Asbestos Exposure Sites in Illinois

Our records contain 258 asbestos exposure sites in Illinois, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.

Illinois Asbestos Exposure Sites

Asbestos in Illinois

For decades, Illinois buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Illinois residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.

The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Illinois workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Illinois asbestos exposure sites include:

  • Illinois factories
  • Powerplants in Illinois
  • Refineries or Chemical Plants in Illinois

Below is a list of 258 known sites of asbestos exposure in Illinois. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 106 Illinois cities, though the number is likely even higher.

The Illinois city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Chicago, IL, with 59 known sites contaminated by asbestos.

If you know of another Illinois asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.


Site Name City
A.E. Staley Decatur
Abbott Laboratories North Chicago
Abex Plant/Amsco Steel Chicago Heights
Allis-Chalmers Assembly Plant Springfield
Alton Box Board Plant/Jefferson Smurfit Alton
Aluminum Ore Plant East St. Louis
American Can Plant Maywood
American Marietta Paint Plant Kankakee
American Oil Company (AMOCO) aka Standard Oil Wood River
American Steel Granite City
Ameron/Cips Power Plant Meredosia
Amoco Chemical Joliet
Anaconda Ericsson Wire & Cable Plant Sycamore
AO Smith-Granite Granite City
Apple River Chemical Plant East Dubuque
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Decatur
Argo Corn Products Power Plant Argo
Argonne National Lab Chicago
Armour Manufacturing Plant Chicago
AT&T Hawthorne Works Plant Chicago
B&O Railroad Chicago
Baldwin Power Plant Decatur
Baldwin Powerhouse Baldwin
Ball Glass Company Hillsboro
Barry Steam Plant Winfield
Bedger Plant Cooper's Refinery Chicago
Benchmark Company Oakbrook
Biron Construction Chicago
Blawn-Knox Foundry East Chicago
Blue Island School Blue Island
Byrd Piston Ring Foundry Rockford
Cahokia Powerhouse Sauget
Cahokia Public Water District Cahokia
Calumet Shipyard Chicago
Campbell’s Soup Plant Chicago
Carnegie Steel Chicago
Carriage House Motel Chicago
Case Company Rockford
Caterpillar Experimental Plant Mossville
Caterpillar Manufacturing Plant Peoria
Caterpillar Plant Aurora
Caterpillar Tractor Company Aurora
CB&Q Railroad Ottawa
Centralia School District Centralia
Centralia Steam Centralia
Chicago Bridge & Iron Ferndale
Chicago Coit Carpet & Drapery Chicago
Chicago Powerhouse Chicago
Chrysler Corporation Belvedere
Chrysler Dealer Murphysboro
Chrysler Plant Belvidere
Citizen's Bank Decatur
City Of Springfield - CWLP Power Plant Springfield
Clark Oil Refinery Blue Island
Clark Refinery aka Sinclair Refinery Hartford
Clinton Power Plant Clinton
Coffeen Powerhouse Coffeen
Coffeen Powerhouse Litchen
ComED Dresdent Nuclear Powerplant Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Cicero
Commonwealth Edison Waukegan
Commonwealth Edison Morris
Commonwealth Edison Joliet
Commonwealth Edison Cordova
Commonwealth Edison Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Braidwood Station Braceville
Commonwealth Edison Kincaid Station Kincaid
Commonwealth Edison Power Plant (Romeoville Plant) Romeoville
Commonwealth Edison Power Plant (Station No. 9) Rockdale
Community Builders Skokie
Container Paper Mill Chicago
Continental Can Co West Chicago
Continental Can Co Oak Brook
Continental Can Co Chicago
Continental Can Plant Chicago
Cordova Nuclear Powerhouse Cordova
Crawford Station Power Plant Chicago
Cyclone Pipe Chicago
Danly Machine Chicago
Danville Powerhouse Danville
Dresden Nuclear Plant Kankee
Dresden Nuclear Plant Morris
Dresden Nuclear Power Plant Dresden
Dubuque Powerhouse Dubuque
Duck Creek Power Plant Peoria
Durable Rubber Chicago
E J Brach & Sons Chicago
East St. Louis Pipeline Springfield
Eastman Kodak Company Oak Brook
Edison Powerhouse Springfield
Edward Power Station Bartonville
Electric Energy, Inc. (EEI) Joppa
Equitable Insurance Building Chicago
Evanston Northwestern Healtcare Evanston
Fabick Machinery Marion
Fairchild AFB Davenport
Fansteel Metallurgical Shop Waukegan
Firestone Electric Wheel Quincy
Forty-Eight Insulation Plant North Aurora
Forty-Eight Insulators Plant Aurora
Gates Rubber Company Gayleburg
General Electric Appliance Plant Chicago
General Electric Plant Chicago
General Mills Food Plant West Chicago
General Motors Fisher Body Plant Willow Springs
General Motors Plant Chicago
General Motors Plant Brookfield
General Motors Plant La Grange
Glidden Paint Company Rockford
Good Samaritan Hospital Mt. Vernon
Goodyear Plant Joliet
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant Henry
Grand Tower Power Station Grand Tower
Granite City Steel aka National Steel Granite City
Great Lakes Naval Training Center Chicago
Great Lakes Power Plant Waukegan
Green Brothers Steel Foundry Rockford
Greenlee Brothers Rockford
Gunite Foundry Rockford
Havana Powerhouse Havana
Hawthorne Works Plant Chicago
Hotpoint Appliance Factory Chicago
IBM Building Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Centralia
Illinois Packing Company Chicago
Illinois Power Coffeen
Illinois Power & Light Powerhouse Havana
Illinois Power & Light- Venice Powerhouse Venice
Illinois Power Company East Alton
Inland Steel Mill Chicago
International Harvester Rock Island
International Harvester Company Melrose Park
International Harvester Plant Chicago
International Harvester Tractor Plant Chicago
International Truck & Engine Corp. Chicago
John Deere Foundry Moline
John Deere Plant Moline
John Deere Tractor Factory Aurora
Johns-Manville Waukegan
Johns-Manville Pipe Plant Waukegan
Johns-Manville Plant Null
Johns-Manville Plant Madison County
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Plant Bedford Park
Johnson & Johnson Plant Romeoville
Joliet Arsenal Joliet
Joliet Powerhouse Joliet
Joppa Power Plant Joppa
Joppa Steam Electric Station Joppa
Kincaid Steam Plant Kincaid
Laclede Steel Plant Alton
Lake Of Egypt Powerhouse aka REA Powerhouse Marion
Lakeside Powerhouse Springfield
Libby Owens Ford Glass Plant Marseilles
Libby-Owens Glass Plant Ottawa
Madison Foundry Rockford
Marathon Oil Roberts
Marathon Oil Refinery Robinson
Marion City Water Marion
Marion Powerhouse Marion
Marshall Fields Department Store Chicago
Meredosia Powerhouse Meredosia
Midwest Rubber Sauget
Mobil Oil Refinery Joliet
Mobil Oil Refinery East St. Louis
Mobil Oil Refinery Chicago
Monsanto Chemical Plant Sauget
Montgomery Ward Building Chicago
Mueller Foundry Decatur
National Enameling/Stamping Company (NESCO) Granite City
National Stockyards (Armor Building) East St. Louis
Naval Training Center Great Lakes
Northern Illinois University De Kalb
Northern Petro-Chemical Plant Morris
Northwestern Steel & Wire Sterling
O & H Foundry Rockford
O’Hare International Airport Chicago
Olin Alton
Olin Corporation aka Western Cartige East Alton
Ottawa Chemical Plant Ottawa
Owens-Illinois Glass Plant Streator
Owens-Illinois Glass Works Alton
Owens-Illinois Plant Alton
Pennsylvania Rail Road Springfield
Peoria Power Plant Peoria
Perk Foods Company Chicago
Petro Chemical Plant Joliet
Petro Chemical Refinery Tuscola
Powerton Power Plant Pekin
Powerton Powerhouse Peoria
Pressed Steel Car Company Mt. Vernon
Proctor & Gamble Plant Chicago
Pure Oil Refinery Chicago
Pure Oil Refinery Lemont
Pure Oil Refinery Lockport
Quad City Nuclear Powerhouse Cordova
REA Powerhouse Lake Of Egypt
Republic Steel Chicago
Republic Steel Mill Chicago
Reynolds Aluminum Plant Mccook
Reynolds Metals Plant Chicago
RG Construction Services Chicago
Rock Island Millworks Rock Island
Rockford Drop Forge Rockford
Roth Rubber Plant Cicero
Scott Air Force Base Belleville
Sears, Roebuck Tower Chicago
Shell Oil Company Roxana
Shell Oil Field Norris City
Shell Oil Refinery Wood River
Shell Oil Refinery Woodriver
Skil Tool Chicago
Southern Illinois Power Co-Op Marion
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Southern Union Gas Co Bloomfield
Springfield Powerhouse Springfield
St. John’s Hospital Springfield
Staley Corn Products Corn Refining Plant Decatur
Standard Oil Refinery East Chicago
Standard Steel Springs Madison
State Of Illinois Power Plant Springfield
Stauffer Chemical Plant Chicago Heights
Steelcraft Inc Springfield
Sunstrand Machine Tool co Rockford
Texaco Tank Farm Lockport
Thomas A. Edison Nuclear Power Plant Chicago
Trojan Power Plant Wolf Lake
True Value Hardware Decatur
U.S. Industrial Chemical Plant Tuscola
U.S. Steel Waukegan
U.S. Steel Mill Chicago
U.S. Steel Mill Joliet
U.S. Steel Mill Granite City
U.S.I. Engineering Plant Tuscola
Union Oil Joliet
Union Oil Refinery Lamont
United States Steel Chicago
University Of Chicago Chicago
University Of Illinois Champaign
University Of Illinois Urbana
University Of Illinois Power Plant Champaign
US Reduction aluminum Smelter East Chicago
VA Hospital Hines
Valley Mold and Iron Chicago
Vanron Inc Rockford
Velsicol Chemical Plant Paris
W F Hall Printing Company Chicago
Wabash Railroad Various
Walworth Company/ Walworth Boilers (Kewanee Boilers) Kewanee
Ward Bakery Chicago
West Franklin Powerhouse West Franklin
Western Electric Cicero
Western Electric Corporation Chicago
Wilson & Co.Inc. Chicago
Wisconsin Steel Chicago
Wisconsin Steel Works Chicago
Wood River Powerhouse Wood River
Wyman-Gordon Plant Harvey
York Electronics Decatur

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