Babcock & Wilcox — Mount Vernon Indiana Works in Mount Vernon IN

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 Mount Vernon Indiana Works in Mount Vernon IN. For the full corporate summary, see the Babcock & Wilcox manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Babcock & Wilcox Mount Vernon Indiana Works operates on the Ohio River in Posey County as the company’s principal heavy boiler-drum and large-diameter pressure-vessel fabrication plant. The Mount Vernon site was developed to produce the largest utility-scale steam drums and mud drums used in supercritical coal-fired power boilers and other heavy Code-stamped pressure components, taking advantage of river-barge shipping access for oversize loads. The plant expanded during the mid-twentieth-century utility-boiler buildup and remains an active heavy-fabrication site under successor Babcock & Wilcox ownership.

Premises ACM Narrative

At the Babcock & Wilcox Mount Vernon Indiana 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-refractory ladle mud during casting operations
  • Asbestos-fabric radiography shielding cloth for pressure vessel NDT

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 Mount Vernon Indiana Works

If you or a family member worked at the Babcock & Wilcox Mount Vernon Indiana Works in Mount Vernon IN — 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