Oklahoma Asbestos Areas

There are certain industries that are associated with a high probability of hazardous asbestos exposure; power plants, oil refineries, chemical companies and paper mills are among them. The oil discoveries in Oklahoma led to the construction of a multitude of oil processing facilities through the twentieth centuries. Chemical companies seem to follow oil companies, and power stations are needed in any state to provide electricity to homes and businesses.

High-Risk Asbestos Exposure in Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s oil industry is the pride of the state but working in it was, for much of the twentieth century, a potential cause for asbestos exposure. Both the drilling companies and the refineries used asbestos products because asbestos is both a highly effective form of insulation and a fire retardant as well. Asbestos was also used both as insulation and as gasket material in the natural gas extraction and transmission business. 

The areas in and around Tulsa and Oklahoma City are laced with jobsites that have a high probability for asbestos use and employee exposure. Much of this may have occurred before the late 1980s when asbestos products were taken off the market. However the most deadly asbestos-caused disease has a long latency period, of up to twenty years or more.

Asbestos Diseases: Mesothelioma & Asbestosis

That disease is mesothelioma cancer, caused by asbestos fibers that are inhaled and work their way into the membranes lining the lungs, around the heart and in the abdominal cavity. Mesothelioma is still taking its toll, decades after industries ceased using asbestos products. The material that is left is just as dangerous, perhaps more so as it ages and begins to deteriorate.

Asbestos can also cause asbestosis, an affliction wherein the asbestos fibers scar the lungs permanently and reduce lung capacity. While it is not cancerous, asbestosis can be fatal. Malignant mesothelioma is lethal; patients who are diagnosed with it have a survival period of twelve to eighteen months.

Asbestos Jobsites in Oklahoma

The jobsites listed below are locations in Oklahoma where asbestos was used in structures and on equipment and where asbestos exposure was likely for at least some employees. If you have been employed by any of these businesses you should discuss the implications of asbestos exposure with your doctor, even if it occurred many years ago. If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or an asbestos related illness, contact an Oklahoma mesothelioma lawyer about compensation that may be owed to you by the asbestos companies and product manufacturers.

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE ALTUS OK
INDUSTRIAL INSULATORS, INC. ALTUS OK
BEN FRANKLIN REFINING COMPANY ARDMORE OK
BARECO OIL COMPANY BARNSDALL OK
BARECO WAX CO BARNSDALL OK
PETROLITE CORP. BARNSDALL OK
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY BARTLESVILLE OK
CABOT CORP. BEAVER OK
INTERNATIONAL MILLING CO. BLACKWELL OK
GRADY COUNTY HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER CHICKASHA OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. - MUSTANG STATION COUNCIL OK
DEEP ROCK OIL CORP. CUSHING OK
MIDLAND COOPERATIVES, INC. CUSHING OK
SUNRAY REFINERY DUNCAN OK
BASS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ENID OK
CHAMPLIN OIL & REFINING CO. ENID OK
ENID ASBESTOS CO. ENID OK
WARREN PETROLEUM CORPORATION FORGAN OK
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY GUYMON OK
SWIFT & CO. GUYMON OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. HARRAH OK
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO - O G & E POWER PLANT HARRAH OK
EXXON HENNESSEY OK
HUMBLE OIL COMPANY - GASOLINE PLANT HENNESSEY OK
RODMAN GAS COMPANY HENNESSEY OK
EAGLE PICHER HENRYETTA OK
NATIONAL HELIUM PLANT KEYES OK
U. S. BUREAU OF MINES KEYES OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. KONAWA OK
FORT SILL ARMY BASE LAWTON OK
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. LINDSAY OK
WARREN PETROLEUM CORPORATION MADILL OK
LONE STAR GAS COMPANY MARLOWE OK
HUDGENS CONSTRUCTION CO. MCALESTER OK
NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT MCALESTER OK
OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY MCALESTER OK
U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT MCALESTER OK
UNION IRON WORKS MCALESTER OK
B F GOODRICH TIRE COMPANY MIAMI OK
CALLERY CHEMICAL CO. MUSKOGEE OK
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE & POST OFFICE BL MUSKOGEE OK
FORT HOWARD PAPER MILL MUSKOGEE OK
MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL MUSKOGEE OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. - RIVERBANK STATION MUSKOGEE OK
SWIFT & CO. MUSKOGEE OK
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN OK
A. C. C. MACHINE TOOL CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
AUTODIN FACILITIES  OKLAHOMA CITY OK
BELLE ISLE SCHOOL OKLAHOMA CITY OK
CAIN'S COFFEE CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
CONSOLIDATED INSULATION INC. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
FEDERAL BUILDING OKLAHOMA CITY OK
IMC DRILLING MUD, INC. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
INSULATIONS, INC. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
MARK BLODGETT INSULATION CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
MIDWEST INSULATION & MATERIAL CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL OKLAHOMA CITY OK
STANDARD ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING & INSULATING CO. OKLAHOMA CITY OK
TINKER A F B OKLAHOMA CITY OK
TRANSWORLD DRILLING OKLAHOMA CITY OK
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. OKMULGEE OK
OOLAGAH POWERHOUSE OOLAGAH OK
PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF OKLAHOMA OOLOGAH OK
CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. PONCA CITY OK
CONTINENTAL CARBON COMPANY PONCA CITY OK
L. A. KING, INC. PONCA CITY OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY PONCA CITY OK
PONCA CITY UTILITY AUTHORITY PONCA CITY OK
CHEROKEE NITROGEN PLANT PRYOR OK
GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY PRYOR OK
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER OK
ALLIED ASPHALT REFINERY STROUD OK
ALLIED MATERIALS CORPORATION STROUD OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY SULPHUR OK
CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. TALLANT OK
ACANDS, INC. TULSA OK
ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY TULSA OK
DX-SUNRAY OIL REFINERY TULSA OK
EMPIRE ROOFING & INSUL. CO. TULSA OK
ENTERPRISE BUILDING TULSA OK
HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER TULSA OK
INSULATION SERVICES, INC. TULSA OK
KANAWHA FITTINGS TULSA OK
L. A. KING, INC. TULSA OK
MALONEY CRAWFORD TANK CO TULSA OK
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY TULSA OK
MW KELLOGG TULSA OK
NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA TULSA OK
OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. TULSA OK
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. TULSA OK
PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF OKLAHOMA - TULSA POWER STATION TULSA OK
STEVENS ASBESTOS PRODUCT COMPANY, INC. TULSA OK
STEVENS-KING CO., INC. TULSA OK
TEXACO OIL TULSA OK
UNITED INSULATION COMPANY TULSA OK
RUST ENGINEERING COMPANY VALLIANT OK
SOUTH EASTERN OKLAHOMA INDUST AUTHORITY VALLIANT OK
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY VALLIANT OK
SKELLY OIL CO. VELMA OK
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA WASHITA OK
SOUTHWESTERN BELL WEATHERFORD OK
TEXACO OIL WEST TULSA OK
SHELL OIL COMPANY - DILLARD PLANT WILSON OK
DIERKS FORESTS, INC. WRIGHT CITY OK
KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION WYNNEWOOD OK

Mesothelioma & Asbestosis Deaths in Oklahoma

In 2004 a study was released that analyzed the reported deaths from asbestosis and mesothelioma on a nationwide basis. The period of time that was studied stretched from the end of 1979 to the year 2000. In Oklahoma the researchers found that 104 deaths had been reported as due to asbestosis. The mesothelioma deaths in the state were reported as being somewhere between 232 and 397. The range is due to the fact that during the period under scrutiny lung cancer may have been reported as the cause of death when the primary illness was pleural mesothelioma, cancer of the lining of the lungs.

In 1999 the federal government began keeping accurate statistics on deaths due to mesothelioma. Over that period there were 141 such deaths in Oklahoma. The illnesses and fatalities from asbestos exposure continue because it often takes twenty years or more after asbestos exposure for the symptoms of mesothelioma to appear. Annual deaths from mesothelioma are expected to continue to rise slightly for the next several years and then level off.

Cancer Treatment in Oklahoma

Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Southwestern Regional Medical Center
10109 E. 79th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133
(918) 286-5000

Cancer Care Associates
Twelve locations throughout the state:
http://www.cancercareassociates.org/our-locations/