Documented Exposure Sites
| # | Facility | Industry | Location | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Shipyards Galveston | Ship Repair & Construction | Galveston | Critical |
| 2 | AMOCO Oil Texas City Refinery | Petroleum Refining | Texas City | Critical |
| 3 | Marathon Oil Texas City | Petroleum Refining | Texas City | Critical |
| 4 | BP / Amoco Texas City Refinery | Petroleum Refining | Texas City | Critical |
| 5 | La Marque Chemical | Industrial Chemicals | La Marque | High |
| 6 | Texas City Terminal Railway | Railroad Operations | Texas City | High |
| 7 | Galveston Wharves (Port of Galveston) | Port Operations | Galveston | High |
| 8 | Union Carbide Texas City | Petrochemical Production | Texas City | High |
Todd Shipyards Galveston
Todd Shipyards operated one of its Gulf Coast ship repair facilities at the Port of Galveston, handling commercial and military vessel overhauls from the early 20th century through the 1980s. Shipyard work — particularly in confined spaces like engine rooms, boiler rooms, and cargo holds — generated extreme asbestos exposure as workers removed and replaced pipe insulation, boiler lagging, and bulkhead insulation. Todd Shipyards has been named in thousands of asbestos lawsuits nationwide.
Texas City Refinery Row
Texas City hosted one of the largest concentrations of petroleum refineries in America. AMOCO (later BP), Marathon, Union Carbide, and other operators ran facilities that were built and extensively maintained with asbestos insulation throughout their operational lives. The 1947 Texas City Disaster, which destroyed large portions of the industrial complex and killed nearly 600 people, led to massive reconstruction — but the replacement facilities built in 1947–1955 continued to use asbestos insulation throughout, creating decades of additional exposure for the workers who rebuilt and maintained them.
Yes. Workers at Todd Shipyards, Texas City refineries, the Port of Galveston, and other Galveston County industrial facilities can file asbestos claims within Texas’s 2-year statute of limitations from mesothelioma diagnosis. Galveston County District Court handles local civil cases; many larger cases are consolidated in Harris County or federal court. Workers who performed turnaround maintenance across multiple Texas City refineries often qualify for claims against multiple asbestos manufacturers simultaneously.