E.I. DuPont de Nemours — Plants in New Jersey

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working at E.I. DuPont de Nemours plants in New Jersey. This page documents the New Jersey portion of E.I. DuPont de Nemours’s multi-state operations. For the full corporate summary and plants in other states, see the E.I. DuPont de Nemours manufacturer page.

Premises Description

E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (founded 1802 — originally as a black-powder manufacturer near Wilmington, Delaware; today operated as multiple successor entities including DuPont de Nemours Inc., Chemours, Corteva, and others) was through the 20th century one of the largest and most diversified U.S. chemical and industrial manufacturers. DuPont operated major U.S. asbestos-era manufacturing complexes including:

  • Wilmington DE — corporate headquarters and the historic Chambers Works (Deepwater NJ)
  • Beaumont TX — Sabine River petrochemical and polymer operations
  • Belle WV — major specialty chemicals
  • Memphis TN — Memphis Plant chemicals
  • Old Hickory TN — synthetic fibers
  • Parkersburg WV — Washington Works fluoropolymers
  • Dozens of specialty plants across the Mid-Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and Midwest

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that DuPont — as premises owner of its U.S. chemical and industrial complexes — exposed contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers, as well as DuPont’s own operating and maintenance employees, to asbestos through pipe covering, refractory insulation, gaskets and packing, spray-applied fireproofing, and ceiling and partition board across plant utility systems and process units.

E.I. DuPont de Nemours has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

  • Chemical-plant pipefitters and refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) at DuPont sites
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on DuPont construction and turnaround crews
  • Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building DuPont process units
  • DuPont’s own operating and maintenance workforce
  • Construction-trade workforces on DuPont EPC projects

If You Worked at a DuPont Complex

If you worked at an E.I. DuPont de Nemours chemical, explosives, plastics, or synthetic-fiber complex during the asbestos era — as a DuPont employee or as a dispatched contractor pipefitter, insulator, boilermaker, or trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 237-7046

Named Plants and Operating Era

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that specific named DuPont plants in New Jersey allegedly involved asbestos-containing materials during their principal operating eras. Documented plant footprint in New Jersey:

  • DuPont Chambers Works — in Deepwater NJ (Salem County, on the Delaware River), sprawling dyestuffs, aromatic-intermediates, Freon refrigerants, tetraethyl lead, and specialty-chemicals complex allegedly operating from 1917 through the modern era (progressively partitioned to Chemours). Historic anchor of DuPont’s organic-chemistry manufacturing.
  • DuPont Parlin Plant — in Parlin NJ (Middlesex County), historic smokeless-powder, film, and specialty-products plant allegedly operating from 1904 through the modern era. Notable for Cordura / cellophane / photographic-film operations. Progressively divested / partitioned.
  • DuPont Repauno Works — in Gibbstown NJ (Gloucester County, on the Delaware River), historic dynamite and industrial explosives plant allegedly operating from 1880 through the mid-twentieth century (explosives operations wound down 1960s-70s; site converted to other DuPont chemicals).
  • DuPont Sabine River / Carneys Point Works — in Carneys Point NJ (Salem County), historic smokeless-powder and munitions plant allegedly operating from World War I through the mid-twentieth century.

Plant-Era ACM Narrative

At DuPont’s New Jersey operations, plaintiffs alleged the following plant-era asbestos exposure pathways during the principal U.S. asbestos era (approximately 1930s-1980):

  • Asbestos block insulation and asbestos pipe covering on high-pressure steam mains, superheater headers, and process piping throughout Chambers Works, Parlin, and Repauno
  • Asbestos boiler lagging, asbestos block on boiler drums, and asbestos rope on the Chambers Works central utilities powerhouse and Parlin utility boilers
  • Asbestos-refractory brick and asbestos block on Chambers Works reactors, distillation columns, calciners, and Freon compression stages
  • Asbestos compressed-sheet gaskets and asbestos braided packing at flanged process connections, pumps, and valves across all NJ DuPont plants
  • Asbestos spray-applied fireproofing on structural steel in Chambers Works Freon, TEL, and dyes buildings during 1950s-1960s expansions
  • Asbestos-cement transite panels in Parlin film-plant electrical rooms and Chambers Works partitions

Trades and Local Union Coverage

Plaintiffs alleged that New Jersey DuPont plant work was performed by tradesmen from the following unions and Locals during the asbestos era:

  • HFIAW Insulators Local 89 — Southern NJ / Camden jurisdiction — asbestos pipe covering and block insulation at Chambers Works, Repauno, and Carneys Point
  • HFIAW Insulators Local 32 — Central NJ jurisdiction — asbestos pipe covering and block insulation at Parlin
  • UA Pipefitters Local 322 — Southern NJ (Camden / Gloucester / Salem counties) jurisdiction — flange bolt-up, gasket work, and process piping at Chambers Works and Repauno
  • UA Pipefitters Local 475 — Middlesex / Central NJ jurisdiction — process piping at Parlin
  • IBEW Electricians Local 351 — Southern NJ jurisdiction — switchgear, motor-control center, and instrumentation at Chambers Works, Repauno, and Carneys Point
  • BAC Bricklayers — the Southern NJ Local — refractory relining of Chambers Works reactors, calciners, and utility boilers
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers — regional Local — Chambers Works powerhouse and pressure-vessel work
  • DuPont’s own operating and maintenance workforce — Chambers Works, Parlin, Repauno, and Carneys Point production crews

Documented ACM Product Vectors Named in Litigation

Products from AP defendant manufacturers that plaintiffs alleged were supplied to or specified at New Jersey DuPont plants during the asbestos era:

Mesothelioma Resources for New Jersey Workers

Occupational and premises asbestos exposure like this is a leading cause of mesothelioma, often diagnosed decades later. If you or a family member worked here: