Texas's industrial economy was built on oil, chemicals, steel, paper, and federal defense, and those industries relied on asbestos. The heaviest concentrations follow the Gulf Coast petrochemical and refining corridor:
- the Houston Ship Channel — Pasadena, Deer Park, and Baytown — home to Shell, Exxon's Baytown refinery and chemical plant, and dozens of other chemical and refining plants;
- the Beaumont / Port Arthur / Orange "Golden Triangle," with Texaco, Gulf Oil, Mobil, and the Port Neches chemical complex — the corridor where Clarence Borel worked as an insulator from 1936 to 1969;
- Texas City on Galveston Bay, with Amoco, Monsanto, and Union Carbide;
- Freeport and Brazoria County, anchored by Dow Chemical and BASF; and
- Corpus Christi's Coastal Bend, with its refineries and the Celanese plant at Bishop.
Beyond the Gulf Coast:
- the Dallas–Fort Worth manufacturing belt — LTV Steel, Lone Star Steel, and Vought aviation;
- the San Antonio and Austin federal and manufacturing cluster, including Joint Base San Antonio;
- the East Texas timber and paper-mill belt, from the Eastex mill at Evadale to Texas Eastman at Longview; and
- a substantial federal military footprint, from Fort Cavazos and Fort Bliss to the naval air stations at Corpus Christi and Kingsville and the WWII-era shipyards at Orange.
Together they created one of the densest patterns of asbestos exposure documented anywhere in the country.
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 Texas, those lists hold more than 7,500 entries across 731 communities, from 30 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Thousands of our clients worked at Texas 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.
Texas filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Texas gives a diagnosed worker two years to file a personal-injury claim. Texas law starts that clock later than diagnosis in asbestos cases, but to be safe, count two years from the date of diagnosis. A separate two-year deadline runs from the date of death once a worker has passed away, and it does not extend if the asbestos cause is learned later. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.
Texas 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.
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 from Groves, Texas, 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 Texas
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-nine other trusts list Texas worksites. The number of Texas entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Owens Corning: 1,482 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- Babcock & Wilcox: 1,463 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- A.P. Green: 1,011 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- J.T. Thorpe (Texas): 704 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- Fibreboard: 632 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 442 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Combustion Engineering: 439 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Eagle-Picher: 379 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Fuller-Austin: 289 entries (insulation contracting)
- NARCO: 274 entries (refractory gun mixes and castables)
- Owens-Illinois: 120 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- Flintkote: 111 entries (roofing, flooring and building products)
- ABB Lummus: 87 entries (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- U.S. Gypsum: 74 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- W.R. Grace: 67 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- GAF: 66 entries (roofing and building products)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 59 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- Armstrong World Industries: 56 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 55 entries (refractory and insulating products)
- J.T. Thorpe (California): 42 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- ACandS: 38 entries (insulation contracting)
- DII Industries (Harbison-Walker): 31 entries (refractory brick and castables)
- Turner & Newall: 26 entries (Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles)
- Plibrico: 23 entries (refractory plastics and castables)
- ASARCO: 16 entries (asbestos mining and smelting)
- Raytech: 4 entries (friction products)
- Yarway: 4 entries (steam traps and valves)
- Burns & Roe: 3 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- A-Best: 2 entries (asbestos safety clothing)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Texas 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.
Texas cities where our clients worked
Open a city to see the worksites there where more than a dozen of our clients worked, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos.
HoustonThe Houston Ship Channel made Houston the center of Gulf Coast oil, chemicals, and steel, and its tool makers — Hughes Tool, Cameron Iron Works, Reed — supplied oilfields worldwide. The port, the rail yards, and NASA's Johnson Space Center add longshore, railroad, and aerospace work.
Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.
- Armco Steel
- Cameron Iron Works
- Hughes Tool
- Reed Tools
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Arco
- Exxon
- Shell — Westhollow Research Center
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.
- Lyondell
- Stauffer Chemical
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.
- Todd Shipyard
Ports and longshore work. Dockworkers loaded and unloaded asbestos fiber and asbestos products that moved through the ports, and worked aboard ships insulated with asbestos.
- Port of Houston
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.
- Brown & Root — Manufacturing Department
Railroads. Steam locomotives were insulated with asbestos, and railroad shops relined boilers and replaced brake shoes and gaskets on equipment that carried asbestos for decades after diesels arrived.
- Southern Pacific Railroad — Houston Service Unit
Aerospace and aviation. Aircraft and spacecraft used asbestos in brakes, gaskets, heat shields, and wiring insulation, and their maintenance and test facilities used it in buildings and equipment.
- Nasa
Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi's port and refinery row — Citgo, Koch, and Valero among them — anchor the Coastal Bend's oil and chemical industry. The city is also home to the Corpus Christi Army Depot, which overhauls military helicopters, and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Champlin
- Citgo
- Coastal State Oil & Gas Refinery
- Corpus Christi Petrochemical Co.
- Koch Refinery
- Southwestern Refinery
- Valero Refinery
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.
- Corpus Christi Army Depot
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
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.
- PPG
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.
- Asarco
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.
- Levi Strauss
Port ArthurPort Arthur grew up around two of the largest refineries in the country, Texaco and Gulf Oil. Its shipyards, Gulfport and Burton among them, built and repaired vessels for the refining trade and the Navy.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- ARCO
- Fina Oil Refinery
- Gulf Oil Company
- Sinclair Koppers
- Texaco Port Arthur refinery (The Texas Company)
- Valero
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.
- Burton Shipyard
- Coastal Marine
- Gulfport Shipyard
- Sabine Towing & Transportation
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.
- Great Lakes Carbon
OrangeOrange, on the Sabine River, built hundreds of Navy ships in World War II at yards like Levingston and American Bridge. Chemical and rubber plants — DuPont's Sabine River Works, Firestone, B.F. Goodrich — followed after the war.
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.
- Crown-Zellerbach
- Equitable Bag
- Owens-Illinois
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.
- American Bridge
- Levingston Shipyard
- Orange Shipbuilding Company
Tire and synthetic-rubber plants. Synthetic-rubber and tire plants ran boilers, steam lines, and steam-heated presses and curing equipment insulated and sealed with asbestos.
- BF Goodrich
- Firestone
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Chevron
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 Chemical
BeaumontBeaumont, where the 1901 Spindletop gusher launched the Texas oil industry, combines the Mobil refinery with Bethlehem Steel's shipyard, Goodyear's synthetic-rubber plant, and DuPont's chemical works. The Port of Beaumont moved much of what those plants made.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Dresser-Ideco
- Mobil Oil
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 Chemical
- Houston Chemical
Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.
- American Valve and Hydrant
- Bethlehem Steel
Ports and longshore work. Dockworkers loaded and unloaded asbestos fiber and asbestos products that moved through the ports, and worked aboard ships insulated with asbestos.
- Port of Beaumont
Tire and synthetic-rubber plants. Synthetic-rubber and tire plants ran boilers, steam lines, and steam-heated presses and curing equipment insulated and sealed with asbestos.
- Goodyear
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.
- Baptist Hospital
PasadenaPasadena lines the Houston Ship Channel with refineries and chemical plants — Shell, Phillips, and Ethyl among them — and the Champion Paper mill. Contract crews often worked plants up and down the channel.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Arco
- Crown Refinery
- Phillips
- Shell
- Tenneco
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
- Ethyl Corp.
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
BaytownBaytown is built around Exxon's refinery and chemical plant, which began as Humble Oil's. U.S. Steel's Baytown works and the Mobay/Bayer chemical plant stand nearby.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Chevron Corp.
- Exxon Baytown refinery and chemical plant (Humble, Enjay)
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.
- Bayer Chemical
- Mobay Chemical Plant
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.
- US Steel
Texas CityTexas City, on Galveston Bay, is a cluster of refineries and chemical plants — Amoco, Monsanto, and Union Carbide among them — best known for the 1947 disaster that destroyed much of its port.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Amoco Texas City refinery (American Oil, Pan American)
- Texas City Refinery
- Texas City Refinery
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 Chemical
- Union Carbide
Deer ParkDeer Park, on the Ship Channel east of Houston, is dominated by Shell's refinery and chemical plant, with Rohm & Haas and Diamond Alkali close by.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Diamond Alkali
- Shell Oil
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.
- Lubrizol Plant
- Rohm & Haas
JasperJasper, in the East Texas Piney Woods, worked in lumber, plywood, and paper — Louisiana-Pacific and Georgia-Pacific among them — alongside an Owens-Illinois plant.
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.
- Georgia Pacific Papermill
- Louisiana Pacific Lumber Co.
- Owens-Illinois
- Visador Company
FreeportFreeport, at the mouth of the Brazos, is home to Dow Chemical's Texas Operations, one of the largest chemical complexes in the world, with BASF and Shintech beside it.
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.
- BASF Corp.
- Dow Chemical Freeport (Texas Operations)
- Shintech
InglesideIngleside, on Corpus Christi Bay, worked in chemicals at DuPont and in offshore-platform fabrication at yards like Baker Marine.
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 Chemical
Steel, metals, and metalworking. Steel mills, foundries, tool works, and aluminum plants used asbestos wherever metal was melted, poured, or heat-treated: refractory brick and cement, insulation on furnaces and ladles, and asbestos protective clothing.
- Reynolds
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.
- Baker Marine
Bay CityBay City's worksites include the Celanese chemical plant and the South Texas nuclear plant, built in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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 Chemical
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 Texas Nuclear Generating Station
GalvestonGalveston's port and its Todd shipyard repaired and outfitted ships for decades.
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.
- Todd Shipyard
Ports and longshore work. Dockworkers loaded and unloaded asbestos fiber and asbestos products that moved through the ports, and worked aboard ships insulated with asbestos.
- Port of Galveston
GregoryGregory, across the bay from Corpus Christi, is home to the alumina plant Reynolds Metals built after World War II, later run by Sherwin Alumina.
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.
- Reynolds
- Sherwin Aluminum
LongviewLongview's industry mixes heavy manufacturing, like LeTourneau's earthmoving-equipment works, with chemical plants.
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.
- Marathon LeTourneau Company
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.
- Hatco
Point ComfortPoint Comfort, on Lavaca Bay, grew around Alcoa's aluminum plant, opened in 1949 and later joined by Formosa Plastics.
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
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.
- Formosa Plastics Plant
Other Texas communitiesOne worksite each in 23 more communities.
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 — Bishop
- Dupont — Victoria
- Dupont Chemical — La Porte
- Mobil Chemical — Temple
- Port Neches complex (Texaco, Jefferson, Huntsman; B.F. Goodrich, Ameripol-Synpol) — Port Neches
- Union Carbide — Seadrift
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.
- Georgetown Steel — Vidor
- Keller's Aluminum — Woodville
- Texas Foundry — Lufkin
- Tyler Pipe — Tyler
- WKM Iron Foundry — Richmond
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Amoco — Chocolate Bayou
- Arco — Channelview
- Phillips — Old Ocean
- Unocal — Nederland
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.
- Eastex / Temple-Inland mill — Evadale
- Kirby Lumber Company — Bon Wier
- Kirby Lumber Company — Silsbee
- Temple-Inland — Pineland
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 Bliss — El Paso
- Fort Hood — Killeen
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.
- Rockport Yacht & Supply Company — Rockport
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.
- Haggar Manufacturing — Robstown
Mesothelioma settlement values at Texas's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least seven trusts besides Johns-Manville. The years are the exposure window the trusts' lists recognize at each site; most lists end at 1982. Trust counts include Johns-Manville and are minimums.
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.
Dow Chemical Freeport (Texas Operations)
| 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 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| 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 |
Texaco Port Arthur refinery (The Texas Company)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Exxon Baytown refinery and chemical plant (Humble, Enjay)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| 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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Shell Oil
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Port Neches complex (Texaco, Jefferson, Huntsman; B.F. Goodrich, Ameripol-Synpol)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Gulf Oil Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| 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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| 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 |
Amoco Texas City refinery (American Oil, Pan American)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Monsanto Chemical
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
Texas Eastman
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| Raytech | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Mobil Oil
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| 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 |
Celanese
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Plibrico | $350,000 – $750,000 | 0.94% | $3,290 – $7,050 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Eastex / Temple-Inland 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 |
| 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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Petro Tex Chemical Corp.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Thiokol Chemical
| 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 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Raytech | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Lone Star Steel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| DII Industries (Harbison-Walker) | $144,897.50 – $610,000 | 60% | $86,938.50 – $366,000 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Ethyl Corp.
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Union Carbide
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
Dupont Chemical
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Mobil Chemical & Refinery
| 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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| 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 |
Diamond Alkali
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
BASF Corp.
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Armco Steel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Not published | — | — |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Crown Refinery
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Monsanto Chemical
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| 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 Chemical
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bethlehem Steel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| 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 |
Standard Oil
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Unocal
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| 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 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Phillips
| 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 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Alcoa
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| NARCO | $75,000 – $1,379,580 | 100% | $75,000 – $1,379,580 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Union Carbide
| 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 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| J.T. Thorpe (Texas) | $100,000 | 23% | $23,000 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
A closer look at major Texas worksites
The worksites below are where the most of our clients worked, among Texas sites recognized by at least eight asbestos trusts. 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.
Texaco Port Arthur refinery — Port Arthur
Texaco's Port Arthur refinery (later Motiva), operating since the early 1900s, is one of the largest refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. It was built by The Texas Company, which renamed itself Texaco in 1959, and the trusts list it under both names. The refinery is at 2100 Houston Avenue, between Highways 73 and 87 on the southwest side of Port Arthur; its asphalt plant, built in 1906, was at one time the largest in the world. In 1989 Texaco and Saudi Aramco formed Star Enterprise to run the refinery, and it became Motiva when Shell joined in 1998, so the trusts also list it as Star Enterprise and Motiva. This is the Gulf Coast refining corridor where Clarence Borel worked — and Texaco was among the facilities whose asbestos exposure pattern shaped Borel v. Fibreboard.
Workers exposed. Refinery operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in the FCC and other process heaters, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians. The J.T. Thorpe signature reflects pervasive contractor-applied insulation across the refinery by J.T. Thorpe crews — the same Gulf Coast contractor pattern that defines the corridor.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 18 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, GAF, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1916 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used at this site; Unibestos was specified for the highest-temperature pipe service in Gulf Coast refineries. 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, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward. Turner & Newall Limpet sprayed asbestos was installed at this site, with ACandS crews applying it. Standard Limpet was an amosite product used for general fireproofing; given Texaco Port Arthur's high-temperature service environment, the inference extends to Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos) and rated to 1300°F, in the highest-temperature process areas. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products served the FCC, crude heaters, and other high-temperature units. GAF roofing felts and mastics appear in the trust roster. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe.
Dow Chemical — Freeport
The Dow Chemical complex at Freeport — Dow's Texas Operations, first brought online to make magnesium from seawater, and listed by the trusts under Dow Chemical, Dow Magnesium, and as Plant A and Plant B — has been one of the largest petrochemical manufacturing operations in the world for decades. The complex sprawls across thousands of acres along the lower Brazos River, producing basic chemicals, plastics, and specialty products.
Workers exposed. A petrochemical complex of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, electricians, and millwrights. The J.T. Thorpe trust signature reflects pervasive Gulf Coast contractor-applied insulation work across the facility. The ACandS signature reflects sprayed Limpet asbestos installation by Armstrong Contracting crews working under the K&M and Turner & Newall license.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 19 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), DII Industries (Harbison-Walker), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Turner & Newall, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville — more than any other Texas worksite. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1940 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site through the 1948–1958 manufacturing window and stayed in service for decades afterward; Owens Corning continued the Kaylo line after 1958, and Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered further high-temperature lines. A.P. Green, NARCO, Kaiser, and Harbison-Walker refractory brick, gunning mix, and castable refractory lined process heaters, ethylene crackers, steam reformers, and the complex's other high-temperature units. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering industrial boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered boiler exteriors and process equipment, and W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed structural steel. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe that petrochemical operations relied on.
Gulf Oil — Port Arthur
Gulf Oil's Port Arthur refinery sits alongside Texaco in the Port Arthur refining cluster — together anchoring one of the densest refining concentrations in the country. It began with J.M. Guffey's oil company in 1901, in the years after the Spindletop discovery, and stands at the west end of 7th Street on the southwest side of Port Arthur. Gulf Oil became part of Chevron through the 1984 merger. Chevron sold the refinery to Clark in 1995; it was renamed Premcor in 2000 and became Valero's Port Arthur refinery in 2005. Chevron's chemical units on the site, which Clark did not buy, became Chevron Phillips Chemical's Port Arthur plant on South Gulfway Drive. The trusts list the refinery under all of these names.
Workers exposed. Refinery trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in FCC and other process heaters, mechanics, and instrument technicians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 14 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1916 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined the FCC, crackers, and crude heaters, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection. Owens Corning, Fibreboard, and Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), ran throughout the refinery, applied in large part by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin contractor crews, with Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement across boiler exteriors; the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service applications across refining operations.
Bethlehem Steel — Beaumont
Bethlehem Steel's Beaumont operations supported shipbuilding and steel fabrication in the Golden Triangle. The Beaumont shipyard built numerous vessels during World War II using extensive asbestos-containing materials.
Workers exposed. Shipyard and steel fabrication trades — boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, sheet-metal workers, machinists, electricians, and refractory workers.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1962 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used at this site; Unibestos met the Navy specification for high-temperature pipe insulation. Owens Corning and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation ran throughout the shipyard, installed in part by J.T. Thorpe crews, and A.P. Green refractory products served the steel operations. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering marine and industrial boilers carried gaskets and packing at every connection, made mostly of chrysotile (white asbestos). Crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in certain Navy applications and acid-service equipment.
Port Neches chemical and synthetic-rubber complex — Port Neches
Port Neches, immediately adjacent to Groves — the home of Clarence Borel — is home to one closely related industrial complex with two sides run by different companies. Texaco's Jefferson Chemical (later Texaco Chemical and Huntsman) operated the chemical side; B.F. Goodrich (later Ameripol-Synpol and Michelin) operated the synthetic-rubber side, with Texas U.S. Chemical, Texas Butadiene, and Neches Butane Products part of the same complex. The trusts list it under all of those names; we treat it as one worksite.
The complex began in World War II. In 1942 the federal government built two identical synthetic-rubber plants at Port Neches, and it ran them until 1955, when they were sold: one to Ameripol, a Goodrich and Firestone venture, and the other to Synpol, a Texaco and Uniroyal venture. Texaco and Uniroyal later divided Synpol, Texaco taking its butadiene plant and Uniroyal its rubber plant. The synthetic-rubber plant runs today as Ameripol-Synpol, at 1215 Main Street. Jefferson Chemical, a venture of American Cyanamid and Texaco, built its chemical plant on Highway 347 in 1944. Huntsman bought Texaco's chemical business, including the Jefferson plant and the butadiene plant, in the mid-1990s.
Workers exposed. Chemical and rubber plant operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and instrument technicians. The combined ACandS + J.T. Thorpe contractor presence is a strong indicator of pervasive contractor-applied insulation across the complex — ACandS crews applying Limpet sprayed asbestos and J.T. Thorpe crews installing pipe and block insulation across process units.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1917 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos)-rich high-temperature pipe insulation, was used here; Unibestos was specified for the highest-temperature service in Gulf Coast chemical plants. Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe insulation, also an amosite product, was used during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window. ACandS crews installed Limpet sprayed asbestos; at a high-temperature chemical site like this, that is consistent with Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos) and rated to 1300°F, for the hottest service. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined process heaters and high-temperature equipment, and Babcock & Wilcox industrial boilers carried gaskets, packing, and insulation at every steam connection; the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in acid-resistance applications.
Exxon Baytown refinery and chemical plant — Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining built its Baytown refinery on the Houston Ship Channel at the start of the 1920s, and Humble's chemical affiliate Enjay built a chemical plant beside it. Humble became Exxon, and today the refinery and chemical plant — one of the largest refining and petrochemical complexes in the country — share one enormous site. The trusts list it under Humble, Enjay, Exxon, and ExxonMobil; we treat it as one worksite.
Workers exposed. Refinery and chemical plant trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians — plus the contractor crews that worked turnarounds across both plants.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 16 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1918 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered further high-temperature lines, much of it applied by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin crews. A.P. Green, NARCO, and Plibrico refractory products lined the cat crackers, crude heaters, and furnaces. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every steam connection, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets and packing.
Celanese — Bishop
Celanese's chemical plant at Bishop, southwest of Corpus Christi, made petrochemicals from South Texas natural gas for decades and was one of the Coastal Bend's largest industrial employers.
Workers exposed. Chemical plant trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and instrument technicians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Plibrico, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1956 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Owens Corning, Fibreboard, and Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos pipe and block insulation covered process and steam piping, installed in part by J.T. Thorpe crews; Unibestos and the other high-temperature grades were made with amosite (brown asbestos). A.P. Green, NARCO, and Plibrico refractory products lined furnaces and process heaters. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered boiler exteriors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Shell — Deer Park
Shell's Deer Park complex on the Houston Ship Channel combines a refinery and a chemical plant — one of the largest integrated refining and petrochemical operations in the country. The trusts list both Shell Oil and Shell Chemical there.
Workers exposed. Refinery and petrochemical trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers in FCC and crude heater operations, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians. The J.T. Thorpe signature reflects the pervasive Gulf Coast contractor-applied insulation pattern across the complex.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 15 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (California), J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1936 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Owens Corning and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the refinery and the chemical plant, and ACandS crews installed Limpet sprayed asbestos. A.P. Green, NARCO, and Kaiser refractory brick and castable refractory lined process heaters, crackers, and crude heaters. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried gaskets and packing at every connection, Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered equipment exteriors, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the acid-resistance applications characteristic of petrochemical service.
Mobil — Beaumont
The Beaumont refinery on the Neches River, operated for decades by Magnolia Petroleum and its successor Mobil (today ExxonMobil), is one of the largest refineries in the Golden Triangle. It began in 1903 as the Burt Refining Company, was bought by Magnolia in 1911, became part of Socony-Vacuum in 1925, took the Mobil name from 1955, and passed to ExxonMobil in the 1999 merger. The refinery is at the east end of Burt Street (1795 Burt Street), southeast of downtown Beaumont. In 1960 Mobil built its Olefins and Aromatics chemical plant next to it on Gulf States Road. The trusts list Mobil's Beaumont chemical and refinery operations separately as well; that listing appears in the table above.
Workers exposed. Refinery trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1954 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined the cat crackers and crude heaters. Owens Corning, Fibreboard, and Pittsburgh Corning Unibestos pipe and block insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), ran across the refinery, installed in part by J.T. Thorpe crews. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried gaskets and packing, Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered their exteriors, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets and packing.
Eastex / Temple-Inland mill — Evadale
The paper mill at Evadale, opened in the 1950s by the East Texas Pulp & Paper Company (Eastex), a venture of Time, Inc. and Houston Oil Company, ran for decades under the Eastex, Temple-Eastex, and Temple-Inland names. Westvaco bought the mill's bleached-paperboard business in 1999, and it later ran as MeadWestvaco. The mill is on Highway 105 east of Silsbee. The trusts list it under all of these names; it is one mill.
Workers exposed. Pulp and paper mill trades — boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers concentrated on the recovery boilers, millwrights, mechanics, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 11 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, GAF, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1953 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering recovery and power boilers carried pipe and block insulation, A.P. Green refractory, and gaskets and packing. Owens Corning and Fibreboard pipe insulation, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered the mill's steam lines, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin crews. GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics across the mill's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Amoco Texas City refinery — Texas City
The Texas City refinery on Galveston Bay began as Pan American Refining's plant and became American Oil's and then Amoco's; BP acquired Amoco in 1998, and the refinery now operates as the Galveston Bay Refinery. The trusts list it under all of those names; it is one refinery.
Workers exposed. Refinery trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 13 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, ABB Lummus, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Fuller-Austin, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), NARCO, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1936 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Owens-Illinois Kaylo pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered further high-temperature lines, applied in part by J.T. Thorpe and Fuller-Austin crews. A.P. Green and NARCO refractory products lined the cat crackers and crude heaters. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers, including the refinery's power stations, carried gaskets and packing, and Eagle-Picher insulating cement covered boiler exteriors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets and packing.
BASF — Freeport
BASF at Freeport, alongside Dow Chemical, anchors the Brazoria County petrochemical cluster. The plant has supported decades of chemical manufacturing in the Freeport industrial corridor.
Workers exposed. Chemical plant trades — pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and instrument technicians.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe (Texas), Owens Corning, Turner & Newall, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Turner & Newall Limpet sprayed asbestos was installed at this site. Standard Limpet was an amosite (brown asbestos) product; given the high-temperature petrochemical service, the inference extends to Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos), in the hottest process areas. Owens Corning, Fibreboard, and Armstrong pipe insulation, installed in part by J.T. Thorpe crews, covered high-temperature lines, and A.P. Green refractory products served high-temperature equipment. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried gaskets and packing, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite also appeared in acid-service applications.
Texas entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Texas entries in 731 communities. The table below shows communities with 20 or more entries. 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 |
|---|---|
| Houston | 1,266 |
| San Antonio | 567 |
| Dallas | 396 |
| Austin | 269 |
| Pasadena | 231 |
| Corpus Christi | 225 |
| Fort Worth | 205 |
| Port Arthur | 202 |
| Beaumont | 196 |
| Orange | 190 |
| Deer Park | 176 |
| Texas City | 176 |
| El Paso | 132 |
| Baytown | 123 |
| Freeport | 105 |
| Longview | 98 |
| Odessa | 78 |
| Port Neches | 76 |
| Galveston | 70 |
| Lufkin | 65 |
| Borger | 59 |
| Tyler | 58 |
| La Porte | 47 |
| Waco | 46 |
| Channelview | 45 |
| Amarillo | 44 |
| Texarkana | 41 |
| Marshall | 40 |
| Brownsville | 39 |
| Lubbock | 39 |
| Garland | 37 |
| Evadale | 36 |
| Point Comfort | 36 |
| Gregory | 33 |
| Victoria | 32 |
| Alvin | 31 |
| Bay City | 28 |
| Nederland | 27 |
| Rockdale | 27 |
| Seadrift | 27 |
| Grand Prairie | 26 |
| Bayport | 25 |
| Bishop | 23 |
| Sherman | 23 |
| Chocolate Bayou | 21 |
| Galena Park | 21 |
| Lone Star | 21 |
| Mont Belvieu | 21 |
| Sheldon | 21 |
| Thompsons | 21 |
| Wichita Falls | 21 |
| Conroe | 20 |
The trusts' lists also name 679 other Texas communities.
The smaller communities run from oilfield service towns in the Permian Basin to small-town manufacturing operations, school districts, hospitals, and contracting operations across the state.
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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 7,500 entries, as the trusts list them.
Texas military bases, shipyards, and federal worksites
Veterans and civilian workers at Texas military bases and federal facilities were exposed to asbestos in barracks, hangars, boiler plants, ships, and maintenance shops. The major installations include:
- Joint Base San Antonio: Lackland, Randolph, and Fort Sam Houston
- Fort Cavazos at Killeen (formerly Fort Hood)
- Fort Bliss at El Paso
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Naval Air Station Kingsville
- Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls and Dyess Air Force Base at Abilene
- Red River Army Depot at Texarkana
- The Orange shipyards: during World War II, Consolidated Steel built destroyers and destroyer escorts at Orange, alongside the Levingston and Weaver yards and U.S. Naval Station Orange, which later berthed a reserve fleet on the Sabine River
- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
- VA medical centers in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, Big Spring, Temple, Waco, Bonham, Amarillo, and other cities
Which federal program applies depends on who employed the worker: veterans may qualify for VA disability, civilian employees of the military and other federal agencies for FECA, and workers at the private Orange shipyards for the LHWCA. How federal benefits fit with a Texas lawsuit.
Court decisions: 117 asbestos cases from Texas courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Texas workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Alcoa Rockdale Works (aluminum smelter)
- Burford v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (2024): Washed her husband's work clothes, 1963-1993
- In re Wilhite (2009): Worked in the potrooms performing many different tasks, 1955-1982
- Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007): Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his work clothes, 1953-1955, 1957-1959
- Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007): Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his dusty work clothes, 1953-1955 and 1957-1959
- Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1998): Worked for Alcoa Aluminum, 1954 to 1979
Union Carbide Texas City plant
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2014): Insulator, nearly forty years until 1979
- Union Carbide Corp. v. Synatzske (2012): Insulator, 1940-1975
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2012): Insulator, 1940-1975
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2011): Insulator, 1940-1975
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009): Pipefitter and general laborer
Exxon Baytown refinery and chemical plant
- In re New York City Asbestos Litigation (2019): Refilling vending machines, 1976-1980
- Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2008): Wife of refinery machinist, 1942-1972
- Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2007): Wife of machinist who laundered his work clothes, 1942-1972
- Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2006): Wife of Exxon machinist, laundered his work clothes, 1942-1972
Texaco Port Arthur refinery
- Barabin v. AstenJOHNSON (2018): Laborer, 1965-1968
- Pecorino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988): Insulator, gang pusher and insulator mechanic, 1934-1977
- Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985): Insulator, about forty years
Consolidated Shipyard
- Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984): Employee of insulation subcontractor, 1944
- Carter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983): Rigger, 1942 to 1946
Jefferson County Courthouse and annex
- Jefferson County v. Farris (2018): Elected judge, 1969-1996
- Jefferson County v. Farris (2018): Judge, until December 1996
Acme wallboard and plaster plant
- Celotex Corp. v. Tate (1990): Plant worker handling raw asbestos for kalite mixing; also electrician, almost thirty years
Armco Pasadena plant
- Brooks v. Armco, Inc. (2006): Armco employee for twenty-two years
ASARCO El Paso smelter
- Soto v. BorgWarner Morse Tec Inc. (2015): Laborer, 1955-1958
Brown and Root Houston marine yard
- Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020): Welder and pipefitter, 1973-1985
Cameron Iron Works, Katy Road facility
- Cooper Industries, LLC v. Precision Castparts Corp. (2016): Inspector/laborer, 1968-1981
Carswell Air Force Base
- In re Asbestos Litigation (2021): Crew chief / assistant crew chief on B-58 aircraft, 1961-1964
Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station
- In re Roc (2004): Workers employed at the plant
Dow Chemical Freeport (Texas Operations)
- Abutahoun v. Dow Chemical Company (2015): Pipeline insulation worker, 1967-1968
East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company
- Flatt v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1980): Employee of East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company, mid 1940's until 1978
18 more worksites
Eastman Kodak chemical facility
- Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019): Electrician (contractor at Kodak facility), 1964-1979
El Paso Products petrochemical plant
- One Beacon American v. Huntsman Polymers (2012): Employee at petrochemical plant, 1963-1975
Galveston docks
- Castorina v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1984): Longshoreman, 1965-1972
General Tire plant
- Slaughter v. Southern Talc Co. (1991): Plant employee
Goodyear tire plant
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. Rogers (2017): Tire builder, 1974-1985
Hexion (Smith-Douglas) facility
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009): Pipefitter, 1957-1968
Holly Street power plant
- White v. CBS Corp. (1999): Maintenance worker, 1962-1974
Kelly-Springfield tire plant
- Brown & Root, Inc. v. Shelton (2003): Thirty-year employee of the Kelly-Springfield tire plant, 1969-1971
La Gloria Oil and Gas
- In re Kellogg-Brown & Root, Inc. (2001): Worked at La Gloria Oil and Gas
Ling Temco Vought plant
- Betzner v. Boeing Co. (2018): Involved in the assembly of Boeing B-1 and B-1B Lancer heavy bomber aircraft, 1967 to 2015
Lone Star Steel plant
- Able Supply Co. v. Moye (1995): Plant employees, 1947 to the present
Mobil Beaumont facilities
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. Bailey (2006): Worker assigned to Mobil's premises, 1966-1972
Seaholm power plant
- White v. CBS Corp. (1999): Maintenance worker, 1952-1962
Sears automotive department
- Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007): Brake mechanic, 1966-2001
Shell Odessa oil refinery
- Green v. CertainTEED Corporation (2015): Worker at refinery, 1970
South Texas Nuclear Power Plant
- In re Roc (2004): Workers employed at the plant
Texas Eastman
- Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991): Insulator or maintenance mechanic performing insulation repair work, 1957 onward
Union Carbide Brownsville chemical plant
- Union Carbide Corporation v. Torres (2019): Pipefitter, 1975-1977
Every worksite named in Texas 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 Texas 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.
- AcmeCertainTeed Corporation · until 1956
- CorsicanaUnited States Gypsum Company · 1969–1971 · 1 product
- DallasRuberoid · from 1947
- DallasUnited States Gypsum Company · 1920–1977 · 7 products
- DallasZonolite Company, W. R. Grace & Co. · 2 products
- DallasCertainTeed Corporation · 1946–1984
- DenisonJohns-Manville · 1957–1982 · 1 product
- Fort WorthJohns-Manville · 1952–1985 · 1 product
- Galena ParkUnited States Gypsum Company · 1962–1969 · 1 product
- HillsboroCertainTeed Corporation · 1960–1987 · 1 product
- HoustonB & B Engineering & Supply Company, Inc. · from 1959 · 1 product
- HoustonAsbestos Co. of Texas · from 1947
- McGregorUnion Asbestos & Rubber Co., Union Asbestos & Rubber Company · from 1949
- SweetwaterUnited States Gypsum Company · 1920–1977 · 11 products
- TylerUnion Asbestos & Rubber Co., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation · 1954–1972 · 2 products
Asbestos mines
The documents in our library report no Texas mine producing asbestos fiber that was sold or shipped.
Our records also name 2 Texas 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.
2 deposits and mines with no sales reported
- Alamore amphibole depositDeposits and prospects · Alamore
- Diablo Asbestos DepositDeposits and prospects · northwest of Van Horn · Lewter Oil Company
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 Texas 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, J.T. Thorpe contractor work that spanned dozens of Gulf Coast facilities, and exposures across multiple sites are all part of the case-building process.
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How a Texas case may work
Joseph is a 71-year-old retired chemical plant maintenance supervisor from Lake Jackson. From 1974 through 2008 he worked at the Dow Chemical complex at Freeport — primarily on plant-wide maintenance including pipe insulation work on high-temperature steam and process piping, refractory replacement in process heaters and steam reformers, and gasket and packing replacement on pumps, valves, compressors, and reactors throughout the Dow complex. He worked alongside J.T. Thorpe contractor crews on insulation jobs across multiple operational areas — Plant A, Plant B, and the supporting operations — throughout his 34-year career. He retired in 2008 and never thought about the dust again.
In early 2026 he developed chest discomfort, fluid retention around the heart, and shortness of breath. Imaging and a biopsy in April 2026 confirmed pericardial mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma subtype — an unusual primary site that required specialized cardiothoracic oncology evaluation. Like many Gulf Coast petrochemical workers of his generation, Joseph had no idea his decades of plant work could cause cancer decades after he last handled pipe insulation at Dow Freeport.
For Joseph's family, the case structure typically involves three parallel tracks. First, asbestos trust claims — Joseph's exposure at Dow Freeport supports filings against the trusts that list the site, at least eighteen of them, including A.P. Green, ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, J.T. Thorpe, Kaiser Aluminum, NARCO, Owens Corning, and Owens-Illinois, plus the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust, which Joseph can also file with because his exposure began before December 31, 1982. Second, a civil case in Brazoria County District Court against the still-solvent manufacturers and premises defendants for damages the trust system doesn't capture. Third, our firm provides free asbestos health screening for Joseph's wife and adult children — family members who may have been exposed at home through work clothes Joseph brought back from Dow get screened at no cost to the family. The screening is a chest X-ray read by a B-reader, with a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early.
Recoveries from cases like Joseph'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 Lake Jackson resident is the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where advanced treatments including the latest immunotherapy combinations and clinical trials for unusual mesothelioma primary sites 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 treatment of Texas's filing deadlines, comparative fault framework, premises liability standard, products liability repose carve-out for latent disease, and damages framework, see the Texas 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 Texas worksites and trust channels apply to your loved one's exposure, and explain the timeline and case structure for your family's specific situation.
We never pressure anyone to retain us during the first call. If you decide to move forward, we come to you — phone, video, or home visit, whichever works best. No travel to our offices is required at any point in the case.
You do not need to come to the call with product names, exposure dates, or work records. We reconstruct the exposure history using our worksite database, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember; we handle the documentation work from there.
A spouse, adult child, or other family member can call for the worker. Many of our first calls are from a daughter or wife researching on behalf of a parent or husband. That is standard, and the family member can make the call without the worker on the line.
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Why families choose our firm
- $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; more than 7,500 Texas entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; thousands of clients with Texas job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — we operate from documented trust coverage rather than from generic intake scripts. We can speak to Texaco and Gulf at Port Arthur, Dow Freeport, the Houston Ship Channel, the Golden Triangle, and the broader Texas industrial corridor from day one of the conversation
- Trust claims, civil lawsuits, and federal benefits (VA, FECA, LHWCA, SSDI), coordinated case by case with the trial team
- Remote case handling — phone, video, or home visit. No travel to our offices required
- Free family asbestos health screening for spouses and adult children of every client
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family
- Texas is our home state — our firm is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas
Frequently asked questions
Is my Texas worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold more than 7,500 Texas entries in 731 communities — refineries, chemical plants, manufacturing operations, paper mills, steel mills, shipyards, power plants, military installations, and a wide range of smaller industrial and commercial sites — and thousands of our clients worked at Texas job sites. The profiles above show the worksites where the most of our clients worked; thousands more are on the trusts' lists. Search the trusts' Texas lists by any name the plant went by, or call us with the facility name and city, and we can confirm coverage immediately.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When an asbestos manufacturer went bankrupt, the bankruptcy court typically required the company to establish a settlement trust funded with cash and insurance to pay future asbestos claims. There are dozens of these trusts, and each publishes the worksites where it recognizes exposure to its products. When we see that Dow Chemical at Freeport is on the lists of at least eighteen trusts, that tells us a worker at Dow Freeport has at least eighteen separate trust claim pathways available, plus Johns-Manville, each one paying compensation based on the trust's published payment schedule and the worker's diagnosis.
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. Many workers — especially maintenance workers, bystander trades, and people who worked alongside insulators or refractory workers — never knew the brand names of the products they were exposed to. We reconstruct the product-handling history using the trusts' site lists (which identify which manufacturers had products at each site), employment records, union records, coworker interviews, and the trust documentation for each manufacturer. Come to the first call with what you remember; we build out the rest.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Texas sites?
That is the norm, not the exception, especially for Gulf Coast workers. Texas refinery and petrochemical workers — and J.T. Thorpe contractor employees in particular — frequently worked across half a dozen or more facilities over a career. We map the full career exposure history against the trusts' lists; each site can contribute its own set of trust filings, and the total exposure history supports the civil case. A worker who spent time at Dow Freeport, Shell Deer Park, and Texaco Port Arthur typically has substantially more trust coverage than any single-site analysis would show.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
That doesn't affect the case. Most of the facilities profiled on this page have undergone major changes over the decades — operations sold, plants renamed or reconfigured, parts demolished. What matters is the exposure history during the years your loved one worked there. The trusts' lists document manufacturer activity at each site historically; the present-day status of the physical facility doesn't change the trust filings or the civil case.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. We handle wrongful-death asbestos cases routinely. In Texas the wrongful-death deadline is two years from the date of death, and it does not extend if the family learns of the asbestos cause later. Call us immediately if your loved one has passed from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or any unexplained lung disease with a known industrial work history. Even if the death was years ago, trust claims may still be available. Texas deadlines after a death.
What if my loved one was a veteran who served at a Texas military installation?
Veterans who served at a Texas installation may be eligible for VA service-connected disability with proof of in-service asbestos exposure and a doctor's opinion linking the disease to service. Civilian employees of the military may be covered by FECA, and workers at Orange's private wartime shipyards by the LHWCA (Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act). These programs work alongside trust claims and lawsuits but must be coordinated with them. See the major Texas installations and how federal benefits fit with a Texas lawsuit.
Why is Texas significant in asbestos litigation?
Texas is the birthplace of modern asbestos litigation. The 1973 Fifth Circuit decision in Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. — the case of Clarence Borel, a Groves insulator who developed asbestosis and mesothelioma from his work across the Gulf Coast refining corridor — was the first U.S. appellate decision to hold asbestos manufacturers strictly liable for failing to warn, and it shaped asbestos litigation across the country. Read his story.
Talk with a Texas 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. Texas is our home state — our firm is headquartered in Round Rock, just north of Austin — and Texas asbestos work is at the heart of our practice.
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This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.