Westinghouse Electric Asbestos Exposure

Asbestos Exposure Lawyer

Representing Westinghouse Electric Workers in Mesothelioma & Lung Cancer Claims

The Westinghouse Electric Company has been a large American electric and power generation conglomerate for many years. The company employed thousands of workers, manufacturing a wide variety of products, from home appliances to steam turbines for ships. Westinghouse had production sites in the following locations:

• Mansfield, Ohio
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Columbus, Ohio
• Derry, Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Asbestos was used in so many electric products, and in manufacturing sites because it is an effective insulator and heat resistant material. It was considered the perfect insulation and packing material for many years, until health agencies began reporting the deadly consequences of its widespread use.

Workers regularly exposed to asbestos can develop scarring in the lungs, leading to asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. These illnesses take many years to surface, so any former worker at a Westinghouse Electric Company plant should be cognizant of continuing medical issues.

Any formerly exposed worker at Westinghouse Electric Co. could be at risk of developing serious health issues, including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma.

Joe Lyon is a highly-rated asbestos lawyer and personal injury lawyer representing plaintiffs nationwide in a wide variety of toxic tort and mesothelioma claims.

Westinghouse Asbestos Exposure

Any consumer or worker handling asbestos products manufactured by Westinghouse could be at risk of later developing serious related illnesses. Workers were exposed to asbestos in several different industries, including those in electrical, construction and shipbuilding.

Furthermore, employees working at Westinghouse facilities were likely exposed to asbestos in not only products but in the buildings in which they worked, constructed with many asbestos insulating materials. Some Westinghouse workers face a higher risk than others include the following:

• Turbine plant workers
• Consumer appliance assemblers
• Electricians
• Welders
• Maintenance Crews
• Insulators
• Demolition workers
• Boiler workers
• Machinists

Mesothelioma Symptoms

Asbestos is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a known carcinogen, and leads to serious respiratory diseases like lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma. Mesothelioma affects the tissue that surrounds the lungs, and may cause symptoms that include:

• Chest pain
• Fatigue
• Painful coughing
• Shortness of breath
• Lumps of tissue in chest or abdomen
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Trouble swallowing

Westinghouse Electric Asbestos

Westinghouse Electric Co. was once one of the largest electric manufacturing companies in the world.  The company built consumer products like light bulbs and lamps, and industrial products like welding rods and turbines.

Westinghouse asbestos-wrapped turbines were found in engine rooms in many ships in the last 70 years. In the 1940s Westinghouse also developed industrial gas turbines, and continued to thrive in the power generation business.

Westinghouse workers were exposed to asbestos in a variety of manufacturing environments. Westinghouse Electric manufactured many of the following asbestos-containing products:

• Steam turbines
• Gas turbines
• Engines
• Electric motors
• Lighting controls
• Radios
• Audio/video equipment
• Hair dryers
• Refrigerators
• Air conditioning units

Westinghouse Electric Facilities

Before becoming the CBS Corporation, Westinghouse Electric was a large American electric appliance and power generation conglomerate, operating in many states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

The company employed thousands of workers, manufacturing a wide variety of products that included home appliances, steam turbines and a number of household construction materials and insulation that had asbestos materials interwoven into the products.

Westinghouse Electric Asbestos Lawsuits

The current Westinghouse Company and its successors are still liable for asbestos-related diseases that develop many years after employees and consumers initial exposure.

The company has not established a settlement trust like other defendants, but thousands of mesothelioma victims are filing claims against their former employer, and many more will follow in coming years.

Westinghouse workers have filed lawsuits and have been awarded for past and future medical costs and pain and suffering.

Former workers in positions at light bulb manufacturing plants, turbine and power plant construction, and maintenance workers were most frequently exposed to asbestos fibers, and have successfully filed claims against Westinghouse.

Westinghouse Settlements

The Lyon Firm reviews toxic tort claims and personal injury lawsuits for injured plaintiffs nationwide. Following cancer or an occupational injury, contact an Asbestos attorney to weigh your legal options and seek compensation.

Westinghouse does not exist in name, however, its successors may still be liable for asbestos-related injuries that develop years after workers’ initial exposure.

The company does not have an established settlement trust like other asbestos defendants, though that doesn’t stop hundreds of mesothelioma victims from filing toxic exposure claims against their former employer. Former workers have successfully settled lawsuits against Westinghouse.