Florida Industrial, Chemical & Refinery Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Florida'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.
Full index of all 20 industrial, chemical and refinery sites
- Frisco Railway — Pensacola FL Panhandle Terminal Asbestos Exposure & FELA Claims
- Pratt & Whitney — West Palm Beach FL Asbestos Exposure & Claims
- General Electric — Jacksonville FL Nuclear / Aviation Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Johns-Manville — Green Cove Springs FL Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Westinghouse Electric — Tampa Combustion Turbine / PGBU FL Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Air Products & Chemicals — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Duke Energy / Duke Power — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Florida Power & Light (FPL / NextEra) — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Georgia-Pacific — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Lockheed Corporation / Lockheed Martin — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding) — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Northrop Grumman Corporation — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Piper Aircraft Corporation — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Southern Company (Georgia Power / Alabama Power / Mississippi Power) — Florida Plant Asbestos Exposure
- Florida Phosphate Mining Bone Valley — Bartow
- Jacksonville NAS Cecil Field Florida — Jacksonville
- Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral Florida — Cape Canaveral
- Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida — Pensacola
- Naval Station Mayport Jacksonville Florida — Jacksonville
- Tampa Shipyards Florida — Tampa
Map shows 20 documented Florida industrial, chemical, and refinery exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Florida Industrial & Chemical Sites
Frisco Railway (SLSF) in Florida — Pensacola Division Terminal
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF, commonly “the Frisco”) allegedly operated the following …
Pratt & Whitney in Florida — West Palm Beach Government Products Division
Pratt & Whitney’s Florida Research and Development Center (later the Government Products …
General Electric — Nuclear / Aviation Plant in Jacksonville FL
Plaintiffs allegedly, in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, were exposed to …
Johns-Manville — Green Cove Springs FL Plant
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Westinghouse Electric — Tampa Combustion Turbine / PGBU in Tampa FL
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Air Products & Chemicals — Plants in Florida
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 Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Florida Power & Light (FPL / NextEra) — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were …
Georgia-Pacific — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while …
Lockheed Corporation / Lockheed Martin — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding) — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed …
Northrop Grumman Corporation — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Piper Aircraft Corporation — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos …
Southern Company (Georgia Power / Alabama Power / Mississippi Power) — Plants in Florida
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death …
Asbestos Exposure at Florida Phosphate Mining and Processing — Bone Valley Region
The Bone Valley phosphate region of central Florida — spanning Polk, Hillsborough, Hardee, …
Asbestos Exposure at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Cecil Field — Florida
Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax) in Jacksonville, Florida has operated since 1940 as one of …
Asbestos Exposure at Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral — Florida
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida and the adjacent Cape Canaveral Space Force Station …
Asbestos Exposure at Naval Air Station Pensacola — Pensacola, Florida
Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida is the oldest continuously operating U.S. Navy facility, …
Asbestos Exposure at Naval Station Mayport — Jacksonville, Florida
Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida (at the mouth of the St. Johns River on the Atlantic Ocean) …
Asbestos Exposure at Tampa Shipyards — Tampa, Florida
The Tampa shipbuilding waterfront in Tampa, Florida has hosted a succession of shipbuilding and ship-repair operators since …
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