General Electric — Lighting / Outdoor Lighting Plant in Hendersonville NC

Plaintiffs allegedly, in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, were exposed to asbestos while working at the General Electric Lighting plant in Hendersonville NC. This page documents the Hendersonville 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 Hendersonville plant produced outdoor lighting fixtures, roadway/streetlight luminaires, and related lighting-system components as part of GE Lighting’s Southern Region manufacturing footprint. Hendersonville operated during the mid-twentieth century as one of GE Lighting’s flagship non-lamp assembly sites, producing high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures and streetlight assemblies that were shipped to utilities and industrial customers nationwide.

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 Hendersonville Lighting 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 paint-cure ovens, glass-forming heaters, and process heaters
  • 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 ballasts and fixture components during production, testing, and rework
  • Asbestos ballast potting compounds, socket insulators, and high-temperature fixture-adjacent materials handled during fixture assembly

Workers Exposed

Plaintiffs allegedly alleged that trade workers at the GE Hendersonville Lighting 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
  • IBB Boilermakers — powerhouse boiler and cure-oven refractory work
  • IBEW Electricians — plant switchgear, motor-control center, and lighting-test-lab work
  • BAC Bricklayers — refractory relining on manufacturing furnaces
  • IUE / GE Salaried and hourly production workers — luminaire assembly line, testing, and rework
  • Millwrights — machine tool installation and heavy manufacturing equipment work

If You Worked at GE Hendersonville

If you or a family member worked at the GE Hendersonville Lighting plant in Hendersonville NC — 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