Stic-tite (Combustion Engineering)

Stic-Tite was an insulating cement made by R & I Refractory and Insulation Corporation, which Combustion Engineering, Inc. bought in June 1963.^1,2 In sworn answers given in a lawsuit in February 1968, Combustion Engineering and R & I together described "Stic Tite" as an insulating cement "comprised of asbestos and wool, packaged in 50-pound bags."¹ Combustion Engineering's own answers in another lawsuit, in 1970, list it as "comprised of asbestos, wool and clay."² The 1968 answers also name two related cements, Super Finish Stic Tite and Finish Stic Tite; Its answers of December 1969, in a third lawsuit, describe Finish Stic Tite as "comprised of wool, asbestos, Portland Cement and clay," in 25 and 50 pound bags.^1,3

When it was made

The sworn answers differ: the 1968 answers by Combustion Engineering and R & I list Stic Tite among the insulating materials R & I had made "from the year 1959 to the present time."¹ Combustion Engineering's answers of December 1969 say R & I made these materials "beginning prior to the year 1940," and still made them as the C-E Refractory Division.³ Its 1970 answers say R & I had begun making insulation containing asbestos in about 1938, a date given for the company's products in general rather than for Stic Tite.² An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives Stic-Tite cement under Combustion Engineering as made from 1963 to 1972, with 40 in the column read as percent asbestos.⁴

Warnings

In their 1968 answers, Combustion Engineering and R & I said: "No warnings were required because the products and materials manufactured as aforesaid were not dangerous."¹ Combustion Engineering's 1970 answers say that beginning in 1969 a warning was placed on its products containing asbestos, beginning "CAUTION: This product contains asbestos fibers."² The warning went on: "Excessive inhalation of asbestos may be harmful."²

See also Super Stic-Tite.

Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Stic-tite (Combustion Engineering) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Kind of product

We list Stic-tite (Combustion Engineering) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers.

See also

• Combustion Engineering: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Combustion Engineering on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

1. The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to plaintiff's interrogatories (February 14, 1968), pp. 3–5.
2. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (March 30, 1970), pp. 4, 9, 11.
3. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories under Rule 33 (December 1, 1969), pp. 4–5.
4. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
5. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 25.