Labadie Energy Center Labadie Energy Center is one of the largest coal-fired power plants in Missouri, located along the Missouri River in Franklin County. Operated by Ameren Missouri, the four-unit facility has a generating capacity of approximately 2,400 megawatts.
Last verified: 2026-03-09Labadie Energy Center's four units were constructed between 1970 and 1973 by Union Electric Company (now Ameren Missouri). The plant was built during the peak era of asbestos use in industrial construction, and all four units were equipped with asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and fireproofing materials. The facility has been a primary power source for the St. Louis metropolitan area for over five decades.
Workers at Labadie Energy Center were exposed to asbestos in boiler insulation, pipe lagging, turbine wrapping, gaskets, cement products, and valve packing throughout the four generating units. Maintenance teams regularly removed and replaced asbestos insulation during scheduled outages, creating hazardous airborne fiber levels. Workers who performed boiler inspections and repairs in confined spaces faced the most concentrated asbestos exposure.
The following job categories at Labadie Energy Center had the highest risk of asbestos exposure:
Former Labadie workers have developed mesothelioma, asbestosis, and asbestos-related lung cancer. Missouri's industrial workforce, including power plant employees, has been significantly affected by asbestos-related diseases. The long latency period means that workers exposed during the 1970s construction and early operational years continue to receive diagnoses decades later.
Health information is based on established medical research on asbestos exposure. Asbestos is classified as a known human carcinogen by the National Cancer Institute, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Consult a physician for medical advice specific to your situation.
Workers exposed to asbestos at Labadie Energy Center may be entitled to compensation through asbestos trust funds, personal injury lawsuits, or veterans benefits. Mesothelioma patients and their families have recovered billions in compensation from companies that manufactured or used asbestos products.
3 asbestos trust funds have been identified as potentially related to exposure at this site. Many mesothelioma patients qualify to file claims with multiple trusts simultaneously.
Find Out If You QualifyWorkers who were employed at Labadie Energy Center between 1970s–1980s may have been exposed to asbestos-containing materials. If you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis, you may have legal options including trust fund claims and lawsuits.
Workers exposed to asbestos at Labadie Energy Center may be eligible to file claims with the following trust funds:
Yes. All four units at Labadie were built between 1970 and 1973 using asbestos-containing materials for boiler insulation, pipe insulation, turbine wrapping, gaskets, and cement products.
Boiler operators, pipe fitters, insulators, maintenance workers, electricians, and millwrights all faced asbestos exposure, with the highest levels occurring during scheduled outage maintenance in confined boiler areas.
Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases after working at Labadie may file claims through asbestos trust funds or pursue legal action against manufacturers of asbestos products used at the plant.
No. Missing paperwork is normal after this long, and it is not what decides a claim. A Social Security earnings statement lists every employer you had, by year, and can usually be requested directly. Union records, W-2s and a DD-214 for military service do similar work. Coworkers who were there can also confirm conditions. What matters most is what you remember, written down in your own words.
Yes. A wrongful death claim can be brought by the estate or eligible family members, and it is a separate route from a claim the patient would have brought themselves. It also runs on a different clock: the deadline generally starts at the date of death rather than the date of diagnosis, which means families are sometimes still in time when they assume they are not. Deadlines are set by each state, so confirm the one that applies to yours.
Possibly. Asbestos fibres travelled home on work clothes, in hair and in vehicles, and household members were exposed while washing laundry or greeting someone at the end of a shift. This is called secondhand or take-home exposure and it is a recognised route to a claim in its own right, not an exception. If you are documenting a family member's work history, write down your own contact with their work clothing as well.
You do not need a lawyer, a diagnosis, or a decision to do this. You need a piece of paper. Memory is the part of a claim nobody else can reconstruct for you, and it is the part that fades.
If you are doing this for a relative who has died, write down what you remember too, including work clothes brought home to be washed. Household exposure is a real claim, not an edge case.
That is usually enough to work out which claims are open to you — trust funds, a lawsuit, or VA benefits if the exposure happened in service. You do not need records, dates you are certain of, or the name of a product. If you are asking on behalf of someone who has died, a family member can file and the deadline runs differently. No cost, no obligation, and no pressure to decide anything today.
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