Procter & Gamble in Pennsylvania — Mehoopany Paper Mill & Phillipsburg

Procter & Gamble Company allegedly operated the following documented plants in Pennsylvania during the U.S. asbestos era (roughly 1930s through the 1980s), according to publicly filed asbestos litigation records:

  • Mehoopany PA — Charmin / Bounty / Pampers paper mill — one of the largest paper mills in the United States; opened by P&G in 1966; paper machines, Yankee dryers, Fourdriniers, pulp handling, and recovery-boiler operations
  • Phillipsburg PA — Duncan Hines food-products plant — cake mix and baking-products manufacturing (Duncan Hines line acquired by P&G 1956)

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Procter & Gamble Pennsylvania plants allegedly involved asbestos-containing materials across the era:

  • Asbestos pipe covering allegedly on steam mains, process piping, and utility lines through the Mehoopany paper mill and Phillipsburg food-products plant
  • Asbestos-block hot-side lagging allegedly on Mehoopany paper machine Yankee dryers, hood insulation, and Fourdrinier steam-heated dryer cans
  • Asbestos-fabric hood insulation allegedly on Yankee dryer sections and paper-machine hoods at Mehoopany
  • Asbestos refractory allegedly at Mehoopany powerhouse boilers and recovery boilers
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets allegedly at process piping flanges, dryer sections, and food-processing equipment
  • Asbestos-fabric arc chute plates allegedly in plant switchgear, motor control centers, and load contactors
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing allegedly on structural steel columns and floor decking in multi-story production halls (pre-1973 EPA ban)
  • Asbestos-cement roofing panels and siding allegedly on paper mill warehouses and machine bays
  • Asbestos-fabric expansion joints allegedly on paper mill vent stacks and dryer sections
  • Asbestos rope packing allegedly on paper-mill pumps, valves, and process agitators

Workers Exposed at P&G Pennsylvania Plants

  • HFIAW Insulators (pipe covering, block insulation, and paper mill Yankee dryer / hood work)
  • UA Pipefitters (flange bolt-up on process piping and dryer sections)
  • IBB Boilermakers (Mehoopany powerhouse boilers and recovery boilers)
  • BAC Bricklayers (refractory work on recovery and powerhouse boilers)
  • IBEW Electricians (Mehoopany substation, plant switchgear, MCC, and motor rewind)
  • Millwrights (paper machine, Yankee dryer, and mixing equipment installation)
  • USW paper workers around Mehoopany paper-machine dryer sections and pulp handling
  • P&G production workers (assembly and packaging line at Phillipsburg)
  • Ironworkers (structural steel erection beneath sprayed asbestos fireproofing, pre-1973)

If You Worked at Procter & Gamble in Pennsylvania

If you or a family member worked at the Mehoopany paper mill, the Phillipsburg Duncan Hines plant, or any other Procter & Gamble Pennsylvania 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) 936-2956