About LAFARGE CONSTRUCTION #2 Missouri

LaFarge Construction #2 was a construction materials manufacturing facility in Missouri, reportedly involved in producing and distributing cement, aggregates, concrete products, and related industrial materials. As part of the broader LaFarge network, this facility operated during Missouri’s industrial expansion and served the region’s construction market from roughly the 1930s through the late 20th century. The facility may have supplied materials to — and performed contract work at — major Missouri energy generation sites including the Labadie Energy Center (Franklin County, operated by Ameren UE), the Portage des Sioux Power Plant (St. Charles County, Ameren UE), and the Rush Island Energy Center (Jefferson County, Ameren UE), as well as industrial complexes along the Mississippi River corridor shared by Missouri and Illinois, including facilities in Granite City, Illinois and the greater St. Louis metropolitan region. Workers at LaFarge Construction #2 may also have encountered asbestos-containing materials at job sites at or near Monsanto chemical facilities in the St. Louis area, where construction and maintenance contractors were reportedly active throughout the mid-20th century.

General Equipment at LAFARGE CONSTRUCTION #2 Missouri

The equipment below represents the systems and infrastructure documented or typically present at this facility during the era when asbestos-containing materials were specified in industrial construction. This is general facility-equipment reference — not a legal attribution of any specific product, manufacturer, or exposure event to this facility. Material-category and manufacturer information is addressed in the AsbestosIndex Product Crosswalk linked under the records table below.

Industrial Boilers View crosswalk › Process Piping View crosswalk › Pipe Insulation View crosswalk › Block Insulation View crosswalk › Valves View crosswalk › Gaskets View crosswalk › Pumps View crosswalk › Heat Exchangers View crosswalk › Cooling Equipment View crosswalk ›

Documented Asbestos Evidence — Missouri

The records below are verified, state-documented asbestos removals at this facility. Each entry represents a regulated abatement project where the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (Missouri DNR) was notified under federal NESHAP rules, the work was logged, and the asbestos-containing material was confirmed and removed under regulated conditions. These are not allegations or estimates — they are paper records tying documented asbestos-containing material to this specific site.

No Missouri DNR NESHAP abatement notifications have been identified for this facility in current public records. Per the framing above, absence of state-agency documentation should not be read as absence of asbestos — only as absence of a formal, regulated abatement event meeting reporting thresholds. Workers who recall encountering pipe insulation, block insulation, gaskets, or other asbestos-era construction materials at this facility may still have viable claims regardless of whether a state record exists.

Material Categories in Documented Records

The materials documented above (and similar asbestos-containing materials commonly encountered in records of this type) appear in the AsbestosIndex catalog with historical manufacturer and trust-fund information. Click a category to view manufacturers historically associated with that material:

Thermal System Insulation View crosswalk › Asbestos-Cement Board View crosswalk › Pipe Insulation View crosswalk › Roofing & Flashing View crosswalk › Spray Fireproofing View crosswalk › Floor Tile & Mastic View crosswalk › Ceiling Tile View crosswalk › Gaskets & Packing View crosswalk ›

Who May Have Been Exposed at LAFARGE CONSTRUCTION #2 Missouri

Asbestos exposure at industrial facilities was not limited to workers who directly handled insulation. Every trade that worked in mechanical rooms, boiler houses, and pump rooms faced potential exposure during routine duties. Workers from Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 (St. Louis), Plumbers and Pipefitters UA Local 562 (St. Louis), and Boilermakers Local 27 (St. Louis) may have particularly encountered such conditions at LaFarge Construction #2 and at Missouri and Illinois industrial sites where LaFarge crews worked alongside other union trades along the Mississippi River corridor.

Insulators and Insulation Workers faced the most direct and intensive contact with asbestos-containing materials: Installing and removing pipe insulation, boiler insulation, and equipment insulation — including asbestos-containing materials allegedly; Cutting, trimming, and fitting calcium silicate insulation, pipe covering, and pipe insulation products — work that allegedly released high concentrations of airborne fibers; Replacing damaged or deteriorating insulation on active industrial systems; Mixing insulating cements and coatings that may have contained asbestos. Members of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 may have worked alongside LaFarge personnel at industrial sites including the Labadie Energy Center and the Portage des Sioux Power Plant, where insulation work on large boiler and steam systems was a regular part of operations.

Pipefitters and Steamfitters encountered asbestos-containing materials through: Working on insulated pipe systems and disturbing existing insulation during repairs; Installing and removing asbestos-containing pipe covering; Replacing gaskets on pump flanges and pipe connections — scraping and wire-brushing old gaskets released concentrated fiber clouds in confined spaces; Routine work in mechanical rooms and pump houses where insulated equipment was overhead and underfoot. UA Local 562 members in the St. Louis area may have worked at Missouri construction and energy sites where LaFarge Construction #2 crews were also present.

Boilermakers Local 27 members and other boilermakers may have been exposed during: Installation, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels insulated with asbestos-containing materials; Use of asbestos-containing rope gaskets and packing materials; Removal and replacement of refractory and insulating materials during scheduled outages; Hot work performed near insulated boilers at sites including the Labadie Energy Center (Franklin County) and Portage des Sioux Power Plant (St. Charles County), where boilermakers and LaFarge construction crews reportedly worked in close proximity.

Electricians at industrial facilities may have been exposed to: Asbestos-containing insulating materials in conduit systems and electrical panels; Wiring routed through asbestos-lined walls, ceilings, and floors; Electrical equipment insulated with asbestos-containing materials, including arc chutes and switchgear; Airborne fibers released by adjacent trades working in the same confined spaces.

Millwrights and Maintenance Workers may have encountered asbestos-containing materials through: Installing, aligning, and repairing industrial equipment including pumps, compressors, and motors; Replacing pump packing and mechanical seals that may have contained asbestos-containing products; General maintenance work that disturbed asbestos-containing materials at LaFarge Construction #2 and at Missouri and Illinois job sites served by the facility.

Laborers, Equipment Operators, and Bystander Exposure: General laborers and equipment operators may have been exposed as bystanders when insulation, gasket, and maintenance work disturbed asbestos-containing materials nearby. For most of this period, no protocols existed to isolate asbestos work or protect workers in adjacent areas. This was particularly true at multi-employer construction sites along the Mississippi River industrial corridor, where workers from several trades shared confined spaces with no area controls and no warning.

Missouri — Filing Deadline & Next Steps

Missouri law gives mesothelioma and asbestos-disease claimants 5 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury lawsuit (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120). For wrongful-death claims after an asbestos-related death, the filing window is 3 years from the date of death (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.100). The two deadlines run on separate tracks — preserving one does not extend the other.

The personal-injury clock runs from diagnosis, not from exposure. Mesothelioma latency is typically 20 to 50 years, so workers exposed in the 1950s–1980s are being diagnosed today.

Practical first steps

  1. Document what you remember. Pay stubs, W-2s, union cards, photographs, coworker names, and dates of employment. The WorkChain widget on this page can save a copy you can email yourself.
  2. Preserve medical records. Pathology reports, biopsy results, imaging, and pulmonary-function tests are central to both civil claims and trust-fund filings.
  3. Identify household members. Spouses who laundered work clothing and children of plant workers are eligible for secondary-exposure claims when diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease.
  4. Speak with an asbestos attorney with Missouri experience. The first conversation is free and confidential. Asbestos trust-fund claims and civil claims run on different tracks — both can be pursued in parallel.

Asbestos-Related Diseases — Missouri

Asbestos fiber exposure can cause several specific diseases that typically appear decades after the original exposure. The latency period — the gap between exposure and diagnosis — usually runs 20 to 50 years. That's why workers exposed in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are receiving diagnoses today.

Mesothelioma

A rare, aggressive cancer that affects the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma), abdomen (peritoneal), or heart (pericardial). Mesothelioma is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure, which is why a mesothelioma diagnosis often points directly to historical workplace exposure. Average latency from first exposure to diagnosis is 30-50 years.

Asbestosis

A chronic, non-cancerous scarring of lung tissue caused by inhaled asbestos fibers. Asbestosis causes progressive shortness of breath, persistent cough, and reduced lung function. It does not improve with treatment, and it is a recognized basis for a claim under most trust schedules and civil claims.

Lung Cancer

Asbestos exposure significantly increases the risk of lung cancer, particularly when combined with a history of smoking. Asbestos-related lung cancer is compensable under the same trust schedules and civil claim avenues as mesothelioma.

Other Recognized Diseases

Pleural plaques, pleural thickening, laryngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, and certain gastrointestinal cancers are also recognized as asbestos-related under various trust schedules and case-law authorities, though eligibility and proof requirements vary by claim type.

If you have any of these diagnoses and you worked at this facility, lived with someone who did, or were exposed in any documented capacity, you may have a claim worth pursuing. Speak with an attorney before assuming you don't qualify.

Cross-State & Regional Corridor Workers

The facility may have supplied materials to — and performed contract work at — major Missouri energy generation sites including the Labadie Energy Center (Franklin County, operated by Ameren UE), the Portage des Sioux Power Plant (St. Charles County, Ameren UE), and the Rush Island Energy Center (Jefferson County, Ameren UE), as well as industrial complexes along the Mississippi River corridor shared by Missouri and Illinois, including facilities in Granite City, Illinois and the greater St. Louis metropolitan region. Workers from Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 (St. Louis), Plumbers and Pipefitters UA Local 562 (St. Louis), and Boilermakers Local 27 (St. Louis) may have particularly encountered such conditions at LaFarge Construction #2 and at Missouri and Illinois industrial sites where LaFarge crews worked alongside other union trades along the Mississippi River corridor.

Data Sources — Missouri

Information about facility equipment, industrial materials, and occupational records referenced on this page is drawn from publicly available sources where applicable, including:

If specific equipment or product claims in this article are sourced from a non-public database, the source is identified parenthetically within the text above.