Documents in our library describe Fireclad (Celotex) as “jacketing”.1 They give it as made 1965–1982.2,3 They put its asbestos content at 65% to 85%.2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around Fireclad (Celotex) 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 Fireclad (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
- Form: “JACKETING”, p. 151
Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (1984)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asphalt-saturated asbestos felt & asbestos sheet”, p. 774
Kind of product
We list Fireclad (Celotex) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Celotex (12)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (287)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Asbestos Felt (Philip Carey) · Fiberock Cap Sheet (Philip Carey) · Fibroid (Johns-Manville) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Fireclad (Philip Carey) · Firefly 800 (TBA Industrial Products, Turner & Newall) · Fireguard (Philip Carey) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet (Johns-Manville) · Florobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · and 267 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Celotex: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Celotex on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 1, 1981), p. 15.
- Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (January 1, 1984), p. 44.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 20.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 77. Not yet published in our library.
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