Babcock & Wilcox — Cambridge Ohio Works in Cambridge OH

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 Babcock & Wilcox Cambridge Ohio Works in Cambridge OH. For the full corporate summary, see the Babcock & Wilcox manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Babcock & Wilcox Cambridge Ohio Works operated in Guernsey County as a component fabrication and support-shop plant within the Babcock & Wilcox manufacturing network during the twentieth-century asbestos era. The Cambridge shop produced boiler accessories, sootblower and Diamond Power products, and Code-stamped auxiliary pressure components that fed the company’s larger fabrication sites at Barberton and Alliance. The plant remained in the Babcock & Wilcox / Diamond Power family through the postwar utility-boiler buildup and continued operating in various forms through the late twentieth century.

Premises ACM Narrative

At the Babcock & Wilcox Cambridge Ohio Works during the U.S. asbestos era (approximately 1920s-1980), plaintiffs allegedly encountered:

  • Asbestos-refractory brick, castable, and monolithic gunning cement in boiler firebox and reheat furnace linings
  • Asbestos-fabric expansion joints on boiler steam drums, superheater headers, and process piping
  • Asbestos-block hot-side lagging on manufacturing furnaces and heat-treat ovens
  • Asbestos pipe covering on steam mains and process piping throughout the manufacturing bays
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets at pressure vessel, boiler drum, and steam header flanges
  • Asbestos-fabric electrical arc chute plates in plant switchgear
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel (pre-1973 EPA ban)
  • Asbestos-fabric welder-shop torch pads and burn-hood curtains during pressure-vessel welding

Workers Exposed

  • HFIAW Insulators — pipe covering and block insulation
  • UA Pipefitters — flange bolt-up
  • IBB Boilermakers — pressure vessel and boiler drum welding, refractory installation, ASME hot-work
  • BAC Bricklayers — refractory relining
  • IBEW Electricians — switchgear and motor control work
  • Ironworkers — structural fabrication
  • Millwrights — heavy machinery installation

If You Worked at Babcock & Wilcox Cambridge Ohio Works

If you or a family member worked at the Babcock & Wilcox Cambridge Ohio Works in Cambridge OH — or any other Babcock & Wilcox site — before 1980 and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim.

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