About Asbestos Exposure in Wisconsin
Thousands of workers in Wisconsin 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
- Algoma Hardwoods
- Calumet Company
- U. S. Plywood
- Appleton Mills
- Appleton Paper, Inc.
- Fox River Tractor Co.
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Valley Iron Works
- James River Paper
- Milwaukee Railroad
- Chrysler
- Beloit Corporation
- Wilson-Hurd Manufacturing
- Tri-State Pipeline Const, Inc.
- Milwaukee Faucet
- Wis Pack, Inc.
- Muesenbeck Shoe Company
- Oakland Cheese Factory
- Dousman Concrete Products, Inc.
- Zell Machine Industries
- Florence School District
- Fred Rueping Leather Co.
- Hutter Construction Co.
- Robert Hall Clothes of Fond Dulac, Inc.
- W J Woodruff Roofing Contractors
- Ten Chimneys Foundation, Inc.
- Beemster Electric, Inc.
- Chicago Northwestern RR
- Green Bay Canning Corp.
- Hartord Steam Boiler
- Nekoosa Papers
- Northern Paper Mill
- Packer Valley Title Corp.
- Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. of Green Bay
- American Motors/Chrysler
- Mead Johnson Terminal
- Precision Erecting
- Lake to Lake Cheese Factory
- Breitung Township School District
- Chicago Northwestern RR
- Du-Rite Painting
- Bahr Construction Company
- Wisconsin Electric Power Company
- Marinette Fuel & Dock Company
- Marinette Paper Co. Corp.
- Specialty Chem Products Corporation
- Bluhm Brothers Box Factory
- Boson Company Inc.
- House of Heating
- Marshfield Canning Co.
- Marshfield Egg Plant
- Marshfield Plumbing
- Monroe Trucking
- Roddis Plywood Corp.
- Stratford Plumbing
- U. S. Plywood
- Weyerhaeuser Corp.
- Stopler Industries
- T & T Holding Co. Inc.
- 24th Street School
- 68th Street School
- A.O. Smith
- Alfred Goethel Sheet Metal
- Allied Insulation
- American Can
- Appleton Electric
- Babcock & Wilcox
- Bailey Meter Company
- Blackhawk Tannery
- Blaine School
- Blatz Brewery
- Boeing Company
- Bucyrus Erie Foundry
- Budweiser
- Computer Task Group, Inc.
- Congress St. Power Plant
- Craig School
- Delta Manufacturing
- Dowsmith, Inc.
- Elmbrook Memorial Hospital
- General Electric
- Germania Building
- Globe Battery
- Grede Foundries, Inc.
- Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Kingsbury Brewery
- L & S Insulation
- Lappin Electric
- LCL Trucking
- Ludington Grade School
- Manpower, Inc.
- Marquette Electronics
- Maynard Steel Foundry
- Milwaukee School District
- Miller Brewing Company
- Miller Compressor
- Milwaukee Boiler
- Milwaukee Insulation
- Milwaukee Museum
- Milwaukee Public Schools
- Milwaukee RR
- Milwaukee RR Shops
- Milwaukee Sentinel
- Milwaukee Shipyard
- Milwaukee Transport
- Oak Creek Powerhouse
- OMAR Bakery
- Pabst Brewery
- Patrick Cudahy Meat Packing
- Permanent Construction Co. Corp.
- Precision Screw Thread Co.
- Rexnord Chain Belt
- Roman Electric Co.
- Rose Tool & Plastics
- Schlitz Brewery
- Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- South Division High School
- Sprinkmann Sons
- St. Francis Hospital
- St. Matthews Grade School
- Supersteel Manufacturing
- Tower Automotive Products Company
- United Slate Tile & Composition
- University of Wisconsin
- Valley Powerplant
- Vanguard Associates of Milwaukee, Inc.
- Walter Knapp of Wisconsin, Inc.
- We-Energies
- Western Leather Products Corp.
- Wilson Park School
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
- Meyer Corporation
- Milwaukee Iron
- Sabel Builders, Inc.
- Kimberly Clark Paper
- Niagara School District
- Act Wire Company
- Army Chemical Corporation
- Carnation Company
- Exacto Graphics
- Sussex Plastics Company
- Mathy Construction Company
- B C Liquidating Corporation
- Fluor Brothers Construction
- General Resources Corp.
- OshKosh Corporation
- Paine Lumber Co.
- Rockwell International
- Standard Kollsman
- Shihata Farms
- Huges Refuse & Landfill Company, Inc.
- Borden's Cheese Factory
- Wisconsin Cheese Producers Corp.
- Nekoosa Edwards Paper Mill
- Port Edwards Paper Mill
- Case Tractor
- J.I. Case
- Doede Construction Company, Inc.
- Sharon Foundry, Inc.
- Sharon Plumbing & Heating Co.
- Ametek, Inc.
- Georgia Pacific
- Optinberg Boilers
- Gettleman Motors
- Zimmerman Motors
- Aero Building Center
- Spooner Bottling
- Wisconsin Electric Power Company
- Ellis Stone Construction Co.
- Peterson Boatworks
- Peterson Builders
- Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding
- Wisconsin Electric Power Company
- Bimex Industries, Inc.
- Automatic Welding Company Corp.
- General Casting Corporation
- Waukesha Foundry
- Waukesha Motors
- Wayne Fitzgibbon
- Babcock Construction
- Thomsen Abbott Construction
- Poblocki Paving
- Price Erecting
- Real Estate Builders, Inc.
- Altman Construction Company, Inc.
- Consolidated Papers, Inc.
- Taylor Insulation
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.
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