South Carolina Asbestos Areas

Early in the twentieth century South Carolina began to expand beyond its agricultural base of cotton and tobacco crops. The state developed a thriving textile industry and began to attract chemical companies that are found throughout the south, especially where oil development has occurred. The state also took advantage of its coast with the advent of some shipyard activity, both civilian and for the United States Navy. 

There was not a lot of heavy industry developed in South Carolina at that time, but as the population and commercial demands grew so did the number of steam-driven power plants. All of these facilities made abundant use of asbestos products for the purpose of heat control and insulation. In an era when asbestos was not recognized as the potent carcinogen as it is today, the resilient material with high insulating qualities was popular for both home and commercial use. Railroads and factories used asbestos products as did steam-driven electrical plants, where heat was a problem for operating employees.

The result is a substantial number of jobsites in South Carolina where workers may well have been exposed to asbestos on the job. Breathing asbestos fibers from construction dust or just old, crumbling insulation was a hazard throughout the country long before it was acknowledged as such. Malignant mesothelioma is the most lethal result of asbestos exposure – a form of cancer that attacks the lungs and the abdominal cavity. 

It takes years, even decades to develop after asbestos exposure, which is why many South Carolinians who worked at jobsites such as those listed below are just now being diagnosed with asbestos-caused cancer. People who have suffered from asbestos exposure are entitled to compensation; if you or a family member worked at any of these sites and are now burdened with asbestosis or mesothelioma cancer, contact a South Carolina mesothelioma lawyer who will see to it that your claims are filed and dealt with quickly.

Asbestos Jobsites in South Carolina

Owens Corning Fiberglass Aiken, SC
Dupont  Aiken, AC
Allendale Wool Aiken, SC
Carolina Power & Light Anderson, SC
Dow Chemical Anderson, SC
Duke Siding Anderson, SC
Eastman Kodak Anderson, SC
Monsanto Chemical Anderson, SC
Owens Corning Fiberglass Anderson, SC
Stauffer Chemical Anderson, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Beech Island, SC
Kimberly Clark Corp. Beech Island, SC
Daniel Construction Beech Island, SC
Berea Industrial Park – Carolina Eastman Berea, SC
Berea Industrial Park – Railroad Station Berea, SC
Covil Insulation Co. Berea, SC
Kendall Co. Bethune, SC
Magnolia Finishing Plant Blacksburg, SC
Pacolet Yarns Blacksburg, SC
Pacolet Manufacturing Co. Blacksburg, SC
U.S. Naval Base Buford, SC
Rocky River Plant Calhoun Falls, SC
Dupont Chemical Camden, SC
May Plant Camden, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Canadys, SC 
 Bowater Carolina Corp. Catawba, SC 
Champion Paper Plant Catawba, SC
American Enka Central, SC
Avco Lycoming Charleston, SC
Berkeley Square Shopping Center Charleston, SC
Chevron Charleston, SC
Charleston Naval Shipyard Charleston, SC
Detyens Shipyard Charleston, SC
Denton Shipyard Charleston, SC
Duke Energy Charleston, SC
Exxon Charleston, SC
Niles Manufacturing Co. Charleston, SC
Port Park Naval Base Charleston, SC
Naval Supply Depot Charleston, SC
J.R. Deans Co. Charleston, SC
Niles Manufacturing Co. Charleston, SC
North Brothers Inc. Charleston, SC
South Carolina Manufacturing Charleston, SC
Stafford Insulation Co. Charleston, SC
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Charleston, SC
Westinghouse Turbine Charleston, SC
Bearing Distributors Charleston Heights, SC
Port Park Charleston Heights, SC
Seaboard Railroad Charleston Heights, SC
Coca-Cola Cheraw, SC
Montgomery Mills Chesnee, SC
Spartan Mills Chesnee, SC
Clearwater Finishing Plant Clearwater
Celotex Clemson, SC
Clemson University Clemson, SC
Excelsior Textiles Clemson, SC
Imperial Manufacturing  Clemson, SC
C.B. Metals Co. Clinton, SC
Camden High School College Spur, SC
Catlin Parish College Spur, SC
Columbia College College Spur, SC
Duke Power College Spur, SC
Great Falls High School College Spur, SC
Marshall Plant College Spur, SC
Mayfair Mills College Spur, SC
Riegel Paper College Spur, SC
Sonoco Engineering College Spur, SC
U.S. Rubber Co. College Spur, SC
Whitten Village College Spur, SC
York Co. College Spur, SC
Allied Chemical Columbia, SC
Bonitz Insulation Co. Columbia, SC
Carolina Eastman Columbia, SC
Catlin Parish Columbia, SC
Eastman Co. Columbia, SC
Fort Jackson Columbia, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Columbia, SC
Seaboard Park Columbia, SC
U.S. Rubber Co. Columbia, SC
North Brothers, Inc. Columbia, SC
Central Electric Power Coop. Conway, SC
Collins & Aikman Corp. Cowpens, SC
Dixiana Mills Dillon, SC
Dupont Dunbarton, SC
Monsanto Chemical  East Greenwood, SC
Carolina Eastman  Eastman, SC
South Carolina Industries Kraft Linerboard Plant Florence, SC 
Union Carbide – Daniel Construction Florence, SC
Dupont Florence, SC
Smurfit Stone Container Enterprises Inc. Florence, SC
Hoechst Fibers Plant Forster, SC
Hystron Fibers Plant   Forster, SC
Fort Jackson Fort Jackson, SC
Sligh Plumbing & Heating Fort Jackson, SC
Wylie Power Plant Fort Mill, SC  
Furman Plant Fountain Inn, SC
Gaffney High School Gaffney, SC
Southern Railway Gaffney, SC
Georgetown Veneer Co. Georgetown, SC
International Paper Co. Georgetown, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. Goose Creek, SC
 Graniteville Manufacturing Co. Graniteville, SC
American Enka Greenville, SC
Berea Industrial Park Greenville, SC
Bahan Textile Greenville, SC
Champion Paper Greenville, SC
Covil Insulation Co. Greenville, SC
Daniel International Greenville, SC
Delta Mills Greenville, SC
Fibers International Greenville, SC
Furman University Greenville, SC
General Electric Greenville, SC
White House Mill Greenville, SC
Kendall Mill Greenville, SC
Monsanto Chemical Co. Greenville, SC
 Nylon Industries, Inc. Greenville, SC
Skyland Power Plant Greenville, SC
Union Bleachery Greenville, SC
Weyerhauser Co. Greenville, SC
Chemstrand Greenwood, SC
Greenwood Mills Mathews Plant Greenwood, SC
Monsanto  Greenwood, SC
Westinghouse Plant Hampton, SC
Little Giant Cement Company  Harleyville, SC 
Carolina Power & Light – Progress Energy Hartsville, SC
H.B. Robinson Hartsville, SC
Sonoco Paper Hartsville, SC
Duke Energy Nuclear Plant Henry, SC
B.F. Goodrich Co. Honea Path, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas – Daniel Construction Co, Inness, SC
Carolina Power & Light – Progress Energy Irmo, SC 
Allied Chemical & Dye – National Aniline Division  Irmo, SC
Allied Chemical Columbia Plant Irmo, SC
SLN & L Railroad Irmo, SC
Fort Jackson Jackson, SC
Joanna Cotton Mill Joanna, SC
LaFrance Industries LaFrance, SC
Grace Bleachery Lancaster, SC
Spring Cotton Mills Lancaster, SC
Manetta Mills Lando, SC
Bowater Co. Leslie, SC
W.A. Lamans Lugoff, SC
Dupont Lugoff, SC
J.P. Stevens McCormick, SC
McCormick Mills Corp. McCormick, SC
Milliken Mills McCormick, SC
 South Carolina Electic & Gas Co. Middleton, SC
Aerocox Corp. Myrtle Beach, SC
Duke Power Oconee Nuclear Plant  Newry, SC
Southern Brick Co. Ninety Six, SC
American Enka – Clemson Plant Norris, SC
Stafford Insulation Co. North Charleston, SC
Westvaco Paper North Charleston, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. North Wateree, SC
Fabric Services Inc. Orangeburg, SC
Greenwood Mills Orangeburg, SC
Ethyl Corp. Orangeburg, SC
Wannamaker Chemical Orangeburg, SC 
Pacolet Cotton Mill Pacolet, SC
Marsh Plywood Corp. Pamplico, SC
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. Parr, SC
Duke Power Pelzer, SC
Milliken Mills Pendleton, SC
Excelsior Finishing Pendleton, SC
South Carolina Public Service Authority Pinopolis, SC
Parris Island Steam Distribution System Port Royal, SC
North Brothers, Inc. Port Royal, SC
Bowater Rock Hill, SC
Celanese Fibers Corp. Rock Hill, SC
Champion Paper Rock Hill, SC
Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC
Georgia Pacific Corp. Russellville, SC
Duke Power (Progress Energy) Jocassee Plant Salem, SC
Jocassee Power Plant Salem, SC
Duke Power CO. – Oconee Nuclear Plant Seneca, SC
National Distillers & Chemical Seneca, SC
Quantum Chemical  Seneca, SC
Sirocco Seneca, SC
Ashland Oil, Inc. South Charleston, SC
Nylon Industries South Greenville, SC
Alexandria Dyers & Finishing Spartanburg, SC
Andrew Bearing Plant Spartanburg, SC
Drayton Cotton Mill Spartanburg, SC
Celanese Chemical Spartanburg, SC
Covil Insulation Co. Spartanburg, SC
Garrett Engineering Co. Spartanburg, SC
Hercules  Inc. Spartanburg, SC
Hoescht Celanese Fibers Spartanburg, SC
Hystron Fibers Spartanburg, SC
North Brothers, Inc. Spartanburg, SC
Pet Milk Plant Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg High School Spartanburg, SC
University of South Carolina Spartanburg, SC
Wofford College Spartanburg, SC
Central Laundry State Park, SC
Southern Mill Supply Co. Summerville, SC
Campbell Soup Co. Sumter, SC
Exide Battery CO. Sumter, SC
Southern Bleachery & Printworks Inc. Taylors, SC
Carotell Paperboard Corporation  Taylors, SC
Benfrew Bleachery Travelers Rest, SC
Abney Mills Travelers Rest, SC
Torrington Bearing Co. Walhalla, SC
Walhalla Cotton Mill Walhalla, SC
Delta Finishing Co. Wallace, SC
Regal Textiles Ware Shoals, SC
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. Wateree, SC
Wateree Steam Plant Wateree, SC
Dunlop Rubber Co. Westminster, SC
Oconee Mills Westminster, SC
Duke Power – Lee Steam Plant Williamston, SC
Duke Power – Catawba Power Plant York, SC
Springs Industries Bleachery York, SC

Asbestos Deaths in South Carolina

In 2004 a non-profit environmental organization release a thorough study of deaths caused by asbestos across this country, during the years 1979-2001. Over this period asbestos was acknowledged, finally, to be a hazardous carcinogen that affected people through inhalation. The study developed conclusions about the number of deaths caused by asbestosis and mesothelioma over that period and presented them broken out by state. For a state with minimal heavy industry, South Carolina was fairly high on the list – ranked 22nd among states for asbestos related deaths. Asbestosis caused 308 asbestosis deaths over the period scrutinized in the study; the conclusion for mesothelioma deaths was a range between 326 and 556.

The reason for the range is the fact that the federal government did not begin to track mesothelioma deaths until 1999. The analysts on the study developed their figures based on reports of asbestos-related cancer and assumptions that lung cancer associated with long time asbestos exposure might well have been pleural mesothelioma cancer. During the period from 1999 trough 2004 the government reported 177 mesothelioma deaths in South Carolina.

Mesothelioma Treatment in South Carolina

The National Cancer Institute has identified forty one prominent cancer treatment and research facilities across the country that will receive federal support for coordinated cancer research. All of them are prominent cancer centers now and are likely candidates for clinical trials of potential new treatments for many types of cancer, including mesothelioma. The closest such centers to South Carolina are in North Carolina:

NORTH CAROLINA
 
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
102 Mason Farm Rd.,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
Tel: (919) 966-3036
Fax: (919) 966-3015
  
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina 27710
Tel: (919) 684-5613
Fax: (919) 684-5653
 Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
Tel: (336) 716-7971
Fax: (336) 716-0293

In South Carolina there is a respected cancer center at:

Hollings Cancer Center
Medical University of South Carolina
86 Jonathan Lucas Street
Charleston, SC 29425
(843) 792-7813