Did you work at Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant in Illinois? Asbestos was part of how facilities like this were built and maintained. Here is where it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant in Illinois was a major industrial facility. Industry registry records document Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant's major steam equipment. At plants like these, outages generally meant asbestos insulation stripped and replaced — peak-exposure work for the trades and everyone nearby. The trades most exposed at industrial facilities like Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant. Asbestos claims are brought against the product manufacturers. If you worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Northrop Grumman Corporation — Plants in Illinois
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working at Northrop Grumman Corporation plants in Illinois. This page documents the Illinois portion of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s multi-state operations. For the full corporate summary and plants in other states, see the Northrop Grumman Corporation manufacturer page.
Premises Description
Northrop Grumman Corporation (formed 1994 by the merger of Northrop Corporation — founded 1939 by Jack Northrop — and Grumman Aerospace Corporation — founded 1930 by Leroy Grumman; today headquartered Falls Church VA) is through the 20th century and today one of the principal U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturers. Northrop, Grumman, and Northrop Grumman operated major U.S. plants through the asbestos era:
Grumman legacy:
Bethpage NY — Grumman Aerospace flagship Long Island plant (F-14 Tomcat, F6F Hellcat, A-6 Intruder, Lunar Module — closed 1996)
Calverton NY — Grumman flight test and final assembly
Great River NY — Grumman support operations
Northrop legacy:
Hawthorne CA — Northrop flagship Los Angeles-area plant (F-5, T-38 Talon, YF-17 / F/A-18 predecessor)
Palmdale CA — Northrop stealth aircraft (B-2 Spirit final assembly)
El Segundo CA — Northrop specialty aerospace
Pico Rivera CA — Northrop B-1 / B-2 subassembly
Post-merger operations:
Melbourne FL — Northrop Grumman aeronautics
Newport News VA — Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Newport News), divested to HII 2011
Pascagoula MS — Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (Ingalls), divested to HII 2011
Rolling Meadows IL, Baltimore MD, Warner Robins GA — additional operations
Each operated through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing plant infrastructure.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Northrop / Grumman / Northrop Grumman — as premises owner — exposed its IAM and UAW aerospace machinist workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
IAM / UAW Local members at Northrop and Grumman aerospace plants
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working Northrop / Grumman capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Northrop / Grumman construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) at Northrop / Grumman plants
Construction-trade workforces on Northrop / Grumman aircraft-hangar and plant capital projects
If You Worked at a Northrop / Grumman / Northrop Grumman Plant
If you worked at a Northrop Corporation, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, or Northrop Grumman Corporation aerospace or defense manufacturing plant during the asbestos era — at Bethpage NY, Hawthorne CA, Palmdale CA, Melbourne FL, or any other Northrop / Grumman site — as an employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.
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:
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Firsthand Accounts from the Trades
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The site history and documented exposure record on this page come from public and regulatory sources.
These accounts sit alongside that record — they add to it, they don't change it.
Who an asbestos claim is actually against. These claims
are brought against the companies that manufactured and sold the asbestos-containing products used
at industrial sites like this one — the insulation, block, cement, gaskets and packing. A claim of
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What asbestos exposure pathways are associated with Northrop Grumman Corporation?
Pathways in this report refer to commonly used asbestos-containing material systems at industrial facilities that may contribute to exposure practices, fiber transfer, and deposition. Activities include maintenance, repair, overhaul, and demolition across these systems.
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Facility History
Operations established during the high-use era of asbestos specification
Equipment systems documented or commonly present at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Each link opens a research crosswalk on AsbestosIndex with manufacturer, trust-fund, and product history.
Equipment list drawn from public litigation records, EPA / state DNR filings, and facility-type defaults. Specific product identification depends on facility records and witness testimony.
Is Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure documented in asbestos litigation records?
Yes. Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure is documented in public asbestos litigation records, EPA NESHAP filings, OSHA inspection logs, and/or state regulatory databases. Workers at industrial facilities of this era routinely encountered asbestos-containing materials in pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, boiler block, refractory products, floor and ceiling tiles, and electrical components.
Which workers had the highest asbestos exposure at Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure?
Trades with documented asbestos exposure at industrial facilities include pipefitters, insulators (laggers), boilermakers, millwrights, electricians, welders, sheet-metal workers, plumbers, carpenters, machinists, painters, and general laborers. Maintenance crews, refractory bricklayers, and shutdown contractors often had the most concentrated exposure during overhaul and tear-out work.
What asbestos products did workers handle at Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure?
Asbestos-containing products commonly documented at industrial facilities of this era include thermal pipe lagging and block insulation (steam lines, valves, boilers), asbestos cement, refractory brick and burner-front gun-block, gaskets and braided packing (valves, pumps, flanges), boiler-tube insulation and lagging, vinyl asbestos floor tile, acoustic ceiling tile, and asbestos-containing transite board. Specific product manufacturers are catalogued at AsbestosIndex.
Is there a deadline to file an asbestos claim in Illinois?
Illinois law gives 2 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury asbestos lawsuit. Wrongful-death claims must be filed within 2 years from the date of death. The two deadlines run on separate tracks. The personal-injury clock starts at diagnosis, not at exposure — mesothelioma latency is typically 20 to 50 years.
Who else besides Northrop Grumman Corporation — Illinois Plant Asbestos Exposure workers may have been exposed?
Yes. Spouses who laundered work clothing carrying asbestos fibers and children of workers who returned home covered in dust are recognized in Illinois asbestos litigation as eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims when they have been diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. Wrongful-death claims may be filed by surviving family members.
Can workers file both a civil suit and trust-fund claims?
Yes — more than 60 asbestos bankruptcy trusts hold combined funds set aside specifically for victims of asbestos-related disease. Trust-fund claims and civil lawsuits run on separate tracks; both can be pursued in parallel. Each trust has its own filing requirements, exposure criteria, and processing timeline.
Disclaimer: The information in this article is for general educational purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this site. References to companies, products, and facilities are drawn from public asbestos litigation records, court filings, and regulatory databases. Consult a licensed physician for medical guidance and a qualified attorney for legal advice regarding your specific situation.
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