Tennessee Industrial, Chemical & Refinery Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Tennessee's steel mills, chemical plants, oil refineries, and heavy manufacturing facilities were among the region's most intensive asbestos worksites. Process piping, reactors, boilers, and furnace linings required asbestos insulation and refractory throughout construction and decades of maintenance outages. Workers returning for seasonal and annual shutdowns accumulated exposures at multiple facilities across their careers. Click any site to read its full documented exposure history.
Map shows 41 documented Tennessee industrial, chemical, and refinery exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Tennessee Industrial & Chemical Sites
Frisco Railway (SLSF) in Tennessee — Memphis Terminal District
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF, commonly “the Frisco”) allegedly operated the following …
The DuPont Old Hickory works in Davidson County, Tennessee — just east of Nashville and neighboring Goodlettsville — was one of the largest industrial complexes in the Southeast …
Combustion Engineering — Chattanooga Boiler Works in Chattanooga TN
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Owens-Corning — Fiberglas Kingsport Plant in Kingsport TN
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were allegedly …
Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Ameren / Union Electric — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
American Electric Power (AEP) / Appalachian Power — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
Celanese Corporation — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd / Exelon) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Copperweld Corporation — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Duke Energy / Duke Power — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Entergy Corporation — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
General Motors Corporation — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
International Harvester / Navistar International — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …
International Paper Company — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Mead / Westvaco / MeadWestvaco — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …
Norfolk Southern Railway (NS / N&W / Southern Railway) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation …
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Reynolds Metals Company — Plants in Tennessee
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
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