Asbestos Exposure Sites in Pennsylvania
Our records contain 178 asbestos exposure sites in Pennsylvania, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Pennsylvania
For decades, Pennsylvania buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Pennsylvania residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Pennsylvania workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Pennsylvania asbestos exposure sites include:
- Pennsylvania factories
- Powerplants in Pennsylvania
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Pennsylvania
Below is a list of 178 known sites of asbestos exposure in Pennsylvania. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 86 Pennsylvania cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Pennsylvania city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Pittsburgh, PA, with 33 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Pennsylvania asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| 40th & Butler Terminal Building | Pittsburgh |
| A.P. Green Plant | Philadelphia |
| Air Reduction Company | Johnstown |
| Alcoa Aluminum Lab | New Kingston |
| ALCOA Aluminum Rolled Products Plant | Lancaster |
| Alcoa Laboratory | Pittsburgh |
| Allegheny Aluminum Plant | Brackenridge |
| Allenwood Steel Company | Conshohocken |
| Allied Chemical Plant | Philadelphia |
| Allied Signal Chemical Plant | Frankford |
| Alloi Steel | South Hampton |
| American Bridge Shipyard | Pittsburgh |
| Amstar Sugar Refinery | Philadelphia |
| AP Green Plant | Springdale |
| Armco Steel Mill | Butler |
| Armco Steel-Ambridge Works Plant | Ambridge |
| Armco Steel-Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Armstrong Flooring Plant | Lancaster |
| Atomic Power Plant | Beaver |
| B. F. Goodrich Tire & Rubber Plant | Oaks |
| Babcock & Wilcox Seamless Tube Plant | Beaver Falls |
| Barbados Island Power Plant | Norristown |
| Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant | Shippingport |
| Beaver Valley Power Plant | Beaver Valley |
| Bethlehem Steel | Bethlehem |
| Bethlehem Steel Co. | Leetsdale |
| Bethlehem Steel Mill | Leetsdale |
| Bethlehem Steel Mill | Johnstown |
| Bethlehem Steel Mill | Bethlehem |
| Boeing Aircraft Plant | Ridley Township |
| Boeing Helicopter Plant | Morton |
| Bristol Steel Mill | Bristol |
| Bruce Mansfield Power Plant | Shippingport |
| Building Maintenance & Engineering Corporation | Pittsburgh |
| Carnegie Technical School | Pittsburgh |
| CertainTeed Plant | York |
| Chemical Plant | Trainer |
| Cheswick Generating Station Power Plant | Springdale |
| Chevron Oil Refinery | Philadelphia |
| Clairton Coke Works | Clairton |
| Cleaver Brooks Boiler Plant | Lebanon |
| Conemaugh Power Plant | Johnstown |
| Continental Can Co | Pittsburgh |
| Copperweld Steel Rod & Wire Mill | Glassport |
| Cromby Generating Station | Phoenixville |
| Crown Cork | Conchahaka |
| Crucible Steel Plant - LTV Specialty Steel Products Plant | Midland |
| Dana Corp | Reading |
| Decamos Corp | Pittsburgh |
| Dick Corporation | Pittsburgh |
| Dravo Shipbuilding Corp | Pittsburgh |
| Dravo Shipyard | Neville Island |
| Dukane Power & Light | Burros Island |
| Duncan & Miller Glass Plant | Washington |
| Duquesne Light & Power | Pittsburgh |
| Duquesne Power Plant | Aliquippa |
| Elrama Power Plant | Elrama |
| Fairless Steel Mill | Morrisville |
| Firestone | Pottstown |
| Firestone Tire & Chemical Plant | Pottstown |
| Fisher & Porter Steel | South Hampton |
| Fluor Corp | Yorktown |
| Gateway Center | Pittsburgh |
| General Electric Manufacturing Plant | Philadelphia |
| General Electric Plant | Canonsburg |
| General Electric Transportation Systems Locomotive Plant | Erie |
| Glatfelter Pulp and Paper Mill | Spring Grove |
| Golf Tower | Pittsburgh |
| Greater Pittsburgh Airport | Pittsburgh |
| H.J. Heinz Manufacturing Plant | Pittsburgh |
| Hammermill Paper Mill | Erie |
| Hatfield’s Ferry Power Plant | Masontown |
| Heintz Manufacturing Plant | Philadelphia |
| Homer City Power Generating Station | Homer City |
| Hussey Copper Plant | Leetsdale |
| Inquirer Building Press Room | Philadelphia |
| J & L Steel | Pittsburgh |
| J&L Steel | Pittsburgh |
| Jam River Pulp Mill | Harrisburg |
| Jessop Specialty Steel Mill | Washington |
| Johnsonville Naval Air & Research Center | Philadelphia |
| Kendall Refinery | Bradford |
| Martins Creek Power Plant | Martins Creek |
| Mathis Shipyard | Philadelphia |
| Mesta Machine Steel Machinery Manufacturing Plant | Homestead |
| Mitchell Power Station | Monongahela |
| National Castings Foundry | Sharon |
| National Sugar Refinery aka Jack Frost Sugar | Philadelphia |
| New Castle Power Generating Station | New Castle |
| New Jersey Zinc Refinery Smelter | Palmerton |
| New York Gas Compressor Station | Delmont |
| Owens Corning | Croyten |
| Owens-Corning Fiberglass Plant | Huntingdon |
| Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station | Delta |
| Peach Bottom Nuclear Power | Peach Bottom |
| Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant | Delta |
| Penn Center Building | Philadelphia |
| Penn Central Railroad | Altoona |
| Penn State College | Altoona |
| Pennsylvania Piping | Pittsburgh |
| Pennsylvania Power Plant | Pittsburgh |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | Harrisburg |
| Pennsylvania Shipyard Inc | Beaumont |
| Phil Shipyard | Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia Electric | Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) Eddystone Station Power Plant | Eddystone |
| Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia Naval Yard | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh Chemical | Pittsburgh |
| Pittsburgh Coke Chemical | Newel Island |
| Pittsburgh Glass | Oil City |
| Pittsburgh Plate & Glass | New Kensington |
| Pittsburgh Plate (PPG) Glass Plant | Creighton |
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) World Headquarters Building | Pittsburgh |
| Pittsburgh Press | Pittsburgh |
| Pittsburgh Steel | Charleroi |
| PPG Paint | Springdale |
| RCA Assembly Plant | Washington |
| Reading Foundry | Reading |
| Rohm & Haas Chemical Plant | Bristol |
| Rohm & Haas Chemical Plant | Philadelphia |
| Rohm & Haas Powder Coatings Plant | Reading |
| Scehneley Distillery Company | New Kensington |
| Scott Paper Mill | Chester |
| Sharon Steel | Sharon |
| Sharon Tube Company | Sharon |
| Shawville Power Plant | Clearfield |
| Sinclair - Koppers Chemical Plant | Monaca |
| Snow & Sons Construction | Duke Center |
| Spearhead Cabinet Shop | Pittsburgh |
| St Clair Elementary | Pittsburgh |
| St Clair Hospital | Pittsburgh |
| St Clair Power Plant | Pittsburgh |
| St. Joseph Minerals Zinc Smelter | Monaca |
| State School | Ebensburg |
| Steel Mill | Conshohocken |
| Sun Oil | Marcus Hook |
| Sun Oil (Sunoco) Refinery | Marcus Hook |
| Sun Oil (Sunoco) Refinery - Chevron Refinery and Atlantic Refinery | Philadelphia |
| Sun Shipbuilding Shipyard | Chester |
| Sun Shipyard | Philadelphia |
| Temple University | Philadelphia |
| Temple University Hospital | Philadelphia |
| Temple University Mental Health Facility | Philadelphia |
| The Budd Company Automotive and Railcar Assembly Plant | Philadelphia |
| The May Department Stores Company | Pittsburgh |
| Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant | Harrisburg |
| U.S. Naval Damage Control Training Center | Philadelphia |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Ambridge |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Pittsburgh |
| U.S. Steel Mill - Fairless Works | Fairless Hills |
| United States Glass Plant | Glassport |
| United States Steel - Clairton Works | Clairton |
| United States Steel - Irving Plant | Dravosburg |
| United States Steel Corp. | Allenport |
| United States Steel Headquarters Building | Pittsburgh |
| United States Steel Mill | Neville Island |
| United States Steel Mill - Duquesne Works | Duquesne |
| United States Steel Mill - Edgar Thompson Plant | Braddock |
| United States Steel Tublar Products Plant | Mckeesport |
| University Of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Pittsburgh |
| US Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia |
| US Steel | Morrisville |
| US Steel | Hibbing |
| US Steel | Homestead |
| US Steel | Dufuense |
| US Steel | Christy Park Works |
| US Steel | Pittsburgh |
| US Steel Corp | Homestead |
| USS Steel | Pittsburgh |
| Warner Concrete Plant | Devault |
| Washington Steel Mill | Washington |
| West Penn Power Office Building | Greensburg |
| Westinghouse Plant | Pittsburgh |
| Westinghouse Turbine Plant | Lester |
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Mill | Monessen |
| Willow Grove Navan Air Station and Joint Reserve Base | Horsham |
