Asbestos Exposure Sites in West Virginia

Our records contain 106 asbestos lawsuit exposure sites in West Virginia, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.

Asbestos in West Virginia
For decades, West Virginia buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many West Virginia residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so West Virginia workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of West Virginia asbestos exposure sites include:
- West Virginia factories
- Powerplants in West Virginia
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in West Virginia
Below is a list of 106 known sites of asbestos exposure in West Virginia. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 46 West Virginia cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The West Virginia city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Huntington, WV, with 10 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
Site Name | City |
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ACF Industries | Huntington |
AEP Central | New Haven |
Albright Powerstation | Albright |
Allied Chemical Company | Moundsville |
Allied Chemical Company | Nitro |
Allied Chemical Plant | Moundsville |
American Alloys-Foote Min-Vandium | New Haven |
American Cyanamid-Ceytec Ind | Willow Island |
American Viscose Rayon Plant | Parkersburg |
American Viscose Rayon Plant-FMC | Nitro |
BASF Corporation | Huntington |
Beech Bottom Power Plant | Beech Bottom |
BF Goodrich Gulf | Institute |
BF Goodrich Synthetic Rubber Plant | Institute |
Big Sandy Power Plant | Kenova |
Blauknox Steel | Wheeling |
Blaw-Knox Rolls Foundry | Wheeling |
Brockway Glass Mfg Plant-Anchor-formerly Hazel Atlas | Clarksburg |
C & O-CSX Shops | Huntington |
Cabin Creek Power Plant | Cabin Creek |
Cabin Creek Power Station | Cabin Creek |
Carneige Steel | Charleston |
Celanese Chemical | Point Pleasant |
Conners Steel-HK Porter-Steel of WV | Huntington |
Corning Glass Company | Parkersburg |