Westinghouse Electric — Tampa Combustion Turbine / PGBU in Tampa FL

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 Westinghouse Tampa Combustion Turbine / Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) plant in Tampa Florida. This page documents the Tampa portion of Westinghouse’s multi-state industrial footprint. For the full corporate summary, see the Westinghouse manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Westinghouse Tampa combustion turbine plant opened in 1972 and became the company’s principal U.S. site for manufacturing, assembling, and service of large industrial and utility combustion turbines (the W-501 family and successors) used in simple-cycle and combined-cycle power stations worldwide. The Tampa site anchored the Westinghouse Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU). In 1998 Siemens acquired the Westinghouse power generation business, and the Tampa plant has since operated as a Siemens Energy combustion turbine manufacturing and service center.

Premises ACM Narrative

At the Westinghouse Tampa combustion turbine plant during the U.S. asbestos era (approximately 1972-1980), plaintiffs allegedly encountered:

  • Asbestos pipe covering on steam mains, lube-oil and hydraulic lines, and utility piping
  • Asbestos-block hot-side lagging on heat-treat furnaces, brazing ovens, and coating-cure ovens for turbine hot-section components
  • Asbestos-molded De-Ion arc chute plates in Westinghouse switchgear supporting plant power distribution and generator test cells
  • Asbestos-fabric electrical winding insulation on Westinghouse generator stators and exciters mated to Tampa-built combustion turbines
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets at combustion turbine casing splits, lube-oil manifolds, steam-piping flanges, and boiler flanges
  • Asbestos-cement bulkhead panels in test-cell blast walls, generator test bays, and electrical rooms
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel in the multi-story turbine assembly halls (pre-1973 EPA ban)
  • Combustion-turbine-specific pathway — asbestos-rope packing and asbestos-fabric hot-gas-path expansion-joint fabric used in combustor and transition-piece assembly, and asbestos-millboard turbine-enclosure insulation

Workers Exposed

  • HFIAW Insulators — asbestos pipe covering and block insulation
  • UA Pipefitters — flange bolt-up on steam, lube-oil, and process lines
  • IBB Boilermakers — powerhouse boiler and pressure-vessel work
  • IBEW Electricians — switchgear, generator test, and controls work
  • BAC Bricklayers — refractory work on heat-treat furnaces and test-cell exhaust stacks
  • IUE / United Electrical Workers (UE) — turbine and generator assemblers, machinists, and test operators
  • Millwrights — combustion turbine and test-stand installation

If You Worked at Westinghouse Tampa

If you or a family member worked at the Westinghouse Tampa combustion turbine / PGBU plant — or any other Westinghouse 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