PRODUCT USE
For manufacturing these types of gaskets, asbestos was heavily used for nearly a century. Even though chrysotile (white asbestos) was used in the majority of cases, crocidolite (blue asbestos) was preferred when the gasket needed to be resistant to acid.
Containing up to 70 percent asbestos in their composition, gaskets were extremely dangerous when they required replacement. Due to being extremely damaged, they needed to be scraped off, and by doing that, asbestos fibers would quickly contaminate the environment. You could have been exposed if:
- You found yourself working on old factory machinery and piping systems
- You have worked on cars built before the 1980’s
- You worked directly with asbestos gaskets
- You performed maintenance work in factories or power plants
- You helped manufacture asbestos-containing gaskets
Companies liable for manufacturing or use of asbestos gaskets
- Yarway Corporation
- Flexitallic Gasket Company
- Dresser Industries
- Johns-Manville
- A.W. Chesterton Company
- Garlock Sealing Technologies
- Uniroyal Holding, Inc.
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Borg Warner Automotive
- Bell & Gossett Company
- John Deere Industrial Equipment Company
- North American Rockwell Corporation
- Continental Can Company
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Sun Oil Co.
- Pan American World Airways Inc.
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings
- Occidental Chemical Corporation
- Taylor Forge & Pipe Works
- Northrop Grumman
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Continental Steel Corporation
- Kelsey-Hayes Company
- Textron Inc.
- American Crane Corporation
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
- James River Corporation
- Wheelabrator Frye Inc.
- Rust International Inc.
- J.P. Stevens & Company
- Weirton Steel
- U.S. Steel
How can we help workers that worked with or around asbestos gaskets
For more than 20 years, we managed to obtain for the victims of asbestos exposure the compensations required to cover their treatment costs. If you have worked directly with asbestos-containing gaskets, you are entitled to receive reparations from the companies responsible. By filing claims with their asbestos trust funds, we will restore your financial stability after being affected by such medical expenditure.