For much of the twentieth century, a South Carolina paycheck was likely to come from a cotton mill. After World War II the state's industry broadened: the chemical companies arrived to make the synthetic fibers that took cotton's place, kraft mills went up on the coastal and Piedmont rivers, the Navy built and repaired warships at Charleston, the government built its atomic plant on the Savannah River, and Duke Power and South Carolina Electric & Gas put up coal, hydro, and nuclear stations to power it all. Every one of those workplaces ran on steam and heat, and asbestos insulated, lined, and sealed the equipment that made them. Here is where the trusts' lists gather:
- the Lowcountry coast — the Charleston Naval Shipyard and Westvaco's paper mill on the Cooper River, and International Paper's mill at Georgetown;
- the Midlands — DuPont's May Plant at Camden, Allied Chemical's Columbia plant, and the Army's Fort Jackson;
- the Savannah River country — the Savannah River Site below Aiken, the Graniteville mill, and SCE&G's Urquhart Station at Beech Island;
- the Pee Dee — DuPont's Florence plant and Sonoco's home plant at Hartsville;
- the Catawba River in York County — Bowater's Catawba newsprint mill, Celanese's Rock Hill plant, and Duke Power's Catawba Nuclear Station; and
- the Upstate — Duke Power's Oconee Nuclear Station, the Hercules fiber plant near Spartanburg, and Greenwood Mills.
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 South Carolina, those lists hold more than 1,000 entries across 178 communities, from 27 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Dozens of our clients worked at South 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.
You don't need the product names or old records. No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
South Carolina filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
South 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. An earlier diagnosis of asbestosis or pleural scarring does not start the clock for mesothelioma in South Carolina, but symptoms or test results that would have led a reasonable person to see a doctor can, 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.
South 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.
We help families of workers who have already passed away. Wrongful death and survival actions are routine and proceed through the same trust and civil pathways.
Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed through take-home fibers carried on a worker's clothes, hair, or vehicle, whether or not they ever hire us. 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 South 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-seven other trusts list South Carolina worksites. The number of South Carolina entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Babcock & Wilcox: 394 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Owens Corning: 341 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- A.P. Green: 192 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- Combustion Engineering: 87 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Fibreboard: 65 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Eagle-Picher: 63 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Armstrong World Industries: 62 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- U.S. Gypsum: 61 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- W.R. Grace: 52 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- GAF: 27 entries (roofing and building products)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 23 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Owens-Illinois: 21 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- ACandS: 17 entries (insulation contracting)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 15 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- Flintkote: 14 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- DII Industries (Harbison-Walker): 9 entries (refractory brick and castables)
- Plibrico: 8 entries (refractory plastics and castables)
- Burns & Roe: 7 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- Flexitallic: 6 entries (spiral-wound gaskets)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 5 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- NARCO: 5 entries (refractory gun mixes and castables)
- Turner & Newall: 5 entries (Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles)
- Yarway: 4 entries (steam traps and valves)
- ASARCO: 3 entries (asbestos mining and smelting)
- ABB Lummus: 2 entries (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- C.E. Thurston & Sons: 2 entries (insulation contracting and distribution)
- Raytech: 1 entry (friction products)
Trust coverage at this depth means most South Carolina workers with significant industrial exposure histories will qualify for filings against multiple trusts — typically Johns-Manville plus the site-specific trusts documented at their worksites.
South 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.
CharlestonCharleston's heavy industry lined the Cooper River north of the old city: the Navy yard, which built and overhauled warships from 1901 until it closed in 1996, and West Virginia Pulp & Paper's kraft mill, later Westvaco.
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.
- Westvaco Charleston mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper)
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.
- Charleston Naval Shipyard (Charleston Navy Yard)
GreenwoodGreenwood is a mill town, home to Greenwood Mills' plants and to the nylon plant built by Chemstrand and run by Monsanto.
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Monsanto Greenwood plant (Chemstrand)
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.
- Greenwood Mills
IrmoIrmo, on the Lake Murray side of Columbia, holds SCE&G's McMeekin Station below the Saluda Dam and Allied Chemical's Columbia fibers plant.
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Allied Chemical Columbia plant
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.
- South Carolina Electric & Gas — McMeekin Station
AikenSouth of Aiken, Du Pont built the Savannah River Plant for the Atomic Energy Commission in the early 1950s to make plutonium and tritium for the nation's nuclear weapons.
Other worksites.
- Savannah River Site (Savannah River Plant)
CamdenDuPont's May Plant stands between Camden and Lugoff, and the trusts file it under both towns.
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 May Plant
CatawbaBowater built its Catawba newsprint mill on the Catawba River in York County in the late 1950s.
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.
- Bowater Catawba mill (Bowaters Carolina Corporation)
GeorgetownInternational Paper's kraft mill on Winyah Bay has anchored Georgetown since the late 1930s.
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.
- International Paper Georgetown mill
GranitevilleGraniteville grew up around the Graniteville Company mill, founded by William Gregg in 1845 and one of the South's first large cotton mills.
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.
- Graniteville Company mill
HartsvilleHartsville is Sonoco's hometown: the company began there in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company, making paper cones for the textile mills.
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.
- Sonoco Products Co
SenecaDuke Power's Oconee Nuclear Station on Lake Keowee, near Seneca, was the company's first nuclear plant; its first unit went into service in 1973.
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.
- Duke Power Oconee Nuclear Station
SpartanburgSpartanburg was the hub of the Upstate mill country; its biggest listed plant is the Hercules polyester-fiber plant at Forster, later run by Hoechst.
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Hercules fibers plant (Hystron, Hoechst Fibers)
Other South Carolina communitiesOne worksite each in 11 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.
- Duke Power Catawba Nuclear Station — York
- Duke Power Lee Steam Station — Pelzer
- South Carolina Electric & Gas — Urquhart Station — Beech Island
- South Carolina Electric & Gas — Wateree Station — Eastover
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.
- Celanese Rock Hill plant (Hoechst Celanese) — Rock Hill
- DuPont Florence plant — Florence
- Ethyl Corporation — Orangeburg
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.
- Westinghouse Hampton plant — Hampton
Military installations. Military bases ran boiler plants, steam distribution systems, and aircraft and vehicle maintenance shops, and built and renovated for decades with asbestos-containing materials.
- Fort Jackson — Fort Jackson
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.
- Springs Cotton Mills (Springs Industries) — Lancaster
Construction. Construction trades handled asbestos joint compound, plaster, fireproofing, floor tile, roofing, and pipe insulation on new buildings and renovations, and worked beside the insulators who installed it.
- Fluor Daniel Corporation — Greenville
Mesothelioma settlement values at South Carolina's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least four 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 May Plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| C.E. Thurston & Sons | Not published | — | — |
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Charleston Naval Shipyard (Charleston Navy Yard)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Flexitallic | $50,000 – $150,000 | 2.9% | $1,450 – $4,350 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Yarway | $55,000 – $150,000 | 27.5% | $15,125 – $41,250 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Westvaco Charleston mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
International Paper Georgetown mill
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Duke Power Oconee Nuclear Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Flexitallic | $50,000 – $150,000 | 2.9% | $1,450 – $4,350 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Yarway | $55,000 – $150,000 | 27.5% | $15,125 – $41,250 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Savannah River Site (Savannah River Plant)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
DuPont Florence plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bowater Catawba mill (Bowaters Carolina Corporation)
| 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 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Flexitallic | $50,000 – $150,000 | 2.9% | $1,450 – $4,350 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Celanese Rock Hill plant (Hoechst Celanese)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Hercules fibers plant (Hystron, Hoechst Fibers)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Duke Power Catawba Nuclear Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| Flexitallic | $50,000 – $150,000 | 2.9% | $1,450 – $4,350 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Yarway | $55,000 – $150,000 | 27.5% | $15,125 – $41,250 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
South Carolina Electric & Gas — Urquhart 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 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Graniteville Company mill
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Greenwood Mills
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Monsanto Greenwood plant (Chemstrand)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Westinghouse Hampton plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Raytech | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Duke Power Lee Steam Station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Flexitallic | $50,000 – $150,000 | 2.9% | $1,450 – $4,350 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Yarway | $55,000 – $150,000 | 27.5% | $15,125 – $41,250 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
South Carolina Electric & Gas — Wateree 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Fluor Daniel Corporation
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Allied Chemical Columbia plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
South Carolina Electric & Gas — McMeekin Station
| 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 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Springs Cotton Mills (Springs Industries)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Ethyl Corporation
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| 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 South Carolina worksites
The worksites below are recognized by the most asbestos trusts in South Carolina — eight or more, counting Johns-Manville. Each profile draws on the trust signatures present at the site to identify the products workers handled, the trades most heavily exposed, and the asbestos types they likely encountered. Your specific worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear here — call us.
DuPont May Plant — Camden
DuPont's May Plant, between Camden and Lugoff in Kershaw County, was built to make Orlon acrylic fiber and began production in 1950. It was a major Midlands chemical and synthetic-fiber operation for decades. The trusts list it under DuPont, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, the May Plant, the May Works, and the Lugoff and Camden plants, filed under both towns; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Chemical and fiber manufacturing required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, process operators, mechanics, and instrument technicians, along with the contract insulation crews who worked the plant.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts — ACandS, A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, C.E. Thurston & Sons, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1948 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers powered the plant's steam systems, with pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest process and steam lines, and Fibreboard supplied more pipe insulation. Three insulation contractors are on the plant's lists: C.E. Thurston & Sons, ACandS, and Armstrong World Industries. Turner & Newall's signature reflects Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles, and Limpet Blue carried crocidolite (blue asbestos). The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing of the chemical process lines.
Charleston Naval Shipyard (Charleston Navy Yard) — Charleston
The Navy established its Charleston yard on the Cooper River, in what is now North Charleston, in 1901. Known as the Charleston Navy Yard until 1945, it built destroyers and other warships during World War II and later overhauled surface ships and submarines, including nuclear ballistic-missile submarines, until it closed in 1996. The trusts list it as the Charleston Naval Shipyard, the Charleston Navy Yard, and the U.S. Navy Yard, including several of its buildings; it is one facility. The Naval Station, Naval Base, and Naval Weapons Station appear separately on the trusts' lists.
Workers exposed. Naval shipyard operations required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, sheet-metal workers, machinists, electricians, and shipfitters. Insulators applied and removed pipe and block insulation across thousands of feet of shipboard steam, condensate, and feedwater piping per ship. Boilermakers worked on marine boilers with refractory linings. Machinists serviced steam turbines, pumps, and valves with extensive gasket and packing exposure.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1905 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers, aboard ship and in the yard's own powerhouse, carried pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green refractory, and gaskets and packing. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) pipe insulation made to Navy specifications, covered high-temperature steam lines, and because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, also an amosite product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line. Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered more piping and fittings. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets and Yarway steam traps and valves sealed the steam systems, the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, Armstrong supplied insulation, and GAF documentation points to roofing on the yard's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in some gaskets and packing in high-temperature and acid service.
Westvaco Charleston mill (West Virginia Pulp & Paper) — Charleston
West Virginia Pulp & Paper opened its kraft paper mill on the Cooper River at North Charleston in the late 1930s. The company took the name Westvaco in 1969 and merged with Mead in 2002 to form MeadWestvaco. Despite the company name, the Charleston mill was one of its largest. The trusts list it under West Virginia Pulp & Paper, the West Virginia Paper Mill, and Westvaco, filed under Charleston and North Charleston; it is one facility. Westvaco's chemical plant appears separately.
Workers exposed. Pulp and paper operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, paper-machine operators, millwrights, and maintenance tradespeople. Refractory work on the recovery boilers during maintenance shutdowns was among the heaviest exposures in the mill.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1936 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 Plibrico refractory plastics and castables lined the furnaces and kilns. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest steam service, and Armstrong World Industries and Fibreboard supplied more pipe insulation. Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered fittings and equipment, Turner & Newall's signature reflects Limpet sprayed asbestos, whose Limpet Blue grade carried crocidolite (blue asbestos), the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
International Paper Georgetown mill — Georgetown
International Paper's Southern Kraft Division opened the Georgetown kraft mill on Winyah Bay in the late 1930s, and it has been one of the largest pulp and paper operations on the South Carolina coast ever since. The trusts list it under International Paper and the Southern Kraft Division; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Pulp and paper operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, paper-machine operators, millwrights, and maintenance mechanics. Insulators and pipefitters were the most heavily exposed trades; bystander trades (electricians, sheet-metal workers, laborers) were exposed throughout the facility during construction, maintenance shutdowns, and routine repair cycles.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1936 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory brick and gunning mix lined the steam boilers, recovery boilers, and lime kilns — refractory replacement during maintenance shutdowns is one of the highest-intensity asbestos exposures in paper manufacturing — and Babcock & Wilcox 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, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher One-Cote magnesia insulating cement covered the steam and process piping. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington across the pulping, washing, and recovery systems, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics on the mill's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in some gaskets and packing on the recovery boilers and in high-temperature steam service.
Duke Power Oconee Nuclear Station — Seneca
Duke Power's Oconee Nuclear Station, on Lake Keowee near Seneca, was the company's first nuclear plant. Its three Babcock & Wilcox pressurized-water reactors went into service beginning in 1973, and the Keowee hydro station beside it supplies the plant's emergency power. The trusts list it under Duke Power, Duke Energy, the Oconee Nuclear Station, and the Keowee Hydro Station, filed under Seneca and Newry; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Nuclear station work required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, instrument technicians, refractory workers, turbine maintenance staff, and operating personnel. The construction years drew in the full range of building trades, including ironworkers, electricians, and sheet-metal workers, as bystander-exposed crafts.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Fibreboard, Flexitallic, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, Yarway, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1948 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox, the reactor vendor, supplied the nuclear steam-supply equipment, with insulation and gaskets and packing on its steam connections. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) pipe insulation, covered high-temperature steam piping, with Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades also made with amosite, and Fibreboard and Armstrong World Industries pipe and block insulation on the secondary steam and turbine systems. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets and Yarway steam traps and valves sealed the piping. In the plant's buildings, W.R. Grace's Monokote spray fireproofing coated structural steel and U.S. Gypsum joint compound and plaster went onto the walls. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Savannah River Site (Savannah River Plant) — Aiken
Du Pont built the Savannah River Plant for the Atomic Energy Commission in the early 1950s on land south of Aiken spanning Aiken, Barnwell, and Allendale counties; the towns of Ellenton and Dunbarton were cleared to make way for it. Its reactors and separations plants produced plutonium and tritium for the nation's nuclear weapons, and Du Pont ran the plant until 1989. The trusts list it under Savannah River Plant, Savannah River Project, Du Pont, and the Atomic Energy Commission, filed under Aiken, Dunbarton, and Ellenton; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. The 1950s construction drew in the full range of construction trades. Ongoing operations involved pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, instrument technicians, and the broad range of trades supporting reactor operations and nuclear materials production.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1951 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers powered the site's steam plants, with pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on their 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, the years the plant was built, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Fibreboard and Armstrong World Industries pipe and block insulation and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the process and steam piping. GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics on the site's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
DuPont Florence plant — Florence
DuPont's plant at Florence made Mylar polyester film; the film business later became part of DuPont Teijin Films, a name the trusts also use for it. The trusts list it under DuPont, E.I. du Pont de Nemours, and the DuPont Teijin Films plant; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Chemical and film manufacturing required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, process operators, mechanics, and instrument technicians, along with the contract insulation crews who worked the plant.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — ACandS, A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1959 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers powered the plant's steam systems, with pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) pipe insulation, covered high-temperature process lines, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades also made with amosite, and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered the steam piping. ACandS and Armstrong World Industries were insulation contractors at the plant. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing of chemical process lines.
Bowater Catawba mill (Bowaters Carolina Corporation) — Catawba
Bowaters Carolina Corporation, the American arm of the British paper company Bowater, built its newsprint and pulp mill on the Catawba River at Catawba, in York County, in the late 1950s. The trusts list it under Bowaters Carolina Corporation, Bowater, Bowater Paper, and the Catawba Newsprint Plant, filed under Catawba and Rock Hill; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Paper mill operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, paper-machine operators, and maintenance tradespeople.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Flexitallic, GAF, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1957 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers — including the recovery boilers central to pulp manufacturing — 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), covered the steam and process piping, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered equipment and fittings. Flexitallic spiral-wound gaskets sealed 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 mill's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in some gaskets and packing on the recovery boilers.
Celanese Rock Hill plant (Hoechst Celanese) — Rock Hill
The Celanese Corporation of America opened its acetate fiber plant at Rock Hill in the late 1940s. Hoechst acquired Celanese in 1987, and the plant ran as Hoechst Celanese. The trusts list it under Celanese Corporation of America, Celanese Corporation, Celanese Fibers, and Hoechst Celanese; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Fiber and chemical manufacturing required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, process operators, mechanics, and instrument technicians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1948 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Combustion Engineering boilers powered the plant's steam systems, with pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections, and A.P. Green refractory lined the boiler furnaces. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered the process and steam piping, with Eagle-Picher insulating cement on fittings and equipment. The Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington, and GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets and packing of the chemical process lines.
South Carolina entries by city
The trusts' lists hold South Carolina entries in 178 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 |
|---|---|
| Charleston | 189 |
| Columbia | 131 |
| Greenville | 88 |
| Spartanburg | 65 |
| Rock Hill | 41 |
| Greenwood | 39 |
| Aiken | 34 |
| Orangeburg | 32 |
| Florence | 31 |
| Camden | 30 |
| Seneca | 26 |
| Anderson | 23 |
| Irmo | 23 |
| Hartsville | 21 |
| Sumter | 18 |
| Georgetown | 17 |
| Fort Jackson | 16 |
| Lancaster | 14 |
| Conway | 13 |
| Union | 13 |
| North Charleston | 12 |
| Taylors | 12 |
| Eastover | 11 |
| Goose Creek | 11 |
| Graniteville | 11 |
| Laurens | 11 |
| Lugoff | 11 |
| West Columbia | 11 |
| Clearwater | 10 |
| Myrtle Beach | 10 |
| Beech Island | 9 |
| Blacksburg | 9 |
| Charleston Heights | 9 |
| Greer | 9 |
| Hampton | 9 |
| Parris Island | 9 |
| Pickens | 9 |
| Wallace | 9 |
| Berea | 8 |
| Catawba | 8 |
| Chester | 8 |
| Clemson | 8 |
| Darlington | 8 |
| Fort Mill | 8 |
| Gaffney | 8 |
| McCormick | 8 |
| Travelers Rest | 8 |
| Cayce | 7 |
| Central | 7 |
| Clinton | 7 |
| Lyman | 7 |
| Moncks Corner | 7 |
| Ninety Six | 7 |
| York | 7 |
| Beaufort | 6 |
| Calhoun Falls | 6 |
| Canadys | 6 |
| Pendleton | 6 |
| Port Royal | 6 |
| Summerville | 6 |
| Whitmire | 6 |
| Abbeville | 5 |
| Belton | 5 |
| Bennettsville | 5 |
| Dillon | 5 |
| Easley | 5 |
| Forster | 5 |
| Harleyville | 5 |
| Holly Hill | 5 |
| Parr | 5 |
| Pelzer | 5 |
| Pinopolis | 5 |
| Bethune | 4 |
| Bishopville | 4 |
| Chappells | 4 |
| Dunbarton | 4 |
| East Greenwood | 4 |
| Fort Lawn | 4 |
| Fountain Inn | 4 |
| Jonesville | 4 |
| Newberry | 4 |
| Pacolet | 4 |
| Walhalla | 4 |
| Walterboro | 4 |
| Woodruff | 4 |
| Allendale | 3 |
| Cheraw | 3 |
| Clevedale | 3 |
| Eastman | 3 |
| Honea Path | 3 |
| Jamestown | 3 |
| Johnsonville | 3 |
| Kingstree | 3 |
| Lando | 3 |
| Marietta | 3 |
| Mullins | 3 |
| Pamplico | 3 |
| South Greenville | 3 |
| Ware Shoals | 3 |
| Wellford | 3 |
| Westminster | 3 |
| Williamston | 3 |
| Winona | 3 |
The trusts' lists also name 75 other South Carolina communities.
Search the asbestos trusts' South 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.
More than 1,000 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 30 asbestos cases from South Carolina courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these South Carolina workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Charleston Naval Shipyard (Charleston Navy Yard)
- Warren v. 3M Company (2021): Machinist, Marine Journeyman; Machinist, Marine Instructor, 1956-1975
- Dandridge v. Crane Co. (2016): Pipefitter and coppersmith, 1965-1976
- Pace v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016): Apprentice machinist, 1972-1975
- Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013): Electrician's assistant, before 1944
- Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011): Shipyard worker, machinist
- and 2 more
Westvaco Charleston pulp and paper mill
- Sparkman v. Goulds Pumps, Inc. (2015): Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator, 1954-2000
- Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014): Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator, 1954-2000
- Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014): Precipitator man / precipitator operator, 1969-1972
- Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014): Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator, 1954-2000
Bowater Catawba paper mill (Bowater Southern Paper)
- Covil Corporation EX rel. Protopapas v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (2024): Pipefitter (stepfather Robert Ashworth, who worked for Beta Construction), 1986-1987
- Edwards v. Scapa Waycross, Inc. (2022): Utility man on paper machine #1 who installed, cleaned and removed dryer felts, 1963-2002
DuPont May Plant
- Matthews v. EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (2018): Insulator, 1964-1965
- Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2001): Daughter of Du Pont chemical engineer exposed via father's clothing, 1966-1969
Celanese polyester plant, Spartanburg
- Keene v. Cna Holdings, LLC (2019): Maintenance worker (maintaining and repairing pumps, valves, condensers), 1971 to 1980
DuPont Florence plant
- Matthews v. EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (2018): Insulation apprentice, 1960 for at least two years
General Electric Large Steam Turbine Division
- Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Company (2020): Laborer, approximately 1969 to 1973
Oconee Nuclear Station
- Glenn v. 3M Co. (2023): Instrument technician, mid-1970s to at least 1990
Richland County Landfill
- Bradley v. Richland County Landfill, Inc. (2014): Landfill employee (the plaintiff's father)
Savannah River Site (Savannah River Plant)
- Humphries v. OneBEACON America Insurance Company (2014): Turbine operator
Every worksite named in South 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 South 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.
- AndersonOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation · from 1951
- BennettsvilleSouthern Asbestos Company · from 1975
- KearneyZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 1966–1973 · 1 product
- North CharlestonRaybestos-Manhattan · from 1970 · 1 product
- Travelers RestZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 1959–1965 · 2 products
Asbestos mines
The U.S. Bureau of Mines' and Geological Survey's yearbooks and the asbestos industry's trade journal, Asbestos, report this South Carolina mine 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.
- Anthophyllite depositPickens · 1939
Don't see your worksite?
Your worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear on this page. If your loved one worked at a South 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.
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How a South Carolina case may work
William is a 73-year-old retired paper mill worker from Georgetown. From 1971 through 2005 he worked at the International Paper Company mill at Georgetown — primarily in the maintenance and power plant departments, with regular work across the broader paper-machine operations, the chemical recovery boilers, and the pulping process equipment. His job involved frequent contact with asbestos insulation on high-pressure steam and process piping running through the mill, refractory replacement work in steam boilers and chemical recovery boilers during maintenance shutdowns, gasket and packing replacement on paper-machine equipment, and the broad range of asbestos-containing products used pervasively across major pulp and paper operations. Like many South Carolina paper-mill workers of his generation, William had no significant respiratory complaints during his working years.
In late 2025 William developed persistent abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss, and fluid accumulation in the abdomen. Imaging and a peritoneal biopsy in April 2026 confirmed peritoneal mesothelioma of the biphasic mesothelioma histological subtype. He had no idea his decades of mill work could cause cancer thirty years after he last performed boiler maintenance.
The path forward for William's family runs along several parallel tracks. The International Paper Georgetown listings on the trusts' lists support filings against at least nine site-specific trusts (A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, GAF, NARCO, Owens Corning, and Owens-Illinois) plus the universal Johns-Manville Settlement Trust — William's pre-1982 work history at the mill qualifies for Johns-Manville coverage independently of the site-specific filings. Civil claims against the still-solvent manufacturers of the pipe insulation, refractory, gasket, packing, and pump products documented at the Georgetown mill proceed in parallel with the trust filings.
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 South Carolina worker is the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, where advanced treatments including HIPEC (heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy — particularly relevant for William's peritoneal diagnosis), lung-sparing surgery, and the latest immunotherapy combinations are available. When the written agreement and applicable law permit it, our firm can also advance the cost of travel and lodging when getting to the right treatment center matters. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →. Our representation also includes free asbestos health screening for William's wife and adult children, whether or not they ever hire us, because they may have been exposed through fibers carried home on William's work clothes across decades.
For the full doctrinal treatment of South Carolina's discovery rule, comparative fault framework, premises liability standard, and damages framework, see the South 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 South 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.
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Why families choose our firm
- $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; all of the more than 1,000 South Carolina entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; dozens of clients with South Carolina job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — the firm operates from documented trust coverage rather than from generic intake scripts
- Trust + civil + benefits (workers' compensation, EEOICPA, FECA, VA) coordinated case by case with the trial team
- Remote case handling — phone, video, home visit; no travel to our offices required
- Free family asbestos health screening for take-home exposure
- No fee unless we recover
Frequently asked questions
Is my South Carolina worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 1,000 South Carolina entries in 178 communities — from the Charleston Naval Shipyard, the Savannah River Site, and International Paper's Georgetown mill down through hundreds of smaller mills, plants, and industrial sites 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 name of the facility and we can confirm coverage during the first conversation.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
Asbestos bankruptcy trusts were created when major asbestos manufacturers went bankrupt under the weight of asbestos litigation. The trusts hold settlement funds and pay claims under published criteria — typically requiring documentation that the worker was exposed to the bankrupt company's products. "Trust coverage" at a worksite means the trust's own list shows the bankrupt company's products were used at that site, which establishes the exposure documentation the trust requires.
Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?
Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.
Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?
No. You do not need to come to the call with product names, exposure dates, or work records. We reconstruct the product-handling history using the trusts' site lists, the trust documentation for each manufacturer present at the site, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember about where your loved one worked; we handle the product identification from there.
What if my loved one worked at multiple South Carolina sites?
Multi-site careers expand the recoverable trust list. We map every site against the trusts' lists and pursue every qualifying channel. South Carolina paper-mill, textile, and naval shipyard tradespeople frequently have multi-site career arcs across the Lowcountry, Midlands, and Upstate that compound trust eligibility significantly.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
Many South Carolina worksites have closed or been demolished — the Charleston Naval Shipyard closed in 1996; numerous Upstate textile mills shut down across the 1980s and 1990s; many paper-mill operations have changed hands or been decommissioned. Closure does not affect trust eligibility or civil case viability. The trust documentation is based on what products were used at the site during operation, not on whether the site is still standing.
What if I worked at the Charleston Naval Shipyard or the Savannah River Site?
Both sites can bring federal benefits in addition to trust and civil claims. Civilian workers at the Charleston Naval Shipyard were federal employees covered by FECA (the Federal Employees' Compensation Act), which must be repaid from a recovery against the product makers; the Navy itself isn't sued. Contractor workers at the Savannah River Site may qualify for EEOICPA Part E (Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act), whose cash payments are capped at $250,000 and reduced by state workers' compensation (other than medical care) and by lawsuit and trust recoveries for the same illness. Veterans may also qualify for VA service-connected disability, with proof of in-service asbestos exposure and a doctor's opinion linking it to service; a trust or civil recovery doesn't reduce it. Our firm coordinates these benefits case by case with the trial team.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. South Carolina wrongful death and survival actions allow families to file claims for workers who have already passed away from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis. The trust filings continue through the estate. The wrongful-death claim must be filed within three years from the date of death, and the estate's survival claim keeps the worker's own three-year deadline, paused for eight months after the death, so it may run out sooner; the longer your family waits the more difficult evidence collection becomes, but the cases are routine and we handle them frequently.
Talk with a South 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.
Related resources
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.