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Did you work with General Electric Steam Turbines, Generators, Motors, Locomotives, Transformers, and Manufacturing Plants? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. General Electric Steam Turbines, Generators, Motors, Locomotives, Transformers, and Manufacturing Plants, sold from 1892 until present (asbestos era through the 1980s). General Electric Company is one of the most heavily litigated U.S. asbestos manufacturers — supplying asbestos-insulated steam turbines, motors, generators, transformers, locomotives, and switchgear to U.S. and global heavy industry. GE also operated major U.S. manufacturing plants with asbestos-intensive infrastructure. Plaintiffs allege both product and premises asbestos exposure. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos steam-turbine casing insulation and lagging; asbestos motor and generator winding insulation; asbestos electrical wire insulation; asbestos-filled phenolic laminate components; asbestos transformer components; asbestos plant infrastructure at Schenectady NY, Erie PA, Lynn MA, Louisville KY, and other GE plants. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Power-plant operators, Electricians, Locomotive engineers, and Aerospace machinists. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around General Electric Steam Turbines, Generators, Motors, Locomotives, Transformers, and Manufacturing Plants and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product and Premises Description
General Electric Company (founded 1892 by merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric; today GE Aerospace, GE Vernova, GE HealthCare after 2024 tri-split; historically headquartered Schenectady NY, later Fairfield CT, today Boston MA) is through the 20th century and today one of the largest U.S. and global industrial manufacturers. GE 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:
- GE steam turbines — utility and industrial steam turbines with asbestos casing insulation, lagging, and gasket material
- GE electric motors and generators — winding insulation, wire insulation, brush and commutator components
- GE transformers — insulating oil, asbestos-filled phenolic terminal boards, asbestos-insulated wire (GE was one of the four principal U.S. transformer majors)
- GE locomotives — GE Transportation Systems diesel-electric locomotives (Erie PA) with engine-room and traction-motor asbestos
- GE electrical switchgear — arc-chute components, phenolic laminate insulation
- GE appliances — asbestos wiring insulation on GE consumer and commercial appliances
Premises-vector asbestos pathways at GE manufacturing plants:
- Schenectady NY — historic GE headquarters and turbine/generator plant
- Erie PA — GE Transportation Systems locomotive plant
- Lynn MA — GE Aircraft Engine plant
- Louisville KY — GE Appliance Park
- Cincinnati OH — GE Aviation
- Pittsfield MA — GE Transformer plant (Pittsfield PCB Superfund site)
- Rome GA, Hendersonville NC, Fort Wayne IN, Roanoke VA — additional operations
- All specified through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing plant infrastructure
General Electric Company 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 GE steam turbines and generators
- Electricians (IBEW Local members) servicing GE transformers, motors, and switchgear
- Locomotive engineers and shop machinists working GE diesel-electric locomotives
- Aerospace machinists at GE Aircraft Engine Lynn MA and GE Aviation Cincinnati OH
- IUE / UAW / defense electronics union members at GE plants nationwide
- Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on GE construction and turnaround crews
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