Product and Premises Description

Westinghouse Electric Corporation (founded 1886 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh PA; broken up in stages 1997-2005 with the nuclear business acquired by Toshiba then Brookfield, the industrial businesses distributed to Eaton, ABB, Siemens, and others, and the CBS broadcasting business absorbed into Viacom / Paramount) was through the 20th century one of the two dominant U.S. heavy-electrical manufacturers alongside General Electric. Westinghouse is among the most heavily-litigated U.S. asbestos defendants.

Product-vector asbestos pathways plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation:

  • Westinghouse steam turbines — utility and industrial steam turbines with asbestos casing insulation and lagging
  • Westinghouse electric motors and generators — winding insulation, wire insulation
  • Westinghouse transformers — asbestos-insulated wire, transformer components
  • Westinghouse Micarta phenolic laminate — extensive asbestos-cloth and asbestos-paper phenolic laminate grades (separately covered on the multiple Westinghouse Micarta pages)
  • Westinghouse electrical switchgear — arc-chute components, phenolic laminate insulation
  • Westinghouse Nuclear — pressurized water reactor vessels (Beaver Valley, Zion, Turkey Point, Salem, Comanche Peak, others)

Premises-vector asbestos pathways at Westinghouse manufacturing plants:

  • East Pittsburgh PA — historic Westinghouse Electric flagship plant (motors, generators, industrial equipment)
  • Sharon PA — Westinghouse transformer plant
  • Muncie IN — Westinghouse transformer plant
  • Sunnyvale CA — Westinghouse Marine Division (Navy shipboard equipment)
  • Cheswick PA, Trafford PA — Westinghouse Pittsburgh-area operations
  • Bloomfield NJ, Newark NJ — Westinghouse Northeast operations
  • Hampton SC, Hopkinsville KY — additional operations
  • Specified through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing plant infrastructure

Westinghouse Electric Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant and Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation on an extremely large scale.

Workers Exposed

  • Power-plant operators working Westinghouse steam turbines and generators
  • Electricians (IBEW Local members) servicing Westinghouse transformers and motors
  • Nuclear-plant construction workers on Westinghouse nuclear reactor vessels
  • IUE / IBEW union members at Westinghouse manufacturing plants
  • Navy machinist mates working Westinghouse-supplied shipboard equipment
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Westinghouse construction and turnaround crews

If You Worked With Westinghouse Equipment or at a Westinghouse Plant

If you serviced Westinghouse steam turbines, motors, generators, transformers, Micarta products, or nuclear equipment during the asbestos era — or worked at a Westinghouse manufacturing plant — as an 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.

Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956