Was Foster Wheeler — asbestos documented in litigation?

Foster Wheeler — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Foster Wheeler — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Foster Wheeler — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Gaskets

Foster Wheeler Feedwater Heater Flange, Manway & Channel-Cover Asbestos Gaskets

⚖ Litigation Recordc. 1940s-1980Compressed asbestos sheet gaskets and spiral-wound gaskets with asbestos filler allegedly specified at manway covers, channel-cover flanges, shell/head flanges, and steam-inlet nozzles on Foster Wheeler closed feedwater heaters; disturbed during heater tube-bundle pulls and gasket replacement

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Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Product Description

Foster Wheeler Corporation designed and manufactured a broad line of closed feedwater heaters — horizontal and vertical shell-and-tube heat exchangers installed in utility and industrial regenerative-cycle steam plants to preheat boiler feedwater using extraction steam. Foster Wheeler feedwater heaters were installed across U.S. electric utility fossil and nuclear stations, refinery cogeneration plants, chemical-plant powerhouses, and Navy shipboard propulsion plants.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Foster Wheeler feedwater heaters were originally shipped, and were routinely serviced, with compressed asbestos sheet gaskets and asbestos-filled spiral-wound gaskets at multiple sealing surfaces:

Bolted manway covers on shell and channel sections
Channel-cover flanges on the tube-side inlet/outlet ends
Shell-side and head flanges on horizontal heaters
Steam-inlet nozzle flanges at the extraction-steam connection
Vent, drain, and drip connection flanges across the drain-cooler and desuperheating zones

Foster Wheeler has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

Boilermakers breaking out and re-gasketing manway covers during heater inspections
Pipefitters (UA members) replacing extraction-steam and feedwater flange gaskets
Millwrights and maintenance mechanics during tube-bundle pulls and heater retubes
Insulators stripping and re-installing removable insulation blankets over gasketed joints
Navy machinist’s mates and hull technicians servicing shipboard heater gasketing

Gasket removal typically involved scraping, wire-brushing, and grinding hardened compressed asbestos residue off flange faces — an activity plaintiffs allege released respirable chrysotile fiber into the immediate work area, particularly in confined heater bays with limited ventilation.

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Product Facts

Trade NameFoster Wheeler Feedwater Heater Flange, Manway & Channel-Cover Asbestos Gaskets

ManufacturerFoster Wheeler Corporation — Asbestos Products & Litigation History

Years Producedc. 1940s-1980

Asbestos ContentCompressed asbestos sheet gaskets and spiral-wound gaskets with asbestos filler allegedly specified at manway covers, channel-cover flanges, shell/head flanges, and steam-inlet nozzles on Foster Wheeler closed feedwater heaters; disturbed during heater tube-bundle pulls and gasket replacement

CategoryGaskets Gaskets-Packing Boilers

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

BoilermakersPipefittersMillwrightsInsulators

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