Vercel was an Eagle-Picher insulating block, which the company's sworn answers in a lawsuit in 1969 spell "Versel" and describe as "An insulated block composed of vermiculite for use up to 1400 degrees."1,2 The answers list its composition as vermiculite, clay, asbestos and magnesium sulphate.2
The answers give its first year of manufacture as "Pre-1940," and a footnote says it was "Discontinued since 1942."2 Elsewhere they say Eagle-Picher sold Versel Insulating Block to contractors and to its distributors before 1942, but not after.2
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives it as made from 1938 to 1942, and gives 6 in the column read as percent asbestos.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Vercel (Eagle-Picher) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories
- Made from: “Pre-1940 (date first manufactured)”, p. 32
- Ingredient: “Vermiculite Clay Asbestos Magnesium Sulphate”, p. 32
- Description: “An insulated block composed of vermiculite for use up to 1400 degrees.”, p. 32
- Temperature limit: “for use up to 1400 degrees”, p. 32
- Made until: “Discontinued since 1942”, p. 42
- Sold until: “Versel Insulating Block Prior to 1942, but not thereafter”, p. 52
Kind of product
We list Vercel (Eagle-Picher) with pipe covering and block insulation, 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, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
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See also
- Eagle-Picher: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Eagle-Picher 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 30, 1981), p. 9.
- The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories (December 26, 1969), pp. 3–5.
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