Combustion Engineering — Chattanooga Boiler Works in Chattanooga TN

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were allegedly exposed to asbestos while working at the Combustion Engineering Chattanooga Boiler Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For the full corporate summary, see the Combustion Engineering manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Chattanooga Boiler Works allegedly operated as one of Combustion Engineering’s southern heavy-fabrication hubs from approximately 1927 through the 1990s, producing utility and industrial boiler drums, waterwall panels, superheater headers, economizer sections, and associated pressure-vessel components for TVA, Southern utility, and export markets. The plant featured heavy plate-rolling, ASME code welding bays, radiography and stress-relief furnaces, and pressure-testing facilities. Successor ownership consolidated CE fabrication capacity in the 1990s and the historic Chattanooga boiler works site has been redeveloped and reorganized under successor Alstom/GE fabrication footprints.

Premises ACM Narrative

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that pre-1980 Chattanooga premises involved asbestos through:

  • Asbestos-refractory brick, castable, and monolithic in boiler firebox, superheater header, and reheat furnace linings
  • Asbestos-fabric expansion joints and asbestos-block hot-side lagging on boiler drums, superheaters, and economizers
  • Asbestos pipe covering on process steam mains and utility lines
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets at pressure vessel, boiler drum, and steam header flanges
  • Asbestos-fabric radiography shielding cloth for pressure vessel NDT
  • Asbestos-block heat-treat furnace lagging
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel (pre-1973 EPA ban)

Workers Exposed

HFIAW Insulators, UA Pipefitters, IBB Boilermakers (ASME pressure-vessel hot-work), BAC Bricklayers (refractory), IBEW Electricians, Ironworkers, Millwrights, and USW steelworkers allegedly worked around asbestos-containing materials at the Chattanooga Boiler Works.

If You Worked at Combustion Engineering Chattanooga

If you or a family member worked at the Combustion Engineering Chattanooga Boiler Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee before 1980 and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim.

The Combustion Engineering 524(g) Trust (2005) may provide additional compensation for asbestos-related injury from CE products and premises.

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