South Carolina Mesothelioma Attorney Directory

South Carolina's asbestos exposure history is driven by its military installations, textile industry, and nuclear facilities. The Charleston Naval Shipyard, which operated from 1901 to 1996, built and repaired naval vessels using extensive asbestos materials and is one of the most significant exposure sites in the Southeast. The Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons production facility on the Georgia-South Carolina border, used asbestos throughout its massive industrial complex and exposed thousands of workers over decades of operation. Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, and Fort Jackson in Columbia all contained asbestos in their buildings and facilities. South Carolina's textile industry, centered in Greenville, Spartanburg, and the Upstate region, operated hundreds of mills that used asbestos in machinery insulation and building materials. The Duke Energy nuclear power stations at Oconee and Catawba were constructed with asbestos-containing materials. Chemical plants and paper mills along the coast and in the Midlands region also used asbestos products. The tire manufacturing industry in the Upstate, including Michelin operations, used asbestos in production processes. South Carolina provides a three-year statute of limitations from discovery for both personal injury and wrongful death claims, and the state's diverse military and industrial exposure history means many residents have potential claims.