Foster Wheeler — Carteret Works in Carteret NJ

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 Foster Wheeler Carteret Works in Carteret NJ. For the full corporate summary, see the Foster Wheeler manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Foster Wheeler Carteret Works served as one of the company’s principal early-twentieth-century boiler and heat-exchanger manufacturing plants, taking advantage of tidewater access on the Arthur Kill to fabricate and ship large Code-stamped watertube boilers, D-type marine boilers, feedwater heaters, and refinery process heaters. The Carteret site was heavily engaged in Navy marine-boiler production during World War II and the postwar shipbuilding buildup, and continued as a boiler-fabrication and repair works serving Atlantic Coast utility and refinery customers through the twentieth-century asbestos era.

Premises ACM Narrative

At the Foster Wheeler Carteret 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
  • Asbestos-block marine-boiler lagging installed on D-type Navy boilers during fabrication and outfitting

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 Foster Wheeler Carteret Works

If you or a family member worked at the Foster Wheeler Carteret Works in Carteret NJ — or any other Foster Wheeler 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