Illinois Industrial, Chemical & Refinery Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure

Illinois'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.

Industrial / Refinery

Map shows 346 documented Illinois industrial, chemical, and refinery exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.

Illinois Industrial & Chemical Sites

Chicago & North Western Railway — Chicago, Proviso Yard & West Chicago IL Asbestos Exposure & FELA Claims

Chicago & North Western Railway in Illinois — Chicago Headquarters, Proviso Yard & West Chicago

Chicago & North Western Railway (“CNW” — founded 1859, …

Industrial
Cotton Belt Railway (SSW) — Illmo / East St. Louis IL Asbestos Exposure & FELA Claims

Cotton Belt Railway in Illinois — Illmo Crossing & East St. Louis Interchange

The St. Louis Southwestern Railway (“Cotton Belt” or “SSW” — founded 1877; …

Industrial
Johns-Manville — Waukegan IL Plant Asbestos Exposure

Johns-Manville — Waukegan Plant in Waukegan, Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were allegedly …

Industrial
National Gypsum (Gold Bond) — Waukegan IL Wallboard Plant Asbestos Exposure

National Gypsum — Waukegan Gold Bond Wallboard Plant in Waukegan IL

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …

Industrial
Abbott Laboratories — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Abbott Laboratories — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …

Industrial
Ameren / Union Electric — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Ameren / Union Electric — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …

Industrial
Amoco / Standard Oil of Indiana — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Amoco / Standard Oil of Indiana — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …

Industrial
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …

Industrial
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they …

Industrial
Boeing Company — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Boeing Company — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …

Industrial
Cargill Inc. — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Cargill Inc. — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working …

Industrial
Caterpillar Inc. — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Caterpillar Inc. — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …

Industrial
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Line) — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation …

Industrial
Chrysler Corporation (Mopar) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Chrysler Corporation (Mopar) — Plants in Illinois

Public litigation records document more than 120 tradesmen — including assemblers, supervisors, painters — who allegedly worked …

Industrial
CITGO / Cities Service Company — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

CITGO / Cities Service Company — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …

Industrial
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd / Exelon) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd / Exelon) — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to …

Industrial
ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

ConocoPhillips / Phillips 66 / Continental Oil — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …

Industrial
Consolidation Coal / Peabody Energy / Arch Coal — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Consolidation Coal / Peabody Energy / Arch Coal — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …

Industrial
Continental Can Company — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Continental Can Company — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …

Industrial
ExxonMobil (Exxon / Mobil / Standard Oil of NJ / Standard Oil of NY) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

ExxonMobil (Exxon / Mobil / Standard Oil of NJ / Standard Oil of NY) — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …

Industrial
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — Plants in Illinois

Public litigation records document more than 30 tradesmen — including insulators, sheet metal workers, heater operators — …

Industrial
General Mills Inc. — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

General Mills Inc. — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …

Industrial
Grand Trunk Western Railway — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Grand Trunk Western Railway — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …

Industrial
Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure

Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR / ICG / CN) — Plants in Illinois

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …

Industrial

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