Asbestos Exposure Sites in Alabama
Our records contain 362 asbestos exposure sites in Alabama, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Alabama
For decades, Alabama buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Alabama residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Alabama workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Alabama asbestos exposure sites include:
- Alabama factories
- Powerplants in Alabama
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Alabama
Below is a list of 362 known sites of asbestos exposure in Alabama. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 86 Alabama cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Alabama city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Mobile, AL, with 76 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Alabama asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| 1st Methodist Church | Sheffield |
| 3M Chemical Plant | Guin |
| 3M Chemical Plant | Decatur |
| 5400 Building | Huntsville |
| ACIPCO | Birmingham |
| Addsco Shipyard | Mobile |
| Admiral Sims Motor Hotel | Mobile |
| Air Pro | Decatur |
| Airco | Birmingham |
| Airco Plant | Decatur |
| Alabama Binder & Chemical Corporation | Tuscaloosa |
| Alabama By-Products Co. (Abc) | Tarrant City |
| Alabama By-Products Co. (Abc) Foundry | Fairfield |
| Alabama By-Products Co. (ABC) Foundry | Birmingham |
| Alabama College | Huntsville |
| Alabama Dry Dock | Mobile |
| Alabama Dry Dock (Addsco) Shipyard | Mobile |
| Alabama Electrical Corp. | Grant |
| Alabama Ordinance Works | Childersburg |
| Alabama Pipe Company | Anniston |
| Alabama Power & Light | Mobile |
| Alabama Power Company | Mobile |
| Alabama Power Office Building | Mobile |
| Alabama Power Office Building | Birmingham |
| Alabama Power Plant | Birmingham |
| Alabama Power Plant | Gadsden |
| Alabama Power Plant | Gorgas |
| Alabama Power Plant | Mobile |
| Alabama State Docks | Mobile |
| ALCOA Aluminum Plant | Mobile |
| Allied-Celotex-Barrett-Jim Walters Roof Materials Plant | Fairfield |
| Allied/Boise Cascade Paper Mill | Jackson |
| Aluminum Ore Plant | Mobile |
| Aluminum Ore Powerhouse | Mobile |
| American Can Paper Mill | Butler |
| American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (ACIPCO) Pipe Plant | Birmingham |
| American Container Paper Mill | Brewton |
| American Cyanamid Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| American Oil Refinery (Amoco) | Decatur |
| Amoco | Decatur |
| Amoco Chemical | Decatur |
| Amoco Chemical Plant | Decatur |
| Anniston Army Depot | Anniston |
| Armour/La Roche/Us Agriculture Chemical Plant | Cherokee |
| AT&T Office | Birmingham |
| Atlas Marine Shipyard | Mobile |
| Automatic Electric Electronics Plant | Huntsville |
| Avondale Chemical Plant | Birmingham |
| Avondale Mills | Birmingham |
| Avondale Mills Textile Mill | Sylacauga |
| Avondale Mills Textile Mill | Pell City |
| B.C. Fertilizer Plant | Sheffield |
| B.F. Goodrich Plant | Tuscaloosa |
| Badham Insulation Co. Warehouse | Birmingham |
| Badham Insulation Shop | Birmingham |
| Barnett Mill | Prichard |
| Barry Steam Plant | Axis |
| Barry Steam Plant | Bucks |
| Beaunit “Knitting” Rayon (Coosa Pines) Textile Mill | Childersburg |
| Bell Telephone Building (s) | Mobile |
| Bellefonte Nuclear Plant | Hollywood |
| Bellefonte Nuclear Plant | Athens |
| Bellefonte Nuclear Powerhouse | Gadsden |
| Bemis Bag Paper Mill | Mobile |
| Bender Shipbuilding & Repair | Mobile |
| Bender Shipyard | Mobile |
| Bender Welding & Metal Shop | Mobile |
| Bessemer Steel Mill | Bessemer |
| Brewton Paper Mill | Brewton |
| Brockway Glass | Montgomery |
| Brookley Air Force Base | Mobile |
| Brookley Field | Mobile |
| Brookley Field Warehouse (s) | Mobile |
| Brown Ferry Nuclear Plant | Decatur |
| Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant | Decatur |
| Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant | Athens |
| Butler Manufacturing | Ensley |
| Caldwell Foundry | Birmingham |
| Central Foundry Co. | Holt |
| Central Supply Company, Inc. | Tuscaloosa |
| Champion Papermill | Courtland |
| Chemstrand/Monsanto Chemical Plant | Decatur |
| Chicago Bridge & Iron Fabricating Plant | Birmingham |
| Ciba-Geigy Chemical Plant | Mcintosh |
| Clow Pipe Plant | Birmingham |
| Cogle Lumber Mill | Thomasville |
| Colbert Steam Plant | Tuscumbia |
| Colbert Steam Plant | Athens |
| Colbert Steam Plant | Barton |
| Colbert Steam Plant | Cherokee |
| Cole Supply Company, Inc. | Tuscaloosa |
| Container Corporation Paper Mill | Brewton |
| Continental Can Paper Mill | Brewton |
| Continental Can Paper Mill | Butler |
| Continental Gin Company | Birmingham |
| Coosa Pipe & Foundry | Gadsden |
| Coosa River Newsprint, aka Kimberly Clark Paper Mill | Childersburg |
| Courtaulds Chemical Plant | Axis |
| Courtaulds Fibers | Mobile |
| Craig Air Force Base | Selma |
| Culp Smelting & Refining | Steele |
| Cumberland Steam Plant | Cumberland City |
| Dan River Cotton Mill | Selma |
| Dan River Power Station | Eden |
| Daniel Building | Birmingham |
| Decatur Substation (TVA) | Decatur |
| Degussa Chemical Plant | Theodore |
| Diamond Head Chemcial Plant | Mobile |
| Diamond Shamrock Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| Diamond Shamrock/Occidental Alkalai | Sheffield |
| Doctors Hospital | Mobile |
| Dow Corning Fibreglass | Decatur |
| Dupont Powder Plant | Childersburg |
| Dupont Powder Plant | Watson |
| Eagle Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| ECM Hospital | Florence |
| Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital | Florence |
| Empire Building | Birmingham |
| Fairfield Steel Works | Fairfield |
| First National (Southern Natural Gas) Building | Birmingham |
| First National Bank Building | Mobile |
| Fluor Daniel | Decatur |
| Ford Motor Plant | Sheffield |
| Fort Rucker Boiler Plant | Fort Rucker |
| Freuhauf Trailer Smelting Plant | Decatur |
| Gadsden Steam Plant | Gadsden |
| GAF Plant | Mobile |
| Gant Power | Andulusia |
| Gant Power Plant | Gant |
| Gaston Steam Plant/Wilsonville Steam Plant | Wilsonville |
| GE Fiber Plant | Montgomery |
| Georgia Pacific Paper Mill | Monroeville |
| Gnatt Powerhouse | Gnatt |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Gadsden |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Decatur |
| Gorgas Steam Plant | Gorgas |
| Gorgas Steam Plant | Birmingham |
| Goslin Foundry | Birmingham |
| Great Plains Pipeline | Theodore |
| Green County Paper Mill | Demopolis |
| Green County Steam Plant | Demopolis |
| Green County Steam Plant | Cottonton |
| Green County Steam Plant | Green County |
| Gulf Development Company, Inc. | Mobile |
| Gulf Electric Co. Shop | Mobile |
| Gulf Engineering | Mobile |
| Gulf Lumber Company | Prichard |
| Gulf Lumber Mill | Mobile |
| Gulf Shipyard | Mobile |
| Gulf States Paper Mill | Mobile |
| Gulf States Paper Mill | Demopolis |
| Gulf States Paper Mill | Tuscaloosa |
| Gulf States Steel | Gadsden |
| Halby Chemical | Axis |
| Hammermill/International Paper Mill | Selma |
| Hayes International Corporation | Birmingham |
| Hayes International Shop | Birmingham |
| Hercules Powder (Explosives) “Birmingham” Chemical Plant | Bessemer |
| Hollingsworth/Whitney Paper Mill (N/K/A Scott Paper Mill) | Mobile |
| Humble Oil Field | Flomaton |
| Hunt Oil Refinery | Tuscaloosa |
| Huntsville City Schools | Huntsville |
| Huntsville High School | Huntsville |
| Ideal Cement | Mobile |
| Ideal Cement Plant | Mobile |
| Ingalls Barge Works Repair Yard | Decatur |
| Ingalls Iron Works | Bucks |
| Ingalls Iron Works 2nd Shipbuilding | Birmingham |
| Ingalls Shipyard | Decatur |
| Ingalls Shipyard | Mobile |
| Ingalls Steel Construction Company | Birmingham |
| International Paper Mill | Brewton |
| International Paper Mill | Camden |
| International Paper Mill | Mobile |
| Jacksonville State University | Jacksonville |
| James River Paper Mill | Brewton |
| James River Paper Mill | Butler |
| James River/American Can/Marathon Paper Mill | Butler |
| James River/American Can/Marathon Paper Mill | Pennington |
| Jefferson Foundry | Birmingham |
| Jefferson Iron & Metal | Birmingham |
| Ketona Chemical Plant | Ketona |
| Knit Kote Textile Mill | Florence |
| Koppers Plant | Woodward |
| L & N Division Office | Birmingham |
| L & N Railroad | Birmingham |
| Little Big Horn | Mobile |
| Livingston State Teachers College | Livingston |
| Livingston University | Livingston |
| Marathon Oil Refinery | Mobile |
| Marine Junk Co., Inc. | Mobile |
| Marine Specialties | Mobile |
| Marine Specialty Store | Mobile |
| Marshall Space Flight Center | Huntsville |
| Maxwell Air Force Base | Montgomery |
| Mcmillian Bloedel Paper Mill | Pine Hill |
| Mcwane Iron | Birmingham |
| Mead Paper Co. | Cottonton |
| Meade Paper Mill | Stevenson |
| Midland City Elementary School | Midland City |
| Miller Steam Plant | West Jefferson |
| Mobile Airport | Mobile |
| Mobile Infirmary | Mobile |
| Mobile Infirmary Hospital | Mobile |
| Mobile Linen | Mobile |
| Mobile Pulley & Machine Works | Mobile |
| Mobile Pulley Works | Mobile |
| Mobile River Saw Mill | Mount Vernon |
| Mobile Ship Repair (A/K/A Gulf Shipyard) | Mobile |
| Mobile Shipyard | Mobile |
| Monsanto Chemical Plant | Anniston |
| Montclair Baptist Hospital | Birmingham |
| Montclair Hospital | Birmingham |
| Montevallo College | Montevallo |
| Muscle Shoals Rubber Company | Muscle Shoals |
| Muscle Shoals Rubber Plant | Sheffield |
| National Cement Plant | Ragland |
| National Gypsum Plant | Mobile |
| Newport/Tenneco/Reichold Plant | Bay Minette |
| Nitrate Plant | Sheffield |
| North Brothers Warehouse | Birmingham |
| Old Alabama Power Building | Birmingham |
| Olin Mathieson Chemical Plant | Mcintosh |
| Pemco Aeroplex, Inc. | Birmingham |
| Pepperell Mills | Opelika |
| Pioneer Fabricating Shop | Attalla |
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Chemical Plant | Huntsville |
| Princeton Hospital | Birmingham |
| Pullman Standard | Birmingham |
| Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing | Bessemer |
| Redstone Arsenal | Decatur |
| Redstone Arsenal | Huntsville |
| Reichold Chemical Plant | Tuscaloosa |
| Republic Steel | Birmingham |
| Republic Steel - General Labor Pool | Gadsden |
| Republic Steel Mill | Birmingham |
| Republic Steel/Gulf States Steel/LTV Steel | Gadsden |
| Reynolds Alloys Plant | Listerhill |
| Reynolds Alloys Plant | Sheffield |
| Reynolds Aluminum | Birmingham |
| Reynolds Aluminum Plant | Florence |
| Reynolds Credit Union | Sheffield |
| Reynolds Metals Plant | Sheffield |
| Reynolds Metals Plant | Listerhill |
| Reynolds Reclamation Plant | Sheffield |
| Reynolite Plant aka Sheffield Can Plant | Sheffield |
| Robbins Tire & Rubber Plant | Tuscumbia |
| Rockwool Plant | Leeds |
| Ruberoid Plant | Mobile |
| Ruberoid Roof Shingle Plant | Mobile |
| Ruberoid/GAF Manufacturing Plant | Mobile |
| Russell Foundry | Alexander City |
| Sanders Cotton Mill | Mobile |
| Scott Paper & Wood Yard | Mobile |
| Scott Paper Credit Union | Mobile |
| Scott Papermill | Mobile |
| Sewing Mil | Opelika |
| Shell Chemical | Mobile |
| Shell Chemical Plant | Lemoyne |
| Shell Chemical Plant | Axis |
| Shell Refinery | Axis |
| Shook & Fletcher | Mobile |
| Shook & Fletcher Warehouse | Birmingham |
| Sloss Furnaces | Birmingham |
| Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron | Bessemer |
| Smith & Kelly Brick Plant | Mobile |
| Smith Kelly Supply Company | Mobile |
| Southern Electric Generating (SEGCO) Power Plant | Wilsonville |
| Southern Natural Gas Compressor Station | Selma |
| Southern Railroad | Birmingham |
| Southern Railroad Warehouse | Birmingham |
| St. Regis Paper Mill | Mobile |
| Standard Oil Refinery | Mobile |
| Stauffer (Lemoyne) Chemical Plant | Axis |
| Stauffer Chemical (Lemoyne) Plant | Bucks |
| Stauffer Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| Stockholm Valve | Bessemer |
| Stockholm Valve | Birmingham |
| Stone Container Paper Mill | Bruton |
| Stutts Saw Mill | Thomasville |
| Talladega College | Talladega |
| Tennessee Coal & Iron | Fairfield |
| Tennessee Coal And Iron And Railroad Company | Pratt City |
| Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Co. | Birmingham |
| Thiokol Chemical | Huntsville |
| Trinity Substation (TVA) | Decatur |
| Turkey Point Powerhouse | Homestead |
| Turner Lumber Mill | Mobile |
| Turner Supply Co. | Mobile |
| Tutwiler Hotel | Birmingham |
| TVA Ammonia Nitrate Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Fertilizer Chemical Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Fossil Fuel Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Gasification Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Nerve Gas Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Nitrate Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Nitrate Plant #2 | Sheffield |
| TVA Office Building | Sheffield |
| TVA P.D.W. Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Phosphate Chemical Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Phosphate Development Works Nerve Gas Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Power Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Power Service Shop | Sheffield |
| TVA Pwd Chemical Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Service Shop | Sheffield |
| TVA Sheffield Garage | Sheffield |
| TVA Water Plant | Sheffield |
| TVA Watershed Property | Sheffield |
| U.S. Gypsum Mine | Montevallo |
| U.S. Pipe And Foundry | Birmingham |
| U.S. Pipe Plant | Bessemer |
| U.S. Reduction Plant | Russellville |
| U.S. Steel | Birmingham |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Bessemer |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Ensley |
| Union Bag Paper Mill | Demopolis |
| Union Camp Paper Mill | Prattville |
| Union Camp Saw Mill | Chapman |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Chickasaw |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Huntsville |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| Union Carbide Metallurgical Plant | Sheffield |
| University Hospital | Birmingham |
| University Of Alabama | Tuscaloosa |
| Vanity Fair Mills | Monroeville |
| Vaugh Medical Center | Selma |
| Veterans’ Administration Hospital | Tuskegee |
| Virginia Chemical Plant | Mobile |
| Warrior & Gulf Shipyard | Mobile |
| Warrior & Gulf Shipyard | Chickasaw |
| Waterman Building | Mobile |
| Waterman’s Shipyard | Mobile |
| West Point Pepperill Textile Mill | Lanett |
| Western Grain Feed Plant | Birmingham |
| Westinghouse Electric Shop | Mobile |
| Westinghouse Plant | Montevallo |
| WestPoint Teppermill Cotton Mill | Opelika |
| Weyerhauser Paper Mill | Florence |
| Wheeler Dam | Courtland |
| Wheeler Dam | Decatur |
| Wheeler Dam | Athens |
| Wheeler Dam | Sheffield |
| Wheeler Dam | Rogersville |
| Wheeler Dam | Wheeler Dam |
| Wheeler Dam Power Plant | Sheffield |
| Wheeler Dam Steam Plant | Sheffield |
| Widow’s Creek Power Plant | Stevenson |
| Widows Creek Steam Plant | Bridgeport |
| Wilson Dam | Florence |
| Wilson Dam | Sheffield |
| Wilson Dam | Muscle Shoals |
| Wilson Dam | Wilson Dam |
| Wilson Dam Hydro Plant | Sheffield |
| Wilson Dam Steam Plant | Sheffield |
| Wilson Steam Plant | Sheffield |
| Wilsonville Steam Plant | Childersburg |
| Wolverine Copper Tube Plant | Decatur |
| Wolverine Tube | Decatur |
| Woodward Iron | Bessemer |
| Woodward Iron | Woodward |
| Woodward Iron/ Koppers | Birmingham |
| Woodward/Iron Koppers | Birmingham |
