Was Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) — asbestos documented in litigation?

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Industrial-Furnaces

PG&E Fossil-Fuel, Nuclear, and Hydroelectric Power Plants Across Northern California

⚖ Litigation Record1905-present (asbestos era through 1980s)Asbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on boilers, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos gaskets, asbestos gas-distribution materials

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Premises Description

Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E — founded 1905, headquartered San Francisco CA; today a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation) is one of the largest U.S. combined investor-owned electric and gas utilities, serving most of northern and central California. PG&E operated through the asbestos era a major network of fossil-fuel, nuclear, and hydroelectric generating plants plus extensive natural-gas distribution infrastructure including:

Fossil-Fuel Power Plants:

Hunters Point Power Plant (San Francisco CA) — closed 2006
Potrero Power Plant (San Francisco CA) — closed 2011
Pittsburg Power Plant (Pittsburg CA) — closed 2017
Contra Costa Power Plant (Antioch CA) — closed 2013
Moss Landing Power Plant (Moss Landing CA) — partially active
Morro Bay Power Plant (Morro Bay CA) — closed 2014
Humboldt Bay Power Plant (Eureka CA) — closed 2010
Hunters Point, Avila Beach, Diablo Canyon — additional sites

Nuclear Plants:

Diablo Canyon Power Plant (Avila Beach CA) — two-unit PWR
Humboldt Bay Unit 3 (Eureka CA) — closed 1976

Hydroelectric: Extensive system across the Sierra Nevada and Coast Range — Pit River, Feather River, American River, McCloud River systems

Each operated continuously through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing materials.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that PG&E — as premises owner — exposed its plant-operator workforce, gas-distribution workforce, and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Pacific Gas & Electric has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

PG&E plant operators and maintenance workforce
PG&E gas-distribution workforce (asbestos-cement pipe and gas-system materials)
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working PG&E capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on PG&E construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building PG&E boilers
Electricians (IBEW Local members) working PG&E generating-station electrical

If You Worked at a PG&E Power Plant or Gas Operation

If you worked at a Pacific Gas & Electric fossil-fuel, nuclear, or hydroelectric power plant, or in PG&E gas-distribution operations during the asbestos era — as a PG&E employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

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Product Facts

Trade NamePG&E Fossil-Fuel, Nuclear, and Hydroelectric Power Plants Across Northern California

Years Produced1905-present (asbestos era through 1980s)

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on boilers, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos gaskets, asbestos gas-distribution materials

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Electrical Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Power-plant operatorsInsulatorsRefinery pipefittersBoilermakersGas-distribution workers

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