Mesothelioma: The case of Tampa, Florida
Posted on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 at 2:11 pm
Mesothelioma: The case of Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida is the fifty fourth (54th) largest city in the United States. Four years after Florida officially became a state, in 1849, the village of Tampa became incorporated as a town.
Asbestos History
In the mid-1880s, phosphate was discovered in the Bone Valley region of Tampa. Tampa mined and exported the phosphate and earned itself the reputation of being the phosphate capital of the world. With railroad construction came the steel industry. Tampa became home to coal fired power plants, shipyards and steel corporations. Tampa’s fitting location on Florida’s western coast line makes it an ideal site for a shipyard; as it proves to be accessible to the Mexican Gulf.
The active manufacturing, shipyard and construction industry used asbestos products common to each industry. This put workers at risk of asbestos exposure. Job sites where asbestos exposure was known to have occurred have been
Seal of Tampa, Florida
compiled by the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. These job sites include:
- Big Bend Powerhouse
- Hookers Power Plant
- Gulf Marine Repair
- Hendry Corporation
- Tampa Bay Shipbuilding
There are some job sites that have been identified as still having asbestos containing materials today. These job sites include but are not limited to the following list:
- Johns Manville Sales Corporation
- Owens-Corning Fiberglass
- Bucyrus-Erie Company
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Ap Green Refractories Company
- Portland Gasoline Company
- Tampa Steel Erecting company
There are two mesothelioma cancer centers in a one hundred (100) mile radius of the Tampa Bay area: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, which is five point two (5.2) miles and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando which is seventy seven point one (77.1) miles.
At Vinson Law we offer information of what you can expect when working with a mesothelioma lawyer. We also help find a qualified mesothelioma attorney for your case.