipment all generated insulation exposure.

Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1928 through 1982.

Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers in the mill's steam plant carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Eagle-Picher and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered the high-temperature process piping, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), went onto the steam lines in later maintenance work. W.R. Grace Monokote spray fireproofing is documented at the company's headquarters building, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics across the mill buildings. Dyeing and finishing operations also used chrysotile cloth, textiles, and gaskets in high-temperature service. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.

North Carolina entries by city

The trusts' lists hold North Carolina entries in 259 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 city259 communities
CityEntries on the trusts' lists
Wilmington364
Charlotte187
Winston-Salem74
Greensboro65
Asheville58
Durham55
Roanoke Rapids49
Raleigh47
Hickory45
Gastonia36
Salisbury34
Lenoir29
Morganton27
Plymouth27
Lumberton26
Eden24
Mount Holly24
Concord22
Kinston22
Fayetteville21
High Point21
Spencer21
Canton20
Goldsboro19
Shelby19
Marion17
Riegelwood17
Belmont16
Enka16
Lexington16
Wilson16
Terrell15
Cliffside14
Greenville14
Kannapolis14
Walnut Cove14
Cramerton13
Moncure13
Rocky Mount13
Statesville13
Aurora12
Haw River11
Rockingham11
Roxboro11
Jacksonville10
Spindale10
Ahoskie9
Badin9
Brevard9
Burlington9
Cooleemee9
Fletcher9
Semora9
Skyland9
Wagram9
Asheboro8
Boone8
Chapel Hill8
Huntersville8
Mooresville8
New Bern8
Butner7
Hendersonville7
Kings Mountain7
Mocksville7
Pisgah Forest7
Reidsville7
Wake Forest7
Bessemer City6
Black Mountain6
Cape Fear6
Hillsborough6
Newton6
Rutherfordton6
Sanford6
Tarboro6
Tryon6
Wadesboro6
Wrightsville Beach6
Acme5
China Grove5
Forest City5
Graham5
Graingers5
Hamilton5
Henderson5
Monroe5
Mount Airy5
Stanley5
Swannanoa5
Sylva5
Tunis5
Aberdeen4
Albemarle4
Beaufort4
Burnsville4
Camp Lejeune4
Castle Hayne4
Catawba4
Cherry Point4
Davidson4
Earl4
Fort Bragg4
Fuquay-Varina4
Hazelwood4
Hildebran4
Landis4
Lowell4
Murphy4
Old Fort4
Southport4
Spruce Pine4
Wallace4
Washington4
Waynesville4
West Shelby4
Biltmore3
Conway3
Cowans Ford3
Cullowhee3
Elkin3
Glen Raven3
Lawndale3
Lee Creek3
Lilesville3
Lincolnton3
Mayodan3
McCain3
Mooresboro3
Pineville3
Randleman3
Ranlo3
Robbinsville3
Spring Hope3
Valdese3

The trusts' lists also name 124 other North Carolina communities.

Search the asbestos trusts' North Carolina 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.

Court decisions: 105 asbestos cases from North Carolina courts

Worksites named in court opinions

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

Bridgestone-Firestone tire plant (Firestone)

Wilson · Factory or plant · 7 decisions

Fiber Industries plant (Hoechst Celanese)

Salisbury · Factory or plant · 5 decisions

Davis Oil Company

Statesville · Other · 3 decisions

Champion paper mill (Champion Fibre, later Blue Ridge Paper)

Canton · Paper mill · 2 decisions · Our profile of this site

Duke Power Belews Creek Steam Station

Walnut Cove · Power plant · 2 decisions

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco plant

Winston-Salem · Factory or plant · 2 decisions · Our profile of this site

Schlage Lock plant

Rocky Mount · Factory or plant · 2 decisions

American Thread plant

Factory or plant · 1 decision

Carolina Power & Light Cape Fear plant

Moncure · Power plant · 1 decision

Clean Air Systems

Statesville · Other · 1 decision

Continental Tire (formerly General Tire) tire factory

Charlotte · Factory or plant · 1 decision

CSX Hamlet facility

Hamlet · Railroad shop or yard · 1 decision

Devereaux Street central administrative office building

Raleigh · Building · 1 decision

Duke Power Allen Steam Station

Belmont · Power plant · 1 decision

Dyno Nobel Piedmont Explosives

Olin · Chemical plant · 1 decision

16 more worksites

Farmers Chemical fertilizer plant

Tunis · Chemical plant · 1 decision

Fayetteville Aviation

Fayetteville · Other · 1 decision

Fisher Homes (Oakwood Homes)

Richfield · Factory or plant · 1 decision

General Fertilizer Equipment (Speedy Spread)

Greensboro · Factory or plant · 1 decision

General Metals farm division

Greensboro · Factory or plant · 1 decision

J.P. Stevens plant

Wallace · Factory or plant · 1 decision

Klopman Mills

Factory or plant · 1 decision

Mallinckrodt facility

Raleigh · Factory or plant · 1 decision

Morgantown Carbon plant

Morgantown · Factory or plant · 1 decision

PCS Phosphate mill and plant

Mine or mill · 1 decision

Purdue Farms

Statesville · Factory or plant · 1 decision

Schlitz/Stroh Brewery

Winston-Salem · Factory or plant · 1 decision

Shelby airport

Shelby · Other · 1 decision

UPS Charlotte facility

Charlotte · Other · 1 decision

Weyerhaeuser New Bern mill

New Bern · Paper mill · 1 decision

Yellow Freight

Charlotte · Other · 1 decision

Every worksite named in North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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.

  • BurlingtonUnited States Rubber Company · from 1947
  • CharlotteSouthern Asbestos Company · from 1975
  • CharlotteThermoid Division, H. K. Porter Company, Inc. · from 1967
  • DavidsonKubar Manufacturing Company, Carolina Asbestos Company, Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. (Unarco Industries, Inc.), Carolina Asbestos Company (1950), H. K. Porter Company, Inc. · 1927–1950
  • LaurinburgJohns-Manville · 1964–1980 · 2 products
  • MarshvilleJohns-Manville · 1939–1969
  • OxfordCertainTeed Corporation · from 1979

Every asbestos product plant, by state and city

Asbestos mines

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' and Geological Survey's yearbooks and the asbestos industry's trade journal, Asbestos, report these North Carolina 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.

Our records also name 4 North Carolina asbestos deposits and mines with no sales reported: deposits and prospects the documents describe or report exploring, and mines they report worked without fiber sold. Each page says what the documents report.

4 deposits and mines with no sales reported

Every asbestos mine in our records, by state and country

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 North Carolina 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. Workers from the Cone Mills plants in Greensboro, the Duke Power steam stations, and the High Point furniture factories, as well as hundreds of smaller mills, plants, and contractor operations across the state, all have paths to trust and civil recovery.

Call 833-4-ASBESTOS to confirm coverage for your loved one's specific worksite.

How a North Carolina case may work

William is a 73-year-old retired paper mill mechanic from Plymouth. From 1971 to 2005 he worked at the Weyerhaeuser Plymouth pulp and paper mill, primarily in the maintenance and power plant departments. His work involved frequent contact with asbestos insulation on the kraft pulp digesters and recovery boilers, Babcock & Wilcox boiler insulation across the steam plant, pipe insulation on high-temperature steam piping serving the paper machines, refractory replacement in the recovery boilers and lime kilns, Flexitallic gasket and packing maintenance on paper machine and process equipment, and the broad range of integrated pulp and paper mill exposures characteristic of one of the dominant eastern North Carolina industrial operations. His maintenance assignments included multiple major outage cycles when C.E. Thurston insulation crews were on site removing and replacing legacy block and pipe covering across the mill.

In late 2025, William developed progressive abdominal pain, persistent bloating, and unexplained weight loss. Imaging at the regional medical center in Greenville revealed peritoneal thickening with ascites. A diagnostic laparoscopy with biopsy in February 2026 confirmed peritoneal mesothelioma with biphasic mesothelioma histology — peritoneal mesothelioma is the second most common form of mesothelioma after pleural and is particularly associated with heavy occupational asbestos exposure of the kind multi-decade paper mill maintenance work produces. Like many North Carolina paper mill workers of his generation, William had no idea his decades of mill work could cause this kind of cancer years after retirement.

After retaining our firm, we matched William's employment history to the asbestos bankruptcy trusts that list the mill, together with his detailed product-handling reconstruction. The Plymouth mill listings support filings against at least twelve site-specific trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, and Pittsburgh Corning — and William's pre-1983 exposure qualifies him for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust on top of the site-specific filings; Johns-Manville is the largest single asbestos trust in the United States and does not require site-specific product proof for mesothelioma claims. We also filed a civil case in Washington County Superior Court against the still-solvent manufacturers of the products he worked with, and a North Carolina workers' compensation claim against his former employer. How the trust claims, the lawsuit and the comp claim fit together is decided case by case. William's wife and adult children also enrolled in our free family asbestos health screening program — paper mill workers brought fibers home on clothing across decades, and family members of every client receive screening as part of our representation.

Recoveries from cases like William'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 North Carolina worker is the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill and the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center in Winston-Salem also available, where advanced treatments like HIPEC for peritoneal mesothelioma, lung-sparing surgery for pleural disease, 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 North Carolina's discovery rule, the wanton-or-willful exception to contributory negligence, the disease exception to the products statute of repose, the preserved common-law joint and several liability framework, and the Nelson v. Freeland unified premises liability standard, see the North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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; more than 2,000 North Carolina entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; dozens of clients with North Carolina job sites
  • Worksite-specific knowledge — we operate from documented trust coverage rather than generic intake scripts; we can speak to your loved one's specific mill, plant, or base from the first call
  • Trust claims, civil cases, and federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team — we coordinate every available channel
  • Remote case handling — phone, video, or home visit; no travel to our offices required
  • Free family asbestos health screening for spouses, children, and household members of every client
  • No fee unless we recover compensation for your family

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Frequently asked questions

Is my North Carolina worksite documented?

Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 2,000 North Carolina entries in 259 communities — paper mills, textile and synthetic-fiber plants, power stations, chemical plants, tobacco factories, furniture plants, military bases, shipyards, and a wide range of smaller industrial and commercial operations across the state. You can search every entry on this page. Even if a specific facility isn't listed, we can often document exposure there through the products and contractors involved. Call us with the worksite name and we can confirm coverage during the first conversation.

What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?

When an asbestos manufacturer goes bankrupt, the bankruptcy court typically establishes a settlement trust to pay future asbestos disease claims. "Trust coverage" at a site means a specific trust's records establish that its predecessor company's asbestos-containing products were at that site, or that its contractor employees worked there. A worker with five trusts documented at one worksite typically has five separate claim channels — each operates independently, and recoveries from one do not offset recoveries from another.

Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?

Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.

Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?

No. You do not need product names, exposure dates, or technical detail to call us. We reconstruct the product-handling history from the trusts' site lists, the trust documentation for each manufacturer that did business at the site, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember — the employer, the city, the rough years, the kind of work. We handle the documentation from there.

What if my loved one worked at multiple North Carolina sites?

Multi-site careers are the norm in North Carolina industrial work, not the exception. A worker who started at Cannon Mills, moved to Duke Power, and finished at Weyerhaeuser carries cumulative exposure documentation across every site. We map the full career arc and file trust claims and civil claims based on the complete exposure profile, not just the most recent employer.

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

Closure or demolition does not affect claim viability. The Champion Paper mill in Canton closed in 2023 after 115 years; trust documentation for that site is permanent and the bankruptcy trust system was specifically designed to handle long-latency disease claims that surface decades after a facility's closure. Many of our strongest North Carolina cases involve facilities that closed years or decades before the diagnosis.

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

Yes. Wrongful death and survival claims are part of our routine practice. The North Carolina wrongful death filing deadline is two years from the date of death, but if the worker's own three years ran out before the death without a lawsuit being filed, the family's claim is barred too — call us as early as possible after a death so we can preserve evidence and file before the deadline. If we get involved during a worker's lifetime, the exposure record and evidence we build carry forward for the family.

What if my loved one served at Camp Lejeune?

People who worked around asbestos at Camp Lejeune may have asbestos trust claims and lawsuits against the companies that made the asbestos products, and veterans with in-service exposure may qualify for VA disability. Service members can't sue the United States for injuries from their service, and a federal civilian employee's remedy against it is federal workers' compensation (FECA). The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 is a separate claim for contaminated drinking water at the base between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987. Its filing window closed on August 10, 2024, so new water claims can no longer be filed; only claims filed before then are still being processed. That deadline does not affect asbestos claims. Call us and we will review the asbestos claims.

Talk with a North Carolina 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.

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.