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If you have recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma, it is important that you work closely with an experienced mesothelioma lawyer to learn about your rights and legal options. We provide a complimentary consultation to discuss the specifics of your case with you.

Mesothelioma Treatment Options in Gillette Wyoming

The Heptner Cancer Center of Campbell County Health provides advanced facilities and comprehensive treatment programs for patients, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Doctors from different specialties develop an individualized treatment plan for patients. Advanced technology like a linear accelerator give patients the best in cancer care close to home. Chemotherapy medicines in its infusion center and targeted therapies are also available to patients. A multidisciplinary team of doctors, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, oncology rehabilitation specialists, specially trained oncology and radiation nurses, physical therapists, nutritionists, palliative care specialists and social workers is formed.

Area veterans can seek treatment from the Sheridan VA Medical Center. The facility offers extended care and rehabilitation, primary care, mental health and pharmacy services. Alternatively, Gillette, Wyoming veterans can seek care from the Gillette community-based outpatient clinic. Services available at this clinic include general medical care, preventative health, basic diagnostic exams, mental health services, telemental health and referrals to VA medical centers and inpatient programs.

Gillette Wyoming Asbestos Site Exposure List

Jobsites in Gillette, Wyoming where asbestos exposure may have occurred include the following:

• Black Hills Generation
• Black Hills Power Inc
• Pacificorp
• Wyodak Coal and Manufacturing Company

Power Plants and Asbestos Exposure

Many of the jobsites in Gillette, Wyoming that are expected to have exposed workers to asbestos were power plants. Black Hills Power facility in Osage was known to have used asbestos-contaminated insulation around its boilers, so any person who worked at the plant before 1993 could have been exposed to asbestos. In 1993, the company completed an abatement project to remove the remaining asbestos from the plant.

The Dave Johnston Power Plant of PacifiCorp also used asbestos-contaminated asbestos for its boilers.

Coal and Vermiculite Refineries in Wyoming

Coal refineries were another source of asbestos exposure in Wyoming. These refineries often contained asbestos that was used in insulation for the refinery equipment.

Wyoming also had several vermiculite refineries throughout the state, including refineries in Burlington, Cody, Lovell and Thermopolis. These four refineries received shipments of contaminated vermiculite from the infamous W.R. Grace mine in Libby, Montana. Workers at these refineries handled up to 221 shipments of the contaminated materials.