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Did you work with Stone and Webster Refinery, Power-Plant, Nuclear and Petrochemical EPC Construction? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Stone and Webster Refinery, Power-Plant, Nuclear and Petrochemical EPC Construction, sold from around 1889 until the 1980s. Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation engineered and constructed major U.S. refineries, power plants, nuclear plants, and petrochemical units. Plaintiffs allege Stone and Webster construction projects exposed pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos refractory and block insulation, asbestos pipe covering, asbestos gaskets at process flanges, spray-applied asbestos fireproofing. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Refinery pipefitters, Insulators, Power-plant boilermakers, and Nuclear-plant construction workers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Stone and Webster Refinery, Power-Plant, Nuclear and Petrochemical EPC Construction 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 Description
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation (founded 1889, historically headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts) was through the 20th century one of the largest U.S. engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors. Stone & Webster designed and built major U.S. refineries, fossil and nuclear power plants, petrochemical units, paper mills, and industrial complexes from the early 1900s through the late 20th century. The firm’s project portfolio touched virtually every major industrial sector of the U.S. economy.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Stone & Webster construction projects in the asbestos era specified extensive asbestos-containing materials:
- Refractory and block insulation on boilers, process heaters, and furnaces
- Asbestos pipe covering on steam mains, hot-oil piping, and process piping
- Asbestos gaskets at process flanges, boiler manways, and pressure-vessel closures
- Spray-applied asbestos fireproofing on structural steel of Stone & Webster-designed buildings and process structures
- Asbestos ceiling tile, partitions, and acoustic treatments in Stone & Webster-designed control rooms and administrative buildings
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant and Premises/Construction Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Refinery pipefitters and power-plant pipefitters (UA Local members)
- Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Stone & Webster construction crews
- Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building Stone & Webster utility boilers
- Nuclear-plant construction workers on Stone & Webster nuclear projects
- Ironworkers and laborers on Stone & Webster industrial construction
- Operators and millwrights at Stone & Webster-built facilities
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