Asbestos Exposure Sites in West Virginia
Our records contain 106 asbestos exposure sites in West Virginia, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in West Virginia
For decades, West Virginia buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many West Virginia residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so West Virginia workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of West Virginia asbestos exposure sites include:
- West Virginia factories
- Powerplants in West Virginia
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in West Virginia
Below is a list of 106 known sites of asbestos exposure in West Virginia. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 46 West Virginia cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The West Virginia city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Huntington, WV, with 10 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another West Virginia asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| ACF Industries | Huntington |
| AEP Central | New Haven |
| Albright Powerstation | Albright |
| Allied Chemical Company | Moundsville |
| Allied Chemical Company | Nitro |
| Allied Chemical Plant | Moundsville |
| American Alloys-Foote Min-Vandium | New Haven |
| American Cyanamid-Ceytec Ind | Willow Island |
| American Viscose Rayon Plant | Parkersburg |
| American Viscose Rayon Plant-FMC | Nitro |
| BASF Corporation | Huntington |
| Beech Bottom Power Plant | Beech Bottom |
| BF Goodrich Gulf | Institute |
| BF Goodrich Synthetic Rubber Plant | Institute |
| Big Sandy Power Plant | Kenova |
| Blauknox Steel | Wheeling |
| Blaw-Knox Rolls Foundry | Wheeling |
| Brockway Glass Mfg Plant-Anchor-formerly Hazel Atlas | Clarksburg |
| C & O-CSX Shops | Huntington |
| Cabin Creek Power Plant | Cabin Creek |
| Cabin Creek Power Station | Cabin Creek |
| Carneige Steel | Charleston |
| Celanese Chemical | Point Pleasant |
| Conners Steel-HK Porter-Steel of WV | Huntington |
| Corning Glass Company | Parkersburg |
| Diamond Shamrock | Belle |
| Diamond Shamrock-Chemetals Inc | Kingwood |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Belle |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Parkersburg |
| Dupont Parkersburg-Washington | Beech Bottom |
| Elk River Refinery | Falling Rock |
| Fike Chemical | Nitro |
| FMC | Nitro |
| FMC | Parkersburg |
| FMC | South Charleston |
| Follansbee Steel | Follansbee |
| Fort Martin Power Plant | Morgantown |
| Fort Martin Powerstation | Maidsville |
| General Chemical | Point Pleasant |
| Glasgow Power-Kanawha River Power | Glasgow |
| Goodyear | Apple Grove |
| Harrison Power Station | Haywood |
| Houdialle Industries | Huntington |
| Huntington Alloys Specialty Metals Plant-formerly Inco Alloys | Huntington |
| INCO | Huntington |
| John Amos Power | Winfield |
| John Amos Power Plant-formerly Big Scary | Scary |
| Kaiser Aluminum | Ravenswood |
| Kaiser Aluminum Plant | Ravenswood |
| Kammer Power | Captina |
| Kammer-Mitchell Power Plant | Moundsville |
| Kanawha River Power Plant | Glasgow |
| Kerr Glass Company | Huntington |
| Libby Owens Ford Glass | Charleston |
| Logan Power Station | Logan |
| Louie Glass Company | Weston |
| Mitchell Power Plant | Captina |
| Mobay Chemical Plant | Wheeling |
| Mobay Chemical Plant-Bayer | New Martinsville |
| Mobay Chemical-Miles Corp | New Martinsville |
| Monongahela Power Plant | Rivesville |
| Monsanto Chemical | New Martinsville |
| Monsanto Chemical | Nitro |
| Monsanto Chemical Plant-Solutia | Nitro |
| Mount Storm Power Plant | Mount Storm |
| Mountain State Steel Castings Foundry | Parkersburg |
| Mountaineer Power Plant | New Haven |
| Mt Storm Powerhouse | Mount Storm |
| N & W-NSRS | Bluefield |
| Novamont Chemical-Aristech | Kenova |
| Occidental Chemical | Belle |
| Owens Illinois | Charleston |
| Owens Illinois | Fairmont |
| Owens Illinois | Huntington |
| Owens Illinois-Demuth-Brockway Glass | Vienna |
| Owens-Illinois Gas Plant | Huntington |
| Owens-Illinois Glass Plant | Fairmont |
| Pantasote Chemical | Point Pleasant |
| Philip Sporn Power Plant | New Haven |
| Philip Sporn Power Plant | Graham Station |
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass-PPG Plant | Natrium |
| Pleasants Power Station | Willow Island |
| PPG Industries | Natrium |
| PPG Industries | Stonewood |
| PPG Industries | Clarksburg |
| Quaker State Refinery-Congo Plant | Newell |
| Ravenswood Glass Novelty Mfg Plant-Marble Factory | Ravenswood |
| Rivesville Power Plant | Rivesville |
| Stauffer-AKZO Chemical | Point Pleasant |
| Union Carbide | Sistersville |
| Union Carbide | South Charleston |
| Union Carbide | Institute |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Anmoore |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Institute |
| Union Carbide Tech Center | South Charleston |
| Union Carbide-Elkem Metals | Alloy |
| Weirton Steel | Weirton |
| Weirton Steel Mill | Weirton |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown |
| West Virginia University Hospital | Morgantown |
| Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel | Follansbee |
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh Coke Plant-Mountain State Carbon | Follansbee |
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Fabrication Plant | Beech Bottom |
| Willow Island Power Plant | St Marys |
| Willow Island Power Station | Willow Island |
| WV Malleable Iron | Point Pleasant |
