Documents in our library describe FI Cement (Fibreboard) as “cement only: 5% asbestos, 95% calcium silicate”.1
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around FI Cement (Fibreboard) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Owens Corning/Fibreboard asbestos trust (Fibreboard subfund). Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about FI Cement (Fibreboard) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cement only: 5% asbestos, 95% calcium silicate” (as of 1963-1969), p. 761
Kind of product
We list FI Cement (Fibreboard) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Fibreboard (13)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (263)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Enduro Block (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Epitherm 1200 (Eagle-Picher) · Equality (Johns-Manville) · Eureka Covering (Johns-Manville) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Express Covering (Johns-Manville) · Featherweight (Keasbey & Mattison) · Fibrocel (Johns-Manville) · Fibrous Adhesive (General Refractories) · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Finecell (Atlas Turner) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flexible Trainline (CertainTeed) · and 243 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Fibreboard: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Fibreboard on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. Not yet published in our library.
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