Philip Carey Corp. / Celotex plant at Cincinnati, Ohio

In October 1947, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that the new asbestos-cement plant of The Philip Carey Manufacturing Company "is nearing completion" at Cincinnati, Ohio, with "some units already in production."¹ In April 1965 the journal printed the company's announcement that Duane S. Bosma "has been appointed Plant Manager of the Cincinnati, Ohio, plant of The Philip Carey Manufacturing Company."²

Careytemp and the Navy's lists

The Navy's lists of qualified products give a Cincinnati plant at 320 S. Wayne Ave. for Careytemp pipe insulation: the May 1969 list names Philip Carey Corporation at that address with "Plant: Same address," the 1972 list gives the same address, and in 1973 the product appears as Carey-Temp under Celotex, its plant at the same Wayne Avenue address.³ On the 1969 and 1972 pages the qualified product is "New Careytemp 1500 Cylindrical & Segmental Pipe Insulation."³ Philip Carey dated New Careytemp 1500 "Sept. 23, 1969 to present," made of "Expanded Perlite, Bentonite clay and chopped glass roving," and called Careytemp 1500 "a high temperature heat insulation which does not contain asbestos."^4,5,6

Careytemp itself was older: in 1959 Asbestos reported that the "pipe and block insulation" had been introduced by The Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, "the result of three years' research by the Insulation Division."⁷ The company later dated the asbestos-containing Careytemp "1958- Sept. 1969," and said that since September 1969 "asbestos fiber has been eliminated from regular Careytemp and fiberglass has been substituted therefor."⁵ Panacon Corporation, formerly Philip Carey, said the product made until September 23, 1969 had "approximately 6% of asbestos fiber," and Celotex's report, published by the EPA in 1990, described Careytemp, "produced 1958 to 1969, asbestos removed 1969," as "90% perlite, 6 to 7% asbestos and binders."^8,9 These figures describe Careytemp in general, not what was made at Cincinnati in particular.^8,9

Location

Pictures of products made here

Labels, packages, photographs and catalog pages from our library of products documents say were made at this plant. Each picture has its own page and library number.

• Packaging: Carey pipe covering cartons and chrysotile bag (Carey)Super-light (Philip Carey); Pipe insulation (Philip Carey); Careytemp (Philip Carey); Chrysotile asbestos fiber (Carey Canadian Mines)Label or package · ACL Doc 20723

Asbestos products made here

The products documents say were made at this plant, with the years a document gives for the product here. Each product's page has what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.

• Carey-temp (Celotex)³
• Careytemp (Philip Carey)³

Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked at this plant, lived with someone who did, or worked with its products, and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Other names

Documents call this plant “320 S. Wayne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215”, “320 S. Wayne Ave. Cincinnati, OH”, “320 S. Wayne Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio”, “320 S. Wayne Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45215”, “320 S. Wayne Ave., Cincinnati, OH”.

See also

• Philip Carey Corp.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Celotex: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Asbestos exposure sites in Ohio

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1947, October 1947 (October 1, 1947), p. 42.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1965, April 1965 (April 1, 1965), p. 22.
3. Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (May 27, 1969), pp. 105, 108, 112.
4. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories (December 23, 1969), p. 2.
5. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (April 2, 1970), p. 2.
6. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories (November 22, 1971), p. 2.
7. Asbestos Magazine, 1959, August 1959 (August 1, 1959), p. 56.
8. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiffs' joint interrogatories (September 21, 1970), p. 2.
9. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 5.