Read the video transcript
Did you work with Bailly, Mitchell, Michigan City, R.M. Schahfer, and D.H. Mitchell Coal-Fired Generating Stations; NIPSCO Gas Distribution Mains; Substations Across Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and St. Joseph Counties? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Bailly, Mitchell, Michigan City, R.M. Schahfer, and D.H. Mitchell Coal-Fired Generating Stations; NIPSCO Gas Distribution Mains; Substations Across Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and St. Joseph Counties, sold from 1912 until 1985. Plaintiffs allegedly developed mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease after working at NIPSCO / Northern Indiana Public Service coal-fired generating stations, substations, and asbestos-cement gas distribution systems across northwest Indiana where asbestos pipe covering, block insulation, gaskets, packing, transite mains, and refractory were routinely disturbed during maintenance and outage work. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: pREMISES PATHWAY - asbestos pipe covering on high-pressure steam headers, superheater and reheater piping, feedwater lines, and turbine casings at Bailly (Chesterton IN), Michigan City (Michigan City IN), R.M. Schahfer (Wheatfield IN), and D.H. Mitchell (Gary IN); asbestos block and blanket insulation on boiler walls and economizers; asbestos-containing gaskets and packing in valves, pumps, and condenser waterboxes; asbestos millboard and transite in switchgear rooms and transformer firewalls at NIPSCO substations; asbestos-cement (transite) gas distribution mains and service lines in the NIPSCO gas system; refractory brick in coal-boiler combustion zones — disturbed during outage tear-out, retube work, gas-main cut-and-cap, gasket replacement, and insulator lagging repair by pipefitters, boilermakers, insulators, electricians, gas-service workers, and millwrights. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Insulators, Pipefitters, Boilermakers, and Electricians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Bailly, Mitchell, Michigan City, R.M. Schahfer, and D.H. Mitchell Coal-Fired Generating Stations; NIPSCO Gas Distribution Mains; Substations Across Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and St. Joseph Counties 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.
Premises Description
Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), organized in 1912 and today part of NiSource, is the principal combined electric-and-gas utility serving northwest Indiana. Its historic electric generating fleet included the Bailly (Chesterton IN), D.H. Mitchell (Gary IN), Michigan City (Michigan City IN), and R.M. Schahfer (Wheatfield IN) coal-fired stations. Its gas-distribution system serves Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, and adjoining counties and historically included substantial mileage of asbestos-cement (transite) mains and service lines.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that pre-1985 NIPSCO generating stations contained asbestos-containing thermal insulation on boiler headers, superheater and reheater piping, feedwater lines, and turbine casings; asbestos-containing gaskets and packing in valves, pumps, and condenser waterboxes; asbestos millboard and transite panels in switchgear rooms and transformer vaults at NIPSCO substations; asbestos-refractory brick in combustion chambers; and that the NIPSCO gas distribution network contained asbestos-cement (transite) mains and service pipe that released respirable fibers when cut, tapped, or broken during installation and repair. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered airborne asbestos during scheduled outages, retubes, gasket replacements, gas-main cut-and-cap operations, and insulation tear-out and re-lagging.
Workers Exposed
Plaintiffs alleged that station operators, boiler mechanics, pipefitters, insulators, electricians, millwrights, and gas-distribution workers at NIPSCO plants, substations, and along the gas-main network from approximately 1940 through the mid-1980s were exposed to respirable asbestos fibers when boiler lagging was cut, gaskets were scraped from flange faces, valve packing was repacked, refractory brick was chipped, and asbestos-cement gas mains were sawed, chipped, or broken during service work.