Ford Rouge Plant
The Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan was an integral part of the Rouge Complex.
Construction began in 1917, and by the time it was completed in 1928 it was the largest integrated factory in the world. The plant has its own docks on the Rouge River, plus nearly 100 miles of interior railroad track, its own power plant and steel making, allowing Ford to turn raw materials into vehicles within this single complex. At its peak over 100,000 workers were employed at Ford Rouge.
The complex also included the B-Building, Engine, Frame, Radiator, Stamping, Transmission and Tool & Die Plants. During the first World War the plant built navy vessels. The Dearborn Assembly Plant (DAP) started producing Model As in the late 1920s. After the war, production turned to Fordson tractors. The Rouge’s Steel Division and foundries produced nearly all the parts of the early Ford vehicles. In addition to the Ford Model A, Rouge products included the original Mercury, the Ford Thunderbird, and four decades of Ford Mustangs. The old assembly plant was idled with the construction and launch of a new assembly facility on the Miller Roadside of the complex, currently producing Ford F-150 pickup trucks. As it ended production, DAP was one of six plants within the Ford Rouge Center. The plant was open from 1918 to May 10, 2004, with a red convertible 2004 Ford Mustang GT being the last vehicle built at the historic site. Demolition of the historic DAP facility was completed in 2008.
Ford built the largest blast furnaces in the world in 1920 and added two more blast furnaces. The Steel Division had Iron Foundries, Open Hearths, Coke Ovens, Cold, Hot Strip and Rolling Mills. The Steel Division was spun off as a separate subsidiary in 1980s and eventually sold to a separate company and continues to operate today.
The plant was a source of asbestos exposure from the 1930s until the late 1980s. Exposures to the asbestos products at the plant can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and other cancers decades later. Even if you smoked you may be entitled to compensation if you are suffering an asbestos related disease.
Asbestos in Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn has a history of manufacturing in fields known for using asbestos-containing materials, placing workers at a high-risk category for asbestos exposure. In addition to the Ford Rouge Plant significant exposures to asbestos occurred at Rouge Steel and other Ford Plants in the Metro-Detroit area.
There are numerous departments and occupations including:
- Maintenance: Construction and Millwrights, Bricklayers, Electricians, Insulators, Machinists, Oilers, Painters, Pipefitters, Welders and other trades. They construct, maintain and repair the buildings and equipment throughout the plant.
- Powerhouse: Boiler and Turbine Operators, Stationary Steam Engineers, and Maintenance Men. They operate and monitor the boilers, turbines, condensers, compressors, pumps and valves.
- Heavy/Mobile Equipment Repair: Industrial Mechanics maintained and repaired Kress Carriers, payloaders, fork trucks, dump trucks, tow motors, hoists and other equipment.
- Material Handling: Hi-Lo Operators, Crane Operators, Equipment Operators, Laborers, Sludge Operators and Tractor Operators. They handle and move the raw materials, steel and equipment for the mill.
- Transportation: Railroad Laborers, Switchman and Engineers operated the locomotives for transporting molten steel, Ingot molds, and other materials.
- Furnace Operators and Helpers operated the various foundry and steel mill furnaces.
- Foundry Workers – made cores, molds and iron castings for parts.
- Assembly Workers – assembled motors, frames, car bodies etc.
- Receiving and Shipping: They receive and ship materials for the various plants and departments.
- Maintenance Foreman and Supervisors: They schedule and supervise the maintenance and repair of the buildings and equipment.
- First Line Supervisors/Managers Production and Operating Workers: They directly supervise and coordinate production and operations employees (Precision Workers, Inspectors, Machine Setters and Operators, Assemblers, Fabricators, and Plant and System Operators.
Why does it matter that Ford Rouge is in our jobsites database?
In order to successfully pursue an asbestos claim, your lawyer needs to be familiar with the jobsites you worked at, including
- the companies that employed you,
- the products they purchased and used, and
- the companies who produced those products,
- depositions, testimony of other asbestos disease victims
- documentation from the Plant and Defendants
After more than 40 years pioneering asbestos litigation, we have a vast knowledgebase covering things such as company diagrams, invoices from asbestos product manufacturers, revealing company memos demonstrating their knowledge of the risks, asbestos product packaging through the years, depositions from leading experts, and medical and scientific literature dating from the late 1800s to the current day.
Ford Rouge is one of tens of thousands of jobsites in our database. Being familiar with many different industries, manufacturers, and products means we can efficiently and effectively identify all the asbestos containing products that contributed to your injury. It’s a breadth of knowledge gained from years of experience representing victims of asbestos exposure.
If you or a loved one have questions regarding asbestos exposure at Ford Steel or anywhere in Dearborn Michigan, we have Michigan based and licensed lawyers with over 50 combined years of experience that would be able to assist you. John Kelsey and John Pomerville are Asbestos & Mesothelioma Attorneys with Goldberg Persky & White. They are very knowledgeable in regards to asbestos exposure at Ford Steel Division, mesothelioma and the other asbestos diseases caused by asbestos exposure. They have represented many individuals with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis in Wayne County Circuit Court for more than 35 years..
Ford Rouge Plant
The Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan was an integral part of the Rouge Complex.
Construction began in 1917, and by the time it was completed in 1928 it was the largest integrated factory in the world. The plant has its own docks on the Rouge River, plus nearly 100 miles of interior railroad track, its own power plant and steel making, allowing Ford to turn raw materials into vehicles within this single complex. At its peak over 100,000 workers were employed at Ford Rouge.
The complex also included the B-Building, Engine, Frame, Radiator, Stamping, Transmission and Tool & Die Plants. During the first World War the plant built navy vessels. The Dearborn Assembly Plant (DAP) started producing Model As in the late 1920s. After the war, production turned to Fordson tractors. The Rouge’s Steel Division and foundries produced nearly all the parts of the early Ford vehicles. In addition to the Ford Model A, Rouge products included the original Mercury, the Ford Thunderbird, and four decades of Ford Mustangs. The old assembly plant was idled with the construction and launch of a new assembly facility on the Miller Roadside of the complex, currently producing Ford F-150 pickup trucks. As it ended production, DAP was one of six plants within the Ford Rouge Center. The plant was open from 1918 to May 10, 2004, with a red convertible 2004 Ford Mustang GT being the last vehicle built at the historic site. Demolition of the historic DAP facility was completed in 2008.
Ford built the largest blast furnaces in the world in 1920 and added two more blast furnaces. The Steel Division had Iron Foundries, Open Hearths, Coke Ovens, Cold, Hot Strip and Rolling Mills. The Steel Division was spun off as a separate subsidiary in 1980s and eventually sold to a separate company and continues to operate today.
The plant was a source of asbestos exposure from the 1930s until the late 1980s. Exposures to the asbestos products at the plant can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and other cancers decades later. Even if you smoked you may be entitled to compensation if you are suffering an asbestos related disease.
Asbestos in Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn has a history of manufacturing in fields known for using asbestos-containing materials, placing workers at a high-risk category for asbestos exposure. In addition to the Ford Rouge Plant significant exposures to asbestos occurred at Rouge Steel and other Ford Plants in the Metro-Detroit area.
There are numerous departments and occupations including:
- Maintenance: Construction and Millwrights, Bricklayers, Electricians, Insulators, Machinists, Oilers, Painters, Pipefitters, Welders and other trades. They construct, maintain and repair the buildings and equipment throughout the plant.
- Powerhouse: Boiler and Turbine Operators, Stationary Steam Engineers, and Maintenance Men. They operate and monitor the boilers, turbines, condensers, compressors, pumps and valves.
- Heavy/Mobile Equipment Repair: Industrial Mechanics maintained and repaired Kress Carriers, payloaders, fork trucks, dump trucks, tow motors, hoists and other equipment.
- Material Handling: Hi-Lo Operators, Crane Operators, Equipment Operators, Laborers, Sludge Operators and Tractor Operators. They handle and move the raw materials, steel and equipment for the mill.
- Transportation: Railroad Laborers, Switchman and Engineers operated the locomotives for transporting molten steel, Ingot molds, and other materials.
- Furnace Operators and Helpers operated the various foundry and steel mill furnaces.
- Foundry Workers – made cores, molds and iron castings for parts.
- Assembly Workers – assembled motors, frames, car bodies etc.
- Receiving and Shipping: They receive and ship materials for the various plants and departments.
- Maintenance Foreman and Supervisors: They schedule and supervise the maintenance and repair of the buildings and equipment.
- First Line Supervisors/Managers Production and Operating Workers: They directly supervise and coordinate production and operations employees (Precision Workers, Inspectors, Machine Setters and Operators, Assemblers, Fabricators, and Plant and System Operators.
Why does it matter that Ford Rouge is in our jobsites database?
In order to successfully pursue an asbestos claim, your lawyer needs to be familiar with the jobsites you worked at, including
- the companies that employed you,
- the products they purchased and used, and
- the companies who produced those products,
- depositions, testimony of other asbestos disease victims
- documentation from the Plant and Defendants
After more than 40 years pioneering asbestos litigation, we have a vast knowledgebase covering things such as company diagrams, invoices from asbestos product manufacturers, revealing company memos demonstrating their knowledge of the risks, asbestos product packaging through the years, depositions from leading experts, and medical and scientific literature dating from the late 1800s to the current day.
Ford Rouge is one of tens of thousands of jobsites in our database. Being familiar with many different industries, manufacturers, and products means we can efficiently and effectively identify all the asbestos containing products that contributed to your injury. It’s a breadth of knowledge gained from years of experience representing victims of asbestos exposure.
If you or a loved one have questions regarding asbestos exposure at Ford Steel or anywhere in Dearborn Michigan, we have Michigan based and licensed lawyers with over 50 combined years of experience that would be able to assist you. John Kelsey and John Pomerville are Asbestos & Mesothelioma Attorneys with Goldberg Persky & White. They are very knowledgeable in regards to asbestos exposure at Ford Steel Division, mesothelioma and the other asbestos diseases caused by asbestos exposure. They have represented many individuals with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis in Wayne County Circuit Court for more than 35 years..