PRODUCT USE
82 years
Due to the environment where pipes were installed, insulation was required in order to prevent the pipes from deteriorating. Asbestos was used for most of the 20th century in manufacturing insulation products designed to wrap and protect piping systems found in unfavorable conditions.
The asbestos insulation started to deteriorate with the passing of time, leaving the asbestos fibers in a friable state due to the alternating temperature, from hot to cold. When the workers would interact with the pipes, asbestos particles would spread into the atmosphere, exposing them to the toxicity of asbestos. You could have been exposed if:
- You worked with asbestos contaminated pipe insulation
- You performed plumbing or duct work
- You found yourself on a constant basis around boilers
- You found yourself working on old factory machinery and piping systems
Companies liable for manufacturing or use of asbestos pipe insulation
- Pittsburgh Corning Corporation
- Owens Corning
- Fibreboard Company
- United States Gypsum Company
- GAF Corporation
- AC & S, Inc.
- Eagle-Picher Industries
- Keene Corporation
- Flintkote Company
- Dresser Industries
- Johns-Manville
- Celotex
- Uniroyal Holding, Inc.
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Bartells Asbestos
- Tyler Pipe Foundry
- U.S. Pipe and Foundry
- Continental Can Company
- Southern Company Services
- Sunbeam Products/Sunbeam Corporation Limited
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Sun Oil Co.
- Pan American World Airways Inc.
- Occidental Chemical Corporation
- Taylor Forge & Pipe Works
- Danly Machine Corporation
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Continental Steel Corporation
- American Can Company
- Kelsey-Hayes Company
- American Crane Corporation
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
- James River Corporation
- Rust International Inc.
- J.P. Stevens & Company
- Potlatch Paper Mill
- Weirton Steel
- U.S. Steel
Relevant occupations that used asbestos pipe insulation
- Steelworkers
- Millwrights
- Shipyard workers
- Railroad workers
- Engineers
- Oil rig & refinery workers
- Rubber factory workers
- Longshoremen
- Abatement workers
- Hull maintenance technicians
- Instrumentmen
- Sonar technicians
- Radiomen
- Boatswain’s mates
- Ship's servicemen /administrationmen
- Seamen
- Damage controlmen
- Gunner's mates
- Ice cream plant workers
- Printing press workers
How can we help workers that worked with or around asbestos pipe insulation
Working with asbestos- insulated pipes for a long time during your profession might be the reason you started to show the symptoms of diseases like mesothelioma or asbestosis. In order to cover your treatment costs, we will file claims against the companies responsible for affecting your health and obtain for you the compensations you are entitled to.