Forty-eight & Eight (Forty-Eight Insulations)

Documents in our library describe Forty-eight & Eight (Forty-Eight Insulations) as “cement”.¹ They put its asbestos content at 10%.^1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

What each document says

Every statement about Forty-eight & Eight (Forty-Eight Insulations) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Kind of product

We list Forty-eight & Eight (Forty-Eight Insulations) 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

• Forty-Eight Insulations: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Forty-Eight Insulations on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
2. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 20.