Wyoming, as one of the states that plays host to a significant portion of the Rocky Mountains has a fairly high amount of naturally occurring asbestos as a result. The location of this asbestos risk is in a mineral called “serpentine”, which has been linked to asbestos related death. However, due to the sheer vastness of this State and it’s very low population in relation to its size most of the general population is well out of harm’s way.

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Asbestos and Mesothelioma Related Deaths in Wyoming

There have been some reported cases of asbestos exposure in this State albeit most of which have come as a result of the oil-refining industry. Four main oil producers operate refineries in Wyoming; Standard, Sinclair, Texaco, and Stouffer. Also, the United States Navy has had drilling and refining operations here in the past.

In spite of all these apparent risks Wyoming remains to be the lowest across the country in asbestos related fatalities. Approximately seventy cases have been reported in the last twenty or some odd years which is hundreds below the national average. With that being said cases of mesothelioma account for nearly half of all of those reported so a certain amount of precaution would still be advisable.

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Work & Job sites known for Asbestos Exposure

Below is a comprehensive list of companies, operating in Wyoming, that have had known cases of Pleural Mesothelioma, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Pericardial Mesothelioma, or Testicular Mesothelioma. Workers who were employed at any of these companies may have been subjected to life threatening levels of Asbestos.

Companies / Job Sites are Listed in alphabetical Order

• Acme Plant
• Alumina Plant
• Amoco Production Company
• Basin Electric Power Coop
• Becker Brewing & Malting Company
• Black Hills Generation
• Black Hills Power and Light Company
• Boise Cascade Kraft Corporation
• Bridger Power Plant
• Buffalo Northwest Electric Company
• Cabot Carbon Company
• California Pipeline Company
• Cambria Fuel Company
• Central Coal and Coke Company
• Chevron, United States of America, Inc.
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Colo Fuel and Iron Company
• Colo Tires and Iron Company
• Colorado Oil & Gas
• Consumer Oil & Refining Company
• Continental Oil Company
• Dave Johnston Power Plant
• Diamond Coal and Coke Company
• El Paso Natural Gas Company
• Empire State Oil Company
• Exxon
• F.E. Warren AFB
• Fargo Oil Company
• Flight Deck & Maintenance Building
• FMC Corporation
• Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
• Ford Machinery and Chemical Company
• Forest Products Treating Company
• Frontier Supply Company
• Gebo Coal Company

• Glen Rock Powerhouse
• Great Western Sugar Company
• Holly Sugar Corporation
• Homestead Mining Company
• Hot Springs Light and Power Company
• Husky Refining Company
• Inorganic Chemicals Div.
• Intermountain Chemical
• J. W. Denio Milling Company
• Jefferson Lake Sulfur Company
• Jim Bridger Power Plant
• Kaiser Engineers, Inc.
• Kemmerer Coal Company
• Lander Electric Light and Power Company
• Laramie River Power Plant
• Lion Coal Company
• Little America Refining
• Midwest Refining Company
• Monolith Portland Midwest Company
• Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
• Mutual Oil Company
• Naughton Station
• Northern Utilities Company
• Owl Creek Coal Company
• Pacific Power and Light Company
• PacifiCorp
• Pan American Petroleum Corporation
• Penn Wyoming Copper Company
• Perkins Power Company
• Plant Unit Number 2
• Powerhouse
• Producers and Refiners Corp
• Pure Oil Company
• S & H Construction Company
• Salt Creek Central Power Station

• San Francisco Chemical Company
• Sheridan County Electric Company
• Sheridan Sugar Company
• Shipping Station
• Sinclair Oil Company
• Sinclair Refining Company
• Standard Oil Company of Indiana
• Stanolind Pipe Line Company
• State Board of Charities and Reformatories
• Stauffer Chemical Company
• Steam Power Plant
• Teapot Coal Company
• Tenneco Oil Company
• Texaco Oil Refinery Wyoming
• Texas Company
• Texas Gulf Sulfur Company
• Union Pacific Coal Company
• Union Pacific Railroad Company
• United States Bureau of Mines
• University of Wyoming
• Utah Oil Refining Company
• Utah Power & Light Company
• Utah Power and Light Company
• West Vaco Chemical Division
• West Virginia Power Company
• Winklemen Dome Field
• Winston Brothers Company
• WYCO Chemical Company
• Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company
• Wyodak Plant: The Black Hills Power & Light Co.
• Wyoming Coal and Iron Company
• Wyoming Refining
• Wyoming State Hospital
• Wyoming Sugar Company

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Mesothelioma Cancer Centers

If you have worked at or are currently employed at any of these companies and suspect you may have been subjected to unsafe amounts of asbestos and we are here to help!  We have compiled a list of what we believe to be The Top Ten Mesothelioma Cancer Centers across the country.

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Show Sources

Resources:

  1. http://www.asbestosnation.org/facts/asbestos-deaths/il/ (photo)
  2. Geological Research, Analyses and Services Programs. “Naturally Occurring Asbestos Locations in the Contiguous U.S. and Alaska.” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 25 May 2007.
    http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/noa/usamap.pdf (accessed 9 October 2016).
  3. http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5815a3.htm
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