About Asbestos Exposure in Iowa
Thousands of workers in Iowa were exposed to asbestos at industrial facilities, construction sites, shipyards, power plants, and other workplaces throughout the 20th century. Many of these companies have been held liable for asbestos exposure in lawsuits and have established bankruptcy trusts to compensate victims.
If you or a loved one worked at any of the locations listed below and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, you may be eligible for compensation.
Exposure Sites by City
- Alcoa, Inc.
- Phillips Petroleum Co.
- Riverside Powerhouse
- Iowa Southern Utilities
- Systems Ia. Ammo Plant
- Archer Daniels Midland Co.
- Interstate Power
- Iowa Power & Light Co.
- Lincoln Sales & Service, Inc.
- Mealey Goss Dexter
- Chappell Clinic
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Chemplex Corp.
- Chicago NW Railroad
- Clinton Corn Processing Co.
- Dale Dithmart Constructor
- Hawkeye Chemical
- Interstate Power & Light
- Iowa Beef Packers
- Iowa Power & Light
- Green Valley Chemical
- Nanabijou, Inc.
- C. Ewert Plumbing & Heating
- Hormel Foods Corp.
- Ideal Plumbing & Heating
- Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation
- Nicols Wire
- Northwest Plumbing
- Oscar Meyer
- Phillips Petroleum Co.
- Putman Building
- Quad-City Boiler
- Ragan Co.
- Sears Manufacturing
- Thomas Construction
- AASE Haugen Homes
- C D & Q, Inc.
- Decorah Comm School Dist.
- Lang's Dairy Equipment
- Capital City Boiler
- Electronic Engineering Co.
- Iowa Power & Light
- Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel
- Rock Island Transit
- Strosnider Concrete, Inc.
- West Des Moines School District
- Construction Products (CPI)
- Highland Potato Chip Co.
- Ms. Clark Foods
- Weber Potato Chip Co.
- DuPont
- Dubuque Packing
- F I, Inc.
- Norby Distributing
- Iowa Southern Utilities
- Pierson Plumbing & Heating
- Farmland Industries
- Northwoods Living, Inc.
- Oil Chemical Atomic Workers
- Trimark Physicians Group, Inc.
- New Cooperative, Inc.
- California Chemical
- Champion Paper Mill
- Chevron Chemical
- First Mississippi Corp.
- Sinclair Chemical
- Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.
- First Mississippi Plant
- Freuhauf
- Ortho Chemical
- St. John's
- Midwest Janitorial Services
- Weldon's Construction
- Hubinger
- Sheller Globe
- Interstate Power & Light Power Plant
- Interstate Power Co.
- Iowa Electric
- Iowa Energies
- Hydro-Tile
- Smith Plumbing & Heating
- HyCross Hatchery
- Mason County Powerhouse
- Matthews Machine Shop
- Interstate Power
- Caterpillar
- Louisa Generating Station
- Monsanto Company
- Muscatine Power
- Temp Associates-Marshalltown, Inc.
- Sara Lee
- Maytag Co.
- MonRay Windows
- Ottumwa Boiler
- Ottumwa Hospital
- Duane Arnold Energy Center
- Iowa Electric Light & Power Plant
- Pella Municipal Power Plant
- Hoovers Hatchery
- Iowa Public Power
- J & R Furniture and Carpet
- Thompson Electric Company
- Fred Grant Builders
- Tschantz Brothers Carpenters
- West Des Moines Community School Dist.
What to Do If You Worked at These Sites
OSHA first set workplace asbestos limits in 1971, but documented exposure at many of the sites above runs decades earlier. If you worked at any facility listed and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or lung cancer, a few practical steps protect both your health and any future claim. Document your work history with dates, job duties, and specific job-site locations; pull your Social Security earnings record if employers are hard to reconstruct. Gather medical records covering the diagnosis and treatment timeline. Consult an attorney who handles mesothelioma cases, since general personal injury firms rarely carry the product identification databases these claims need. File promptly: statutes of limitations vary by state and can be as short as one year from diagnosis.
Compensation Options
Workers exposed to asbestos may qualify for compensation from four sources that often run in parallel. Asbestos trust funds hold over $30 billion set aside by bankrupt manufacturers, with 60+ trusts still paying claims. Lawsuits target companies still in business whose products contributed to exposure. VA benefits apply to veterans whose exposure occurred during military service and are paid alongside any civil recovery. Workers' compensation adds another layer in states that allow occupational asbestos claims on top of tort recovery.
Learn about legal options →