The manufacturing process went through different stages, all equally dangerous for the people that used to work inside the plant. From their initial stage, the fiber bundles needed to be broken down into smaller ones and then get cleaned off of impurities through a process named carding, creating dangerous amounts of poisonous dust. The separated slivers were then spun into yarn that was later woven into cloth sizes. Ropes were formed from some of the woven cloth that was remaining.
In these plants, all of the workers were breathing in a contaminated atmosphere where microscopic particles of asbestos were being spread all around. The exposure didn’t stop there as asbestos dust was brought into their homes on their working clothes.
Like asbestos miners, the asbestos products manufacturers were required to handle raw asbestos directly which meant that they were subjected to dangerous levels of asbestos exposure. This led to high rates of mesothelioma and asbestosis appearance in former asbestos plant workers.
Relevant job titles
- asbestos worker
- asbestos floor supervisor
- assembly line worker
- bag opener
- bale roller
- beaterman
- carder of asbestos yarn
- crusher
- cutter
- design engineer
- fabricator
- foreman
- hopper loader
- loader
- machine operator
- maintenance
- mixer
- plant worker
- production engineer
- weaver of asbestos textiles
- saw operator
- troubleshooter
- spinner of asbestos cloths
- warehouseman
- assembler
- control operator
- front end loader operator
- shear operator
- furnace operator
- inspector
Asbestos-related cancer eligible for filing a claim
If you developed one of the following cancers as a result of occupational exposure, you are eligible for compensation. If you are too ill, a family member can help you with the legal process. In the unfortunate event that you pass away before recovering compensation, your surviving family members will receive compensation on your behalf.
If, however, you struggle with non-cancerous pleural diseases such as asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, diffuse pleural thickening, COPD (emphysema & chronic bronchitis), pleurisy, lung nodules, lung spots, asthma, pneumonitis, tuberculosis, rounded atelectasis or lung scarring, please seek a second or even a third opinion as the rate of misdiagnosis is very high among the victims of asbestos exposure.
Companies that exposed asbestos products manufacturers to asbestos
- General Motors
- Quigley/Pfizer
- Gold Bond
- Pittsburgh Corning Corporation
- Owens Corning
- Fibreboard Company
- United States Gypsum Company
- GAF Corporation
- A.P. Green Industries
- Yarway Corporation
- W.R. Grace
- Flexitallic Gasket Company
- Raybestos/Raymark Industries, Inc.
- Harbison-Walker Refractories Co.
- AC & S, Inc.
- Ferodo
- NARCO
- Eagle-Picher Industries
- Keene Corporation
- National Gypsum Company
- Flintkote Company
- Combustion Engineering
- ASARCO
- Dresser Industries
- CertainTeed Corporation
- Johns-Manville
- Celotex
- A.W. Chesterton Company
- Garlock Sealing Technologies
- Babcock & Wilcox Company
- Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Co.
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Georgia Pacific Corporation
- Bondex International
- Abex Corporation
- Allied Signal, Inc. / Bendix Corporation
- Borg Warner Automotive
- Ford Motor Company
- General Electric Company
- Kaiser Gypsum Company
- Hercules Chemical Company
- A-Best Products Company
- H.B. Fuller Company
- Kentile Floors, Inc. (Metex)
- Bartells Asbestos
- United States Mineral Products (Isolatek/CAFCO)
- Christy Refractories
- Bell & Gossett Company
- John Deere Industrial Equipment Company
- Sherwin Williams Company
- Southern Company Services
- Sunbeam Products/Sunbeam Corporation Limited
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings
- Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
- Danly Machine Corporation
- Caterpillar Inc.
- American Can Company
- Kelsey-Hayes Company
- Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M)
- El Du Pont De Nemours and Company
Erwin, Tennessee - Tennessee
- Morrill Motors, Inc.
Butner, North Carolina - North Carolina
- BFS Industries, LLC
Cadiz, Kentucky - Kentucky
- Benson Manufacturing, Inc.
- Atkins & Pearce, Inc.
Cresco, Iowa - Iowa
- Featherlite, Inc.
Grafton, Wisconsin - Wisconsin
- Dickmann Manufacturing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan - Michigan
- Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation
- Specialties Manufacturing Company Inc.
Jefferson, Alabama - Alabama
- Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company
Kenbridge, Virginia - Virginia
- Barnes Manufacturing Company
Lima, Ohio - Ohio
- Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles, California - California
- Pacific Sintered Metals manufactures
- Rheem Manufacturing Company
- General Veneer Manufacturing CO
- Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
Lowell, Massachusetts - Massachusetts
- Merrimack Manufacturing Company
- Century Manufacturing Co
Nashua, New Hampshire - New Hampshire
- Nashua Manufacturing Company
New York City, New York - New York
- Singer Corporation
North Haven, Connecticut - Connecticut
- E J Davis Company
- Stevens Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska - Nebraska
- Puritan Manufacturing, Inc.
Peoria, Illinois - Illinois
- Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing
- Joslyn Manufacturing Company
- Richardson Manufacturing Company
Tucson, Arizona - Arizona
- M & R Sheet Metal & Mfg Inc.
Wyoming, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania
- Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Schnure Manufacturing Co Inc.
- Durabla Manufacturing Company Inc
Asbestos products handled by asbestos products manufacturers
The occupations which fall under this category entail the highest risk of exposure, as workers would routinely handle raw asbestos. Despite the fact that the toxic nature of asbestos had been supported by numerous medical studies ever since the 1930s, asbestos products manufacturers were not required to wear protective clothing. The air in processing plants contained tremendous levels of asbestos and laborers would inhale carcinogenic fibers every day. Separating bundles of asbestos and spinning slivers into yarn were only two of the numerous processes which would release dangerous fibers into the air. To aggravate the situation, the majority of buildings were also poorly ventilated.