Pratt & Whitney in Maine — North Berwick Turbine Airfoil Plant

Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick Maine plant (York County) has operated since the 1960s as the corporation’s principal precision turbine-airfoil manufacturing site, producing turbine blades, vanes, and industrial gas turbine components for P&W’s military, commercial, and (through Pratt & Whitney Power Systems) industrial-gas-turbine engine lines. The North Berwick plant allegedly employed thousands of hourly workers at peak — represented by the IAM — and ran heat-treat, investment-casting, coating, and machining lines continuously through the asbestos era. The plant remains operational as an RTX/Pratt & Whitney precision-components facility.

Premises ACM Narrative

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick premises allegedly involved:

  • Asbestos-block and asbestos-blanket insulation on heat-treat furnaces, brazing furnaces, and coating ovens central to turbine-airfoil manufacturing
  • Asbestos-fabric hot-section lagging on high-temperature process equipment and burn-in test rigs
  • Asbestos pipe covering on plant steam mains, hot-oil systems, and process-utility piping
  • Asbestos-sheet gaskets and rope packing at furnace-door seals, high-temperature process flanges, and valve stems
  • Asbestos-cement panels on plant utility structures and furnace enclosures
  • Asbestos-block insulation on plant powerhouse boilers
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel in pre-1973 buildings

Workers Exposed

Plaintiffs allegedly included:

  • IAM aerospace machinists, furnace operators, and investment-casting workers at North Berwick
  • Heat-treat and coating-line technicians
  • HFIAW insulators dispatched to P&W North Berwick construction and turnaround crews
  • UA pipefitters on plant steam, hot-oil, and process-utility systems
  • IBB boilermakers on plant powerhouse and furnace work
  • IBEW electricians on furnace controls and plant switchgear
  • Millwrights on furnace-tooling, casting, and machining equipment
  • Outside contractor trades on P&W North Berwick capital projects

If You Worked at Pratt & Whitney North Berwick

If you or a family member worked at Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick Maine plant 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) 237-3332

Mesothelioma Resources for Maine 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: