General Electric — Nuclear / Aviation Plant in Jacksonville FL

Plaintiffs allegedly, in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, were exposed to asbestos while working at the General Electric Nuclear / Aviation plant in Jacksonville FL. This page documents the Jacksonville portion of GE’s multi-state industrial footprint. For the full corporate summary and other GE plants, see the General Electric manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The GE Jacksonville site served GE’s nuclear service business and its GE Aviation Systems / avionics manufacturing operations, supporting reactor-service work for GE Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) utility customers along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and, in later decades, aviation component work. Jacksonville also historically supported GE service to U.S. Navy customers homeported at NAS Jacksonville and NS Mayport during the U.S. asbestos era.

Premises ACM Narrative

Plaintiffs allegedly, in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, alleged that during the U.S. asbestos era (approximately 1930s-1980) the GE Jacksonville plant allegedly involved asbestos-containing materials across the following pathways:

  • Asbestos pipe covering on steam mains, process piping, and utility lines throughout the manufacturing bays and powerhouse
  • Asbestos-block hot-side lagging on manufacturing furnaces, heat-treat ovens, and induction-heating equipment
  • Asbestos-fabric arc chute plates in plant switchgear, motor control centers, and load contactors
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets at process piping, boiler, and heat exchanger flanges
  • Asbestos-cement roofing and asbestos-fabric roof insulation on manufacturing bays and warehouses
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel columns and floor decking (pre-1973 EPA ban)
  • Asbestos-fabric electrical winding insulation on GE-manufactured motors, generators, and reactor-service equipment during production, testing, and rework
  • Asbestos-packed pump seals, reactor-recirculation shaft-seal packing, and gasket materials handled by nuclear-service and aviation-component workers

Workers Exposed

Plaintiffs allegedly alleged that trade workers at the GE Jacksonville plant during the asbestos era included:

  • HFIAW Insulators — asbestos pipe covering and block insulation on steam and process lines
  • UA Pipefitters — flange bolt-up and gasket work on process piping and reactor-service equipment
  • IBB Boilermakers — powerhouse boiler and heat-treat furnace refractory work
  • IBEW Electricians — plant switchgear, motor-control center, and rewind-shop work
  • BAC Bricklayers — refractory relining on manufacturing furnaces
  • IUE / GE Salaried and hourly production workers — nuclear-service assembly, avionics assembly, testing, and rework
  • Millwrights — machine tool installation and heavy manufacturing equipment work

If You Worked at GE Jacksonville

If you or a family member worked at the GE Jacksonville plant in Jacksonville FL — or any other GE manufacturing 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