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Fibrofil (Johns-Manville)

Fibrofil was a Johns-Manville insulation fill.1,2 In sworn answers in two lawsuits against Fibreboard and others, the Borel and Potter cases, J-M described it in 1969 and 1970 as "a mixture of diatomaceous silica and asbestos fibers."1,2

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Fibrofil as a cement made by Johns-Manville from 1940 to 1969.3

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Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked with or around Fibrofil (Johns-Manville) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about Fibrofil (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits

  • Description: “FIBROFIL. (Insulation Fill) A mixture of diatomaceous silica and asbestos fibers.”, p. 231
  • Asbestos content: “A mixture of diatomaceous silica and asbestos fibers”, p. 231

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits

  • Description: “(Insulation Fill) A mixture of diatomaceous silica and asbestos fibers”, p. 232

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “40”, p. 43
  • Made until: “69”, p. 43
  • Form: “CEMENT”, p. 43

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1940”, p. 1104
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1104
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 624
  • Form: “Cement”, p. 1104
  • Use: “used as an insulating fill for irregular spaces”, p. 824
  • Asbestos content: “30.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1104
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Fibrofil Cement” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 624
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1969”, p. 1104
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1104
  • Description: “A mixture of diatomaceous silica and asbestos fibers”, p. 824
  • Description: “cement” (as of 1940-1969), p. 765
  • Description: “asbestos insulating fill” (as of 1976), p. 765

Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)

  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Fibrofil” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 276
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Fibrofil Cement” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 226
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 226

Kind of product

We list Fibrofil (Johns-Manville) 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.

Other insulating cement and coatings by Johns-Manville (51)

Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestile · 85 Magnesia · 302 · 500 · 500 Cement · 678 Semi-refractory · 678 Semi-Refractory Cement · 85% Magnesia Cement · Asbestoment · Asbestos Fire Felt · Fibrous Adhesive · Fil-insul · Fireite · Firetite Furnace Cement · Heat Treating Cement · Insulkote ET · Insulkote ST · Johns-Manville Jm · and 31 more on the company's page

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (273)

Prasco (Fibreboard) · Calsilite (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Super 66 (Eagle-Picher) · Enduro (Keene) · FC II (Bigelow-Liptak) · Fenco (Owens-Corning) · FI (Fibreboard) · Fibercoat (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Fibre Emulsion (National Cork) · Fibrekote (Keene/Ehret) · Fibrous Adhesive (Celotex) · Fibrous Adhesive (Keasbey & Mattison) · Fibrous Adhesive (M. H. Detrick) · Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) · Fibrous Adhesive (Philip Carey) · Fibrous Adhesive (Ruberoid) · Fireproofing (Eagle-Picher) · Fitch (Fitch Recuperator) · and 253 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

References

  1. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 23.
  2. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (December 29, 1969), p. 23.
  3. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
  4. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 110.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. Not yet published in our library.
  6. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 27.

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