Procter & Gamble in California — Long Beach, Sacramento & Oxnard

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

  • Long Beach CA — soap and detergent plant — spray-dryer tower operations, sulfonation and slurry-mix buildings, packaging lines (mid-20th-century era)
  • Sacramento CA — Duracell battery plant (Duracell acquired by P&G 2005; the Sacramento battery-manufacturing footprint pre-dates P&G ownership and its asbestos-era infrastructure carried over)
  • Oxnard CA — consumer-products distribution and packaging operations

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

  • Asbestos pipe covering allegedly on steam mains, process piping, and utility lines through consumer-products manufacturing bays and powerhouse
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets allegedly at fatty-acid saponification kettles, spray dryers, and process piping flanges (Long Beach soap-and-detergent operations)
  • Asbestos-block hot-side lagging allegedly on powerhouse boilers, deaerators, and steam headers
  • 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 plant warehouses and machine bays
  • Asbestos-fabric expansion joints allegedly on plant vent stacks and steam headers
  • Asbestos-block insulation allegedly around battery-manufacturing furnaces and drying ovens at the Sacramento Duracell operation

Workers Exposed at P&G California Plants

  • HFIAW Insulators (pipe covering and block insulation on steam and process lines)
  • UA Pipefitters (flange bolt-up on process piping, kettles, and evaporators)
  • IBB Boilermakers (powerhouse boiler repair and re-tube)
  • BAC Bricklayers (refractory work on boilers and dryers)
  • IBEW Electricians (plant switchgear, MCC, and motor rewind)
  • Millwrights (spray dryer, packaging line, and battery-plant equipment installation)
  • P&G production workers (assembly and packaging line)
  • Ironworkers (structural steel erection beneath sprayed asbestos fireproofing, pre-1973)

If You Worked at Procter & Gamble in California

If you or a family member worked at a Procter & Gamble plant in California 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 California 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: